I bought this for my husband so that he could put music on his phone.  Before we had a chance to do that the 2 black covers on the the end you plug into the phone came off.  You can still use it to charge the phone but you have to be careful where you set it to charge.  My husband had only used it once before that happened.  I ordered other items that same day to go with his phone and they have all done really well.