I went on a trip to a friends place, 400 miles away, and I seem to have left my charge cable behind when I departed. (Grabbed the wall wart, but forgot the cable. Still kicking myself) Getting it shipped will be a major pain, so I come here asking for some help clearing up what I dont understand after searching.
What types of cable will allow USB interaction between my PC and my phone and which ones will not?
When I use my girl friends charger, which is mini usb but not intended for a smart phone, it charges fine, but if I use that cable between the computer and the phone I cannot get it to interact.
Sorry for being noobish, but I really did search. Just found a lot of conflicting info...
I (also) don't understand why there's a difference in micro-USB cables.
Micro-usb = micro-usb, right??
Don't these have requirements like HDMI cables?
I find any brand name cable works fine. I've had bad luck with the really cheap generic ones. I have successfully used my HP Touchpad cable and a blackberry branded cable. The connections fit fine and data transferred fine.
The reason your mini (micro?) USB charges and doesn't transfer data could be because it it a charge only cable and if you look in the USB-A end (large end) you may find it only has 2 contacts instead of 4.
As far as I know, any micro USB should work. I use cables from Moto, LG, Samsung, HP (touchpad), and generic at home and all work fine. A lot of the generic ones do die, or develop a defect where they charge only from a particular angle.
When I need a new cable, I hit up monoprice.com for some of the highest quality generic USB cables I have ever used, they have good cables for everything, they are cheap too (lots of places like big box stores re-brand the Monoprice cables and charge WAY more)
your favorite auction site is also a good place to look. I check the "used" box when searching for cell phone accessories to find cables and wall worts people no longer need, that usually still work great.
I have a nokia one that works perfectly if you want it. Just pay $3 for shipping to my paypal. Let me know.
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The reason your mini (micro?) USB charges and doesn't transfer data could be because it it a charge only cable and if you look in the USB-A end (large end) you may find it only has 2 contacts instead of 4.
As far as I know, any micro USB should work. I use cables from Moto, LG, Samsung, HP (touchpad), and generic at home and all work fine. A lot of the generic ones do die, or develop a defect where they charge only from a particular angle.
When I need a new cable, I hit up monoprice.com for some of the highest quality generic USB cables I have ever used, they have good cables for everything, they are cheap too (lots of places like big box stores re-brand the Monoprice cables and charge WAY more)
your favorite auction site is also a good place to look. I check the "used" box when searching for cell phone accessories to find cables and wall worts people no longer need, that usually still work great.
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Generally speaking any mUsb cable will work with minor exceptions such as the one that comes with the car dock which is charge only. But no need to guess and no need to bid on an auction and no need to pay big bucks at the Verizon store. Just go here:
http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-SPN5...7?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1330014705&sr=1-7
and for $4.79 and free shipping you get the cable and the power brick and its even a Motorola branded one if you care about that.
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these are micro USB sync cables. So is the Nokia N97 one.
why aren't they compatible? Is micro USB not a standard?
the old mini USB were all compatible with diff brands, devices, etc.
I'm glad you posted this because I had no idea all Micro-USB cables weren't compatible. I was going to go out tomorrow and pick up a couple for the Verizon BB Storm which is also Micro-USB. So these might not work?
Where can I pick up some HD2 Charge/Data cables locally? (I live in Seattle, have every major store.)
I think that cables should be compatable but some of them can be for chareging only.(lack of pins)
I bought this cable on eBay
It has good quality and works as sync cable.
the nokia cable looks like it has all pins in both ends, of course who really knows...
hope more can share their experiences
I have ordered two Nokia CA-101 (CA101) micro usb cables from 2 separate UK eBay shops and I can confirm that this cables allow ActiveSync & WMDC / Flash Storage mode / data thetering with my PC and of course, with the battery charging at all times.
These are good quality cables. They have that rubbery rubber feel as opposed to the PVC feel of standard cables. The newer versions have an integral plastic clip to store your cable neatly.
