I HAD a G1, just upgraded to the Vibrant.
Before I upgraded, I noticed my USB cable developed a short,
so I looked around and found a few on Amazon for $0.01 with reasonable
shipping, so I ordered 2 of them. Before those cables arrived, I upgraded
to the Vibrant. Now I don't really need them anymore.
Well, I was just sitting here mumbling about how Sony did NOT include
a charging cable for their accessory controllers and was a little upset.
Then I noticed the connection. Sure enough, as I am doing it right now, you
can use the G1 USB cable to charge your PS3 controllers. Plugs right in, the
system recognized it, and it is charging. Nice.
The price difference in the cables is considerable, at least in my experience.
Just thought I would share.
No surprise while both PS3 pads and G1 are using miniUSB as a charging interface. It is recognized because of using standard drivers for sdcard, I think it is read as a standard pendrive or sth like that.
I am charging the controller on the PS3 with the G1 USB cable. I am not charging the G1 on the PS3.
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You can charge the G1 via the PS3
You can charge the PS3 controllers via the G1 AC adaptor, or usb cable
I just received my KF today in the mail and the package only came with the KF itself and a wall charger. Is it supposed to include a data USB cable?
Nope. There's just the Kindle, charger and the little piece of cardboard telling you to turn it on iirc.
Wow nice, poor choice on Amazon's part. I understand it depends on the Cloud but not everyone is using it. Now I have to buy an aftermarket cable to put anything on it. I'm a bit disappointed.
My Kindle came with a normal USB cable you can remove from the wall part and put into computer...I don't think it would be any different. Just like all chargers from HTC Samsung etc lately
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Yeah, I thought the same thing. For now I use my Evo 3D's USB cable, that works.
I'm looking into getting this cable from Newegg.com.
If your buying the usb cable online go to monoprice. They are cheap and there cables are nice.
I do not work for or own mono price but I have bought all my cables from them hdmi and so on.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10303
yes, is supost have a usb cable, call to amazon and tel hem the problem
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It does not come with a usb cable, just the device, power cord (ac adapter with a usb micro connected to the end) and a cardboard brief info card... That is it.
As a wifi device, no usb cable is required, though you can use one to save files from your computer.
eltitan said:
yes, is supost have a usb cable, call to amazon and tel hem the problem
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No, it doesn't come with a usb cable. I've been using dropbox to get files over. Though I have a dozen micro usb cables lying around.
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Won't detect my USB stick using a micro USB to usb , is there anything special about OTG cables?
Galaxy S2 i9100
ROM: Chameleon 1.2 XWLPU (Samsung/AOSP Hybrid)
KERNEL: Speedmod K3-31
MODEM: UGLD3 (On Bell Canada)
LAUNCHER: Apex BETA
DPI: 200
Nexus 7
ROM: Stock JRO03S Rooted
KERNEL: Stock
Launcher: Apex Beta
DPI:170
Yes. otg cables have pin 4&5 grounded
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bagofcrap24 said:
Yes. otg cables have pin 4&5 grounded
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is there a way to ground the cable I have ?
you can gentle cut the plastic off the cable connector and jump or solider pin 4-5 together But doing so will make this cable NO Longer able to charge the device .the pin 4 in the cable is a sense pin that toggles charge/ data mode. YOU will also have to have a usb a female to usb a female adapter . This is because usb storage devices have a usb A Male connector. .
So just buying OTG Cable can save you some hassle . They are only a dollar or so..
If you like to mod this type of thing . By all means do so ..
I wouldn't advise trying this with a HTC cable as they fill the pin section with liquid rubber so one its dried its secure but then very difficult to get back to the contacts
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Just buy an OTG cable off of Amazon. They're less than a dollar. And OTG cables pretty much put your device in 'master' mode whereas with regular cables it's in 'slave' mode.
I agree, just buy the proper cable. I buy them from ebay and while it does take 3 weeks to get here, it's only about a buck each.
I've ordered one from amazon, hopefully it works.
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Hello all.
I have had Nexus 4 for 2 weeks now. Absolutely love the device. Doesn't really have any problem with it. Last night, my phone didn't charge when I plug it in the wall charger (LG charger with Kindle USB cable). So I thought I forgot to charge it. I plug it in the wall charger at work, a HTC charger/USB cable. It is still not charging.
But if I plug it into my laptop, it chargers and I can transfer files between the phone and laptop.
I haven't even rooted the phone yet. Locked bootloader. Stock everything and the latest update.
Noticed that there is something similar going on with S3. So this is not a Samsung problem. It's an Android problem.
Any help is appreciated.
EDIT: Nevermind.
I think it's the charger's fault. Glad it's not our phone though.
Have you tried using the wall adapter and cable that actually came with your Nexus 4?
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leenypost said:
Have you tried using the wall adapter and cable that actually came with your Nexus 4?
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the wall adapter was from LG. I don't think the USB cable is faulty since I can connect to Laptop ok.
