Iphone not charging? IOS 7 problems?

Recently I bought a new plug & lead. It's a purple one which is 2m long which I ordered from Amazon. It was working for a couple of weeks but after 7.0.2 (I think; either way the most recent update) it has stopped charging and my phone will not charge.
However after researching this online apparently Apple are blocking non-official lightning cables, however when they're blocked you're suppose to get a warning pop-up about it no longer working.
My phone charges on another wire (official apple lead) but I wish to continue to use my new charger.
Does anyone know what the issue could be?

-I've tried charging an old iPod touch which has ios 4 however it only charges it when it's switched off.

I had the same problem. Had to throw out my car charger cuz the one they sent fell apart. What you have to do is only plug the cord halfway into the phone jack. Thats what I had to do with mine to make it work.

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