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[–] [email protected] 115 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Most micro USB cables that came bundled with phones or gadgets were built so cheaply that they don't even have data pins. They're a pain to sort out whenever I want to program a board.

[–] [email protected] 54 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Im also finding this with USB-C unfortunately

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 months ago

The one good thing about Google's Social media experiment was that guy who reviewed USBC cables to see if they actually adhered to the standards.

It's shocking how many didn't have the proper resistors or components to properly handle data and charging.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I used to keep every cable that came with any electronics. USB-C convinced me to throw away any cable I didn't specifically buy. Even my charging cables are USB4 240w 40gbps because I got so tired of guessing which cable did what. I don't even need those specs but I'll never have to wonder which cable to use.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You cannot make a statement like this and not drop a link or a brand name my guy

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Monoprice is my go-to for cables. Has been for years.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Anker builds pretty solid cables too. They're the go-to at my place of work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Why not, I'm sure plenty of companies make the same cable available across many wholesalers?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

I'm sure the USB forum is finding ways to identify cable capabilities easy. /s

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

They are useful for dummies like me though! When I let my phone run out of battery while installing an update, I thought it was the end for it. But it turned out that it had just bricked itself by desperately using every single ounce of juice, so it could no longer tell the charger that it wanted to charge.

Solved by buying a dumber charger!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

I recently went through my collection of Micro USB cables because I couldn't fit them into the drawer anymore. About 80% wouldn't even receive any data at all.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This this this...what the fuck.

If anyone here has a synth and it uses USB and they can't get it to be seen by the computer this is why...ask how I know

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

My old kindle was a nightmare for this reason. Plus the socket got funky with age on top of that, and eventually there was really like 1 special cable that would work and it always seemed to end up hidden under 50000 things.

Still, that does speak to the battery life of the kindle.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Yep. When I wanted to transfer files between phone and computer I had to try out 3 cables before I found one that was data capable.