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the wall adapter was from LG. I don't think the USB cable is faulty since I can connect to Laptop ok.
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You should try the wall adapter and cable that came with your phone just to be certain the phone is faulty. Different adapters have different current outputs and different cables are better Suited to handle larger or smaller outputs. The kindle cable you speak of I know for sure is not designed to consistantly output at higher levels. Also, Older Samsung wall adapters like the one that comes with the Epic never had enough current output to charge my HTC phones anywhere near as quickly as my genuine HTC wall adapters.
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When I connect my G2 to my PC, I get the message about how it will benefit from a 3.0 USB port. As far as I can tell the USB adapter it comes with isn't a 3.0 compatible cord. I was thinking about ordering one from Amazon. What do you guys think?
*UPDATE*
Looking at the connection, a 3.0 micro cable will not connect to this phone. Wonder why I get that message. I'm guessing that this is a misnomer my PC is throwing up.
My guess is this is just a generic warning Windows 7 likes to put out for anything it thinks might be usb 3.0 compatible
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My guess is this is just a generic warning Windows 7 likes to put out for anything it thinks might be usb 3.0 compatible
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No other phone or tablet I have ever used has said this, even some new ones using Snapdraon 600 chipsets. My guess is that the Snapdragon 800 in our phones does in fact feature a USB 3.0 controller for it, but we probably just have the port for a 2.0 cable which is standard.
EDIT: found this:
LG’s G2 is equipped with the Snapdragon 800, a 2.26GHz quad-core Krait CPU paired with the Adreno 330 GPU. It supports USB 3.0, up to 4K video playback and capture, and supports Quick Charge 2.0 for up to 75% faster charging times.
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When I connect my G2 to my PC, I get the message about how it will benefit from a 3.0 USB port. As far as I can tell the USB adapter it comes with isn't a 3.0 compatible cord. I was thinking about ordering one from Amazon. What do you guys think?
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I am seeing the same error. Based on the color of the USB on the supplied cable, it is not a 3.0 cable. However, the device is 3.0.
I am having issues finding a USB 3 to USB micro (not micro B) cable. It would be nice to have when the time comes to start moving ROMs from the desktop to the device :laugh:
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I am seeing the same error. Based on the color of the USB on the supplied cable, it is not a 3.0 cable. However, the device is 3.0.
I am having issues finding a USB 3 to USB micro (not micro B) cable. It would be nice to have when the time comes to start moving ROMs from the desktop to the device :laugh:
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Did you see the pic I posted above? A 3.0 micro usb cable has extra pins and it's a different shape. The chipset might have 3.0 architecture, but the port is only 2.0. Maybe on a future model this might com about, but not on this phone.
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Did you see the pic I posted above? A 3.0 micro usb cable has extra pins and it's a different shape. The chipset might have 3.0 architecture, but the port is only 2.0. Maybe on a future model this might com about, but not on this phone.
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Yes, I did, and the emoticons in my post were not intentional, as they are supposed to be the letter B.
The cable you posted is not what we are looking for. We need to determine if there is such a cable as a USB 3 to USB micro. This is different than the pictured cable, which is UB 3.0 to USB Micro B.
I do not have my stock cable handy, so I cannot remember if it is USB 3 at all. Is the plastic blue inside the USB side?
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Hosehead said:
Yes, I did, and the emoticons in my post were not intentional, as they are supposed to be the letter B.
The cable you posted is not what we are looking for. We need to determine if there is such a cable as a USB 3 to USB micro. This is different than the pictured cable, which is UB 3.0 to USB Micro B.
I do not have my stock cable handy, so I cannot remember if it is USB 3 at all. Is the plastic blue inside the USB side?
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I think you're a little confused. You refer to "USB Micro" and "USB Micro B" as if they are different connectors. They are not. Yes, people commonly refer to it as a micro USB connector, but only because they don't know or drop the "B". The LG G2 has a USB 2.0 micro B connector on it. It does not have a USB 3.0 micro B connector on it. The cable pictured earlier in the thread is the proper USB 3.0 A to Micro B cable. Obviously, it won't fit in the LG G2, because the LG G2 does not have a USB 3.0 micro B connector. This does make it very strange that a computer would pop up a message saying that the device would work better on a USB 3.0 port when it doesn't have the necessary physical connector to support USB 3.0 but, well, sometimes technology does strange things.
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Yes, I did, and the emoticons in my post were not intentional, as they are supposed to be the letter B.
The cable you posted is not what we are looking for. We need to determine if there is such a cable as a USB 3 to USB micro. This is different than the pictured cable, which is UB 3.0 to USB Micro B. I do not have my stock cable handy, so I cannot remember if it is USB 3 at all. Is the plastic blue inside the USB side?
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What is a micro cable that's not a B? You mean a micro A?
The stock charge cable is not 3.0.
Can't you just check the transfer speeds?
