Why does my iPhone charger only have red, green, and white?

The extra thin wires are the black wire with no insulation I had the same problem I just wrapped the part I didn't want striped with some electrical tape. Your welcome

buy a new charger Save you any bother

White is a data cable that is on positive volts .

Green is also a data cable but lives with the negative.

Red is hot.

You have a weaved wire that should be on the out side of the cluster of wires that is housed in plastic thus being your ground or 4th wire

Seven years after response: The black wire in some cables is left un-insulated. When this happens the wire is usually silver in color (stainless or aluminum as opposed to copper) Be careful that none of your splices touch each other or the ground (black/un-insulated wire or wires). For charge only use just the red and black or un-insulated wires (ground) and be sure that any unused wires like green or white are cut at different lengths with no frayed hairs on them and or shrink wrap the ends to prevent damage to your device.

I just opened a USB “C” cable because I just needed the other end to plug into a cigarette lighter for power. To my great surprise, no black wire. Red, Green, White and nothing else. So the Red is the power, normally 5 volts. Since there is no black wire you have to use the shield which is usually wrapped around a piece of foil. This is the equivalent of “Black” and at some point connects to pin 4 of the USB cable. Green & White are data wires.

I'm actually here simply looking for a way to use this POS iphone cable to direct wire my LED headlamp and flashlights to a USB connector so I can power them with my power banks 🤷🤦😁🤣🤣🤔😶😏🤘😎🤘💯💯

Alright bro if your really trying to do this and just want it to charge you just need the black and red wire. If you want it to exchange data or download something off a different device your going to need the white which is the positive data wire while the green is the negative data wire and those above which I listed(black,red). Just make sure you connect those wires to the correct corresponding mounts or you'll short your it out

Blk goes to grnd

V D+ D- G

red white green black

V T X G

also seen it that way

red to V blk to G

repaired chords make horrible data cables buy

a tier 1 chord for that.

It’s a blue wire.. it’s half the size of the other wires.. I was having the same issue until I found the blue wire mixed in the middle

The extra slim wires are the dark wire with no protection I had a similar issue I just wrapped the part I didn't need striped with some electrical tape. Your greeting Best Offset Smokers

I don’t see a picture just the file name. Hope it comes out. I see it. First time I hooked up the 4 wires on the left. It discharged my battery fast. I cant find any solid info. It’s almost a solid state situation. It’s very difficult to remove the usb without destroying it because they fill it with glue and its a rock. The wire mesh can’t be reattached by hand in the same way it was originally. If it’s part of the ground or power then it’s basically destroyed on that alone.

The wires grouped together, is the black wire. I had the same problem