Best of all, its really cheap. Just eBay CA 101.
2 in 1(mini & micro to usb)
great i was also about to order a 2 in 1(mini & micro to usb) Cable Compatible For Blackberry from
http://www.ipmart.com/main/product/...d=151384&ref=ipmartforum_2in1cable_blackberry
so i will now probally only buy origional from HTC.
Nokia CA-101 do look nice, is it real, for $2?
I'm after some retractables, for travel too.
speakerphone said:
Nokia CA-101 do look nice, is it real, for $2?
I'm after some retractables, for travel too.
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If you were referring to ebay prices, it is always advisable to check the seller profile and feedback. There are bargains to be had, but there are also cons out there. I can only testify for the UK prices.
now i see a converter from mini usb to micro usb
recon ill get and try as only $2.70au
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Micro-Male-t...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories?hash=item23047322fb
Well I went to a local department store called Fred Meyer and purchased one of everything listed as Micro USB today. I bought a car charger, a wall charger and a data cable. All of them charged the phone just fine and the data cable also transmitted data just fine. They were $10-$15 each. So it seems that the HD2 does fit under the Generic heading.
And just for the record, the package listed the cables as working for the below;
Blackberry, Kyocera, LG, Motorala, Palm, Samsung and Sanyo.
Notice what's missing? Yet it still works fine on the HD2.
I also confirm that nokia ca-101 work fine. both third party and original.
I got a "compatible" CA-101 from ebay and the finishing is lousy.
Able to charge but cannot sync. Furthermore, I just discovered that charging is much slower than the original cable.
Tested with both wall charger and computer usb port.
Paid ~US$1.7 inclusive of shipping.
Hi folks. The Samsung OEM micro-USB cables fit great. But my LG brand cable and several from monoprice. com do not.
The usb connector itself slips in fine, but the rubber/plastic surround is a totally different shape such that it is too-easy for the cable to pop out.
Anyway, just thought I'd share this. Amazon.com has a vendor of genuine Samsung cables that only cost of few cents more than the generic monoprice ones. I would recommend getting those.
FWIW, my Nokia N97 and N900 charger and USB data cables fit fine w/ my Focus -- I use them daily. I haven't even used the Samsung cables yet.
Michael.
I have found that while the cheap USB cables don't work for sync they do work for charging the phone.
Any brand cable (Samsung, LG, Nokia, etc) will work and they're not that expensive.
Buy cheap ones => what you pay is what you get.
I spent 5 bucks on ebay for 3 mini to micro adapters (since everything I had was mini for my HTC devices) and they work great. They are even 90 degree left and to rear. They took about 2 weeks out of china but no problems yet.
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I have found that while the cheap USB cables don't work for sync they do work for charging the phone.
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it's because you bought a charging cable and not a sync cable.
I have a lot of HTC and samsung cables, the samsung cable are the same as the nokia, when you connect to the pc and connect up, it detects as nokia, the HTC one's looks the best.
they all fit the focus pretty well.
forgot to mention, i too have about 3-4 pieces of the non branded micro usb cable, they all work well.
I have the data cable from my LG Incite. While it charges the phone, it will not sync with my notebook.
I tried those after market chargers, blackberry and other micro usb chargers and they all seem to be ok. My only gripe was with the cheap after market chargers they eventually fall apart where the tip is lol.
The one I got from Monoprice works great...plug into every night.
Stock micro USB cable is the best :|
Working Charger
I bought a "BlackBerry Folding Blade Micro-USB Charger" from Amazon that I had good luck with. I've been using it to charge my Focus at work for about 1 year now, and it fits well.
I hope this hasn't been asked yet, I searched all over and couldn't find it. So here goes...
I bought a Bionic on Ebay, however it didn't come with the USB cable. I then come to find out that the Bionic is quite particular about the cables it associates with. I've tried ordering several Motorola cables but none seem to work.
