USB Data Cable for Niki

[eyecrispy]

Has anyone else noticed that the USB data cables that HTC gives out are terrible? My Niki is my second HTC phone and both cables that I've had have had problems with data transfer.

The first one is flaky and works sometimes. The other one never works except for charging.

I am going to buy a new cable but don't want to get one from HTC because they suck. Anyone suggest a good one?

Also, do I get a 4 pin or 5 pin data cable?

[jvieira]

it's a normal usb cable. any USB cable will work .........

[clonmult]

it's a normal usb cable. any USB cable will work .........

Quite so; for data purposes, USB is USB, you don't gain anything from spending extra $$ for a fancier cable.

Although I will admit that the USB slot on the Niki does seem to be "sensitive" - the charger for my bluetooth headphones can charge the Niki, but needs way too much of a shove to get it seated correctly.

[pp18]

i had the same problem with the cable shipped with the device from htc - can only charge up the device but 50% failure rate for establishing activesync connections. i simply brought out the one came with my last motorola handset and it works very nice.

[rsg23]

Weird, I actually got a decent quality and quite a thick USB cable with mine...?

[member69]

me too!! no problem with my usb from htc and even if there was i've got so many of the bloody things from cameras, sat nav and hdd cases that i wouldn't be bothered anyway .Only thing that bugs me is that i have to buy a usb to 3.5mm adapter so that i can use decent headphones cos the supplied ones are rubbish....Oh and the sound level sucks through the speaker( stereo would've been nice).....Oh and the vibrate is rubbish, sometimes i don't even know it's going off and the girlfriends not impressed either....Oh and where's the camera flash...Oh and why do i always find there's apps running that i never even touched......Oh and why is the access time so slow to my minute 2gb storage card, i already filled it with tunes and i have to wait for ages for it get accessed(should i have formatted it first?).....all of that aside i love this phone and wouldn't swap it for anything....well maybe another one with better spec but other than that i wouldn't....................

[JamminJaguar]

I've got a tip, if any of you have PS3's (Playstation 3) then you can use the same cable that you use to charge your PS3 wireless controller to connect your HTC Touch Dual/Nike to your PC/laptop.