[Cable] USB charging cable
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Oh right..someone told me you need an official HTC lead for charging because it messes up your phone :s
Thanks very much
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Who and why?
It's a USB cable... and the HTC one doesn't even look like it's of much quality...
The junk usb cables from ebay doesn't provide much power for charging..
Trust me I've been through this and did alot of testing couple years back. None of the ebay usb cables managed to provide more than 200mA on my old phone and couldn't power on any of my usb hdds. Only the official ones from htc and those that comes with a usb hdd are quality.
If you're only planning to transfer data around then I guess it doesn't matter.
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I using Kindle USB cable as its quite long works great
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I using Kindle USB cable as its quite long works greatSent from my HTC One X using xda premium
Very true. I ordered a 2m cable from eBay a few years back and plugged in to an OEM HTC wall charger. My device - HTC Desire would take more than 10 hours to charge (that's without using the device whilst charging).
It seems to be difficult to differentiate between good and bad *long* [charging] cables. I am now thinking of going for a branded one such as Lindy to see if that is better, alternatively perhaps a 'fixed cable' AC wall charger.
Noticed that my 3m long usb cable from ebay takes longer to charge the phone than the official htc usb cable so you guys are right.....
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What about this belkin one 1.8m long.... £4.28 and expansys which is an actual retailer:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Belkin-Pro-Series-USB-USB-micro-B-6-feet-1-8M-/190671072901
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What about this belkin one 1.8m long.... £4.28 and expansys which is an actual retailer:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Belkin-Pro-Series-USB-USB-micro-B-6-feet-1-8M-/190671072901
I'm sure there are many different cables sold on ebay...
But yes, long USB cables tend to have a lot of resistance. Actually, they're generally not even very good for data transfer...
That said, a quality USB cable should be fine. In any event, it's not like some devices which actually have modified cables for charging.
I use the USB cable from my old Nokia phone. Works pretty well. I guess name branded cables are better than generic ones.
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I found one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/HTC-Micro-Data-Cable-Handsets/dp/B003U6TWKU/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_cart_1
Looks decent enough, 85 cm is pretty much what i was after plus its £0.61
http://www.amazon.co.uk/HTC-Micro-Data-Cable-Handsets/dp/B003U6TWKU/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_cart_1
Looks decent enough, 85 cm is pretty much what i was after plus its £0.61
It's not HTC, just the usual cheap rubbish.
What to look out for to order a quality USB cable?
Yeah is there an app that measure the current coming out of charger?
In the mean time I would just charge with the original HTC cable for a set period if time and then the same for the Belkin one.
I don't quite understand what you mean by the above- what makes it 2 days and what results?
Charge the device for say 30 minutes with the Belkin cable and then the same for original cable. See which does it quicker/charges more out of the two.
Surely its possible to know how much current is drawn from charger via the device itself? Current Widget claims to do it.
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