Re: USB to Serial cables

Gregg Eshelman <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mobile.bitpim.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
--- On Mon, 2/8/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

> Your FAQ's refer to "USB
> to Serial cables".  I have USB "data"
> cables for my two phones but they plug into a USB port, not
> the serial port.  Will these not work?
>  
> Also, I am unable to find a "LG CDMA USB Modem
> driver" for a VX5300.  When I Google this, I get a
> number of hits but all take me to the LG website and they do
> not list a driver.  Any suggestions?

USB to serial cables are for older phones with an RS-232 serial data port, to adapt them to a USB port on your computer. Those phones can be directly connected to a serial or COM port with a serial cable made for the specific phone.

Newer phones have a USB port for direct connection to a computer's USB port, though most of them use a proprietary connector on the phone.

Some phones used a standard mini-B USB connector and since 2007 have used a micro-B connector, even on phones that have plenty of room for a mini-B.

LG has a couple of driver downloads that work for almost all their phones.

Get the LG USB Modem driver download from the LG site.

Some phones using a micro-B connector already come with a data cable, plugged into an AC adapter with a USB A port for power. Some of those phones' instructions claim they don't come with a data cable. ;) That's a "charging" cable, which also passes data amazingly well...


      

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