MTP/PTP blocking not allowing Apple devices to charge

Hello keiths,

this is a known and expected behaviour - please see An overview of MTP/PTP support ... (I see it links to a Community thread with contributions by yours truly)

Christian

Hi Christian, I'd read that article and the community thread but wondered whether anyone had discovered a workaround since.

Thanks for reply

Hello keiths,

as you've read, not to charge is a decision the "other side" makes - thus it's not a question of allowing. In theory it should with a driver be possible to make a USB port appear as charging port but if you want to preserve its other functionality it's a chicken and egg problem. Even this could be overcome by simulating an unplug-plug sequence, this would be hardware-dependent though. Quite some effort to make it generally work and work reliably just to accommodate to a vendor's quirks. It'd probably cost Sophos less to give each affected user a power bank for free [:P]

Christian 

Thanks again Christian, probably not worth us throwing too much effort at but food for thought.

Thanks again Christian, probably not worth us throwing too much effort at but food for thought.