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This is about the phone Samsung Galaxy S4 mini.
I got it second hand. It came with a small mains plug shaped adaptor which connects to the phone with a USB cable. This cable has a "normal" USB plug on one side and a mini plug on the other side. This cable is very short. I have a longer cable with the same plugs which seem to fit physically. - Can I use the other cable safely to connect to the PC and/or to the mains adaptor? - Can I connect this phone to my (TomTom) USB car adaptor? In other words: how universal is USB? The phone manual warns not to use non-original accessories... -- |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os |
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"Linea Recta" Wrote in message:
This is about the phone Samsung Galaxy S4 mini. I got it second hand. It came with a small mains plug shaped adaptor which connects to the phone with a USB cable. This cable has a "normal" USB plug on one side and a mini plug on the other side. This cable is very short. I have a longer cable with the same plugs which seem to fit physically. - Can I use the other cable safely to connect to the PC and/or to the mains adaptor? - Can I connect this phone to my (TomTom) USB car adaptor? In other words: how universal is USB? The phone manual warns not to use non-original accessories... I have interchanged chargers and cables of different makes without problems, for years. Sometimes a device will pop up a message about 'slow charging' but it still gets charged up. Micro-USB plugs do sometimes work loose, and need to be replaced. There are many brands of replacement cable, some only work for charging not for data transfer - that's actually a safety feature if you're using a public phone-charging point. -- ^^^^^^^^^^ Whiskers ~~~~~~~~~~ ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 5/8/2018 8:52 AM, Linea Recta wrote:
This is about the phone Samsung Galaxy S4 mini. I got it second hand. It came with a small mains plug shaped adaptor which connects to the phone with a USB cable. This cable has a "normal" USB plug on one side and a mini plug on the other side. This cable is very short. I have a longer cable with the same plugs which seem to fit physically. - Can I use the other cable safely to connect to the PC and/or to the mains adaptor? - Can I connect this phone to my (TomTom) USB car adaptor? In other words: how universal is USB? The phone manual warns not to use non-original accessories... In theory _Universal_ Serial Bus is universal. That said, sometimes manufacturers don't always follow the rules and quite often the hardware is pure crap. A high-quality mains charger or car adapter and a decent cable (Anker braided is my favorite) won't do you wrong. I would never trust the cheap clone adapter and thin cable picked up at the local discount store with any of my equipment. You should be aware that not every charger will support every proprietary quick-charge scheme that a randomly-chosen phone maker dreams up but that only means that charging will take longer -- no damage should ever ensue if a proper but non-original USB charger is used. |
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"John McGaw" schreef in bericht
... On 5/8/2018 8:52 AM, Linea Recta wrote: This is about the phone Samsung Galaxy S4 mini. I got it second hand. It came with a small mains plug shaped adaptor which connects to the phone with a USB cable. This cable has a "normal" USB plug on one side and a mini plug on the other side. This cable is very short. I have a longer cable with the same plugs which seem to fit physically. - Can I use the other cable safely to connect to the PC and/or to the mains adaptor? - Can I connect this phone to my (TomTom) USB car adaptor? In other words: how universal is USB? The phone manual warns not to use non-original accessories... In theory _Universal_ Serial Bus is universal. That said, sometimes manufacturers don't always follow the rules and quite often the hardware is pure crap. A high-quality mains charger or car adapter and a decent cable (Anker braided is my favorite) won't do you wrong. I would never trust the cheap clone adapter and thin cable picked up at the local discount store with any of my equipment. You should be aware that not every charger will support every proprietary quick-charge scheme that a randomly-chosen phone maker dreams up but that only means that charging will take longer -- no damage should ever ensue if a proper but non-original USB charger is used. OK, the main thing is that I don't risk blowing up anything. One of these days I'll try out testing these in practice. -- |\ /| | \/ |@rk \../ \/os |
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Op 8-5-2018 om 19:18 schreef Linea Recta:
"John McGaw" schreef in bericht ... On 5/8/2018 8:52 AM, Linea Recta wrote: This is about the phone Samsung Galaxy S4 mini. I got it second hand. It came with a small mains plug shaped adaptor which connects to the phone with a USB cable. This cable has a "normal" USB plug on one side and a mini plug on the other side. This cable is very short. I have a longer cable with the same plugs which seem to fit physically. - Can I use the other cable safely to connect to the PC and/or to the mains adaptor? - Can I connect this phone to my (TomTom) USB car adaptor? In other words: how universal is USB? The phone manual warns not to use non-original accessories... In theory _Universal_ Serial Bus is universal. That said, sometimes manufacturers don't always follow the rules and quite often the hardware is pure crap. A high-quality mains charger or car adapter and a decent cable (Anker braided is my favorite) won't do you wrong. I would never trust the cheap clone adapter and thin cable picked up at the local discount store with any of my equipment. You should be aware that not every charger will support every proprietary quick-charge scheme that a randomly-chosen phone maker dreams up but that only means that charging will take longer -- no damage should ever ensue if a proper but non-original USB charger is used. OK, the main thing is that I don't risk blowing up anything. One of these days I'll try out testing these in practice. Try Galaxy Charging Current from Abmantis. App will show differences (if any) in loading current using different usb cables. |
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