The Lg G2 micro usb is not a Hdmi port, but it still supports it, through a MHL adapter. So maybe it also supports usb 3?
I am wondering if we can disassemble the phone and replace the USB board with a board that has a USB3 port soldered to it. Then of course also cut out the outer case shell to have a bigger hole. Wouldnt look as nice but it sure would be nice getting much faster speeds since both the chipset and storage system are easily capable of so much more.
Also, this is what a USB3 micro-B connector would look like on a phone:
The micro USB port is not MHL incompatible. It uses slimport like the Nexus 4.
Based on the service manual and the physical configuration of the port I believe that this phone has a USB 3.0 port, but we just don't have a cable or adapter yet to access the rear pins. Attached is a sketch I made showing what the port looks like. The service manual on page 468 supports the physical configuration of the port (3 pins on each side of central standard usb 2.0 5pins ). I am hoping the Nexus 5 will have this port and help LG push out the necessary adapter. I hope we can get some official confirmation on this at some point. I would use USB 3.0 for transferring or recording video directly to flash drive. There is also a potential for 4K recording like the Note 3. So big files would be common place while recording a 4K. 4K streaming from a G2 to a ultra HD tv has already been demonstrated at a trade show in August.
So yes, I believe a micro USB 3.0 port could be added, but by no means would it be easy, or look right. Best just hope for an adapter.
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Yes, I did, and the emoticons in my post were not intentional, as they are supposed to be the letter B.
The cable you posted is not what we are looking for. We need to determine if there is such a cable as a USB 3 to USB micro. This is different than the pictured cable, which is UB 3.0 to USB Micro B.
I do not have my stock cable handy, so I cannot remember if it is USB 3 at all. Is the plastic blue inside the USB side?
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The LG G2 definitely does have a USB 3.0 connector, but unfortunately it is a proprietary non-standard connector. See my previous post. I can not find a cable with this strange new connector anywhere.
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What is a micro cable that's not a B? You mean a micro A?
The stock charge cable is not 3.0.
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When they are saying its an A cable or B cable, they are really talking about the what the end connector will be. Think of the A connector as the standard usb connector you connect to your computer or to your wall charger. Then think of the B connector as the tiny usb connector you connect to your cell phone or tablet.
Companies sell A to A usb cables or A to B cables (which is what all cell phones use). A simple wiki search on usb will help clear things up.
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You're saying it is USB3 compatible, then is this why the plug feels very tight to fit into the connection port? Sometimes it even makes a bit of a cracking sound, as if its not connecting properly, before finally fitting properly.
Looking into the connector, it does look a bit different from my Razrs connector.
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You're saying it is USB3 compatible, then is this why the plug feels very tight to fit into the connection port? Sometimes it even makes a bit of a cracking sound, as if its not connecting properly, before finally fitting properly.
Looking into the connector, it does look a bit different from my Razrs connector.
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That is probably for the most part because it new, but can't say for sure. My Google Nexus was getting quite loose, and I know it was tight in the beginning. It doesn't have anything to do with the proprietary USB 3.0 connector because if the plug is ever released it will be about twice as long as a standard micro USB 2.0 to reach the extra pins. I still can't figure out anything more about it.
Unfortunately from comparing various tear down of the LG G2 and the FCC teardown pictures of the Nexus 5, the Nexus 5 looks to have a standard micro USB 2.0. Definitely not as wide as a standard USB 3.0 and not as deep as the LG G2 proprietary USB 3.0 connector.
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That is probably for the most part because it new, but can't say for sure. My Google Nexus was getting quite loose, and I know it was tight in the beginning. It doesn't have anything to do with the proprietary USB 3.0 connector because if the plug is ever released it will be about twice as long as a standard micro USB 2.0 to reach the extra pins. I still can't figure out anything more about it.
Unfortunately from comparing various tear down of the LG G2 and the FCC teardown pictures of the Nexus 5, the Nexus 5 looks to have a standard micro USB 2.0. Definitely not as wide as a standard USB 3.0 and not as deep as the LG G2 proprietary USB 3.0 connector.
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Still, there's something off about the charger on the G2. It doesn't match my Razr one, but the Razr plug fits in the G2. The other way around works, but is very, very tight.
Where did you find the breakdown of the G2? I've been looking but didn't find anything.
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Still, there's something off about the charger on the G2. It doesn't match my Razr one, but the Razr plug fits in the G2. The other way around works, but is very, very tight.
Where did you find the breakdown of the G2? I've been looking but didn't find anything.
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The service manual is at the following post, but only has schematics. Anything you find that I missed please let me know. The last page of the manual would have the detail we need, but it is only a draft and it is missing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2437403
LG G2 Service Manuals (LS980/VS980/D803)
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Am I the only one that is going crazy trying to figure out where we can find the proprietary plug/connector to fully utilize the USB 3.0 our micro-USB port?
It is also driving me nuts to see if 4K video recording will ever be possibly. I would like to record 4K directly to a USB 3.0 thumb drive.
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