In short, could someone look at their Official, Came-in-the-box, Bionic USB cable and tell me the model number on it? It should be on one of the tags attached to it.
SKN5004A Motorola MicroUSB Cable Made in China
If you need one I have a bunch...PM me and pay for shipping and it's yours.
I believe the USB has to be Verizon branded to sync to your computer. Any of them should let you charge though. Motorola and Verizon have some deal worked out that it has to be Verizon branded for transferring files. This might not apply to every single bionic but for the most of them. Its there way of ensuring that you pay $20 for something that's only worth $5.
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I have a ton of USB cables and they all work fine. I think there are some misconceptions about USB cables for these phones. I've heard all kinds of things, but the following is the truth.
First you have to understand the USB cable's construction. Inside there are five wires: 5V, D+, D-, ID and GND. The 5V and GND connections are used for supplying power. The D+ and D- are used to transmit data using differential digital signaling. The ID (sometimes called X) pin is not part of the USB protocol, but some manufacturers use it as an additional signal. You can read more about all this stuff here.
There are two kinds of USB cables that are sold: cables for 'data' and cables for 'charging'. The data cables have all the USB lines and meet the full USB spec. These are the ones you want. The 'charging' variety only have the +5V and GND wires, and have the data wires missing, or tied together. These will not work well.
I want to be clear that the labels 'data' or 'charging' are used in the marketing and product descriptions, and don't accurately describe the usage of these cables for your smartphone.
I use a mix of USB cables successfully with my Bionic. I have a USB cable from my old Samsung Droid Charge that works, one that came with a bluetooth headset that works, one for an LG phone I 'borrowed' from a hotel, and one I bought from monoprice.com that also works.
Ok, I've got one on order from Newegg and one on order from Amazon, both of which should be the SKN5004A... hopefully one works. If not, CellZealot I may be sending you a PM
Also, Tuckmobile, I wish it were that simple, unfortunately, I believe all the cables I have are "data" cables since my old phone syncs like the Titanic on all of them.
It is that simple. Today I'm syncing with a Nokia cable, not sure where it came from, but it's working great. What motorola cables did you order that didn't work? Links?
Micro USB Cable: http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10303#1030307
This is a good example of the kind of cable you DON'T want:
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=8310&seq=1&format=2
Notice that it says 'charging' in the description. And, if you read their description, it contains this warning in bold, red font:
Note: This is a charging cable ONLY! It contains only the two power lines and does not contain data lines at all. Therefore it cannot serve as a sync or data cable and may not charge devices from low power sources, such as some Motorola phones, which require data lines to enable their charging mode.
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See my previous post explaining how to know you have the right kind of cable.
Otherwise, any of the MicroB type USB cables sold below should work fine
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Micro USB Cable: http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10303#1030307
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Well... I finally got my hands on the correct cable, right out of the box of a new Bionic thanks to a cooperative store associate. But still no dice. I'm thinking at this point it's either the phone (more likely) or possibly my USB ports (though I've tried several different computers).
Looks like it might be time to return it and try again with a different phone.
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I believe the USB has to be Verizon branded to sync to your computer. Any of them should let you charge though. Motorola and Verizon have some deal worked out that it has to be Verizon branded for transferring files. This might not apply to every single bionic but for the most of them. Its there way of ensuring that you pay $20 for something that's only worth $5.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using XDA
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i thought i had been losing my mind, because i have both moto SKN6378A and the verizon vcast branded SKN5004A USB cables and the verizon one wouldn't even mount the phone for USB storage. i realized eventually that the verizon cable was probably from my old Incredible (could also be ICS ROM being picky?). at any rate, its some what asinine that the more advanced these devices get the more unnecessary fragmentation there is..
is it possible that it is an issue with the phone and not the cables?
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I have a ton of USB cables and they all work fine.
