Re: Is a USB cable for data, or only power; how to tell without testing it?

Mark Lloyd <[email protected]>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.hardware,comp.mobile.android
Organization usenet-news.net
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[snip]

> there is no such thing as a usb power-only cable because it's in
> violation of the spec. the amount of current must be negotiated over
> the data lines, so a 'power-only' cable' that has no data lines will be
> unable to negotiate and end up at the default 100ma.

They exist. I used to have a phone that wouldn't charge over a regular 
cable, but required the power-only one. I no longer have this phone, and 
don't remember the charge rate.

[snip]

> usb-c cables vary, making it difficult to impossible to tell by looking
> at it what its specs are.

The USB-C cable I have for laptop power does support data, but not 
high-speed data.

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