I've got a new twist on this.
I have the F900 and a generic version of the Pioneer cable, that I finally got around to installing this weekend. My wife and I both have the 3GS, hers white, mine black, that is the only diff, they are both 32Gig. So I plug mine in and it does the plane thing, won't charge but works fine other than that, all music, video even internet streaming audio works perfectly. My wife plugs hers in and it WILL charge hers, in fact it added 2% just sitting there testing for less than a song!
Only hardware diff between our iPhones is the model numbers, it seems th