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The same goes for me Tucknology. I have like 5 Different USB cables. Two of them are 8ft long. I have absolutely no issue with charging and syncing with my computers, laptops, HD dock, and Car dock. I purchased just standard micro USB cables. Got the two long ones from local Altex store, two others I have had from my last 2 phones(non-Motorola's), and the standard Motorola Micro USB one that came with my Droid Bionic.
Simplest thing is go to the Verizon store and buy a wall-charger--all the ones I've seen of late have a detachable USB cable. We probably have 4-5 of those now-useless chargers sans cable laying around the house now
hello!
As we all know usb type-c cable that we have in our phones is really messed up standard that even if on paper is made to "rule them all", in reality most of companies use their own standards and Quality Check, so we can sometimes end up with cable that dont charge, dont send data or even brick phone(it is possible and really common).
So I have few questions for you all.
1. Do you use only cable that was in box of P9?
2. If no, do you got cheaper cable from china, or you got more expensive ones from branded stores(eg MediaMarkt)?
3. Did you had any problems with cables in P9(normal USB or OTG)?
4. Any visible transfer speed changes over older standard and other cables?
Im asking because even if type-C is almost 3 years old, I still finding out that that standard have really bad design flaws that are really visible when you buy cheaper cables.
P9 is my second device with usb-c, and recently I though that "Chinese market should already learn how to make them" and I bought cheaper cable... that bricked my phone for few minutes... Thanks God is working now without a problem but it just show again that times where cable was just few smaller cables inside plastic wrap is long gone, and now we need to really keep an eye on quality of components THAT ARE INSIDE of cable(+ info of power draw that it can take/send)...
With microUSB I could get even crappiest cable on market for 50cents and it would work perfectly for years, and now Im forced to spend more on such simple thing as cable that can cost even 20EURO for damn 1.5m phone cable....
So what is your thoughts about that standard and quality of cables that you use with your p9?
I use the supplied charger and cable for at home, as may 'main' charger, at work or out and about i use an old usb cable with an adaptor like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/231784587260?lpid=122&chn=ps&adgroupid=33676502101&rlsatarget=pla-270397369803&adtype=pla&poi=&googleloc=1006849&device=c&campaignid=707291931&crdt=0
Hi mate. To be honest, both my charger and cable are still boxed, I've been using a 2.0A Samsung charger since I bought this phone. And considering I have dozens of micro USB cables from old Nokia and Samsung phones I simply bought these Type C adapters:
https://www.amazon.it/dp/B01AU5PEZA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_.h8yybFFD2XCH
No issue with charging and data transfer. Can't help you with data speed transfer though.
Here's my reply:
Ad1: No. I use my old Nokia cable with USBC adapter, I bought three cables (see at Ad2), everything working...
Ad2: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/201...3-1-USB-C-Type-C-Data-Charge/32676548325.html
Ad3: No, working like a charm...
Ad4: No, the same...
Hi everyone. I wanted to introduce a new type of a OTG cable that some members may find very useful if you use OTG cables and move data from/to your phone often . The unique thing about this cable is the the USB can be retracted to become Male or Female meaning it can be used for charging like a standard cable and also an OTG in an instant in one non-split cable.
This cable was originally funded through a kickstarter page under the name 1cables, more can be read about the cable here
I'm the first seller to have received this cable for resale in the UK and would like to know what the XDA community thinks of it and how useful would this product be.
The listing can be found here
I can accept offers from xda members for £6.99 for feedback and review purposes
having watched the video, you will likely carry it around in a bag so you might as well just carry around a spare USB battery pack as well, instead of draining your phone (great you can charge your friend's one, but it then means yours is gonna suffer instead, what are the chances of you having loads more battery than your friend??)...
And if you need all those keyboards and gamepads you can just use bluetooth... tbh I think this has limited uses
this cable are really interesting and i think i will buy one.
that's a great idea
Thanks for the feedback. The nature of use is subjective. I'm using this as my main charging cable at work so to have the ability to transfer files without having a extra cable is great.
i have receveid one and i an rea&lly happy, thanks for the promo. it works perfect, that a good product