HTC Desire microUSB Cable fragile...

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In one week I have succeed to break my microUSB cable that came with the Desire, the USB-Brick is probably due to manipulation with those type of weak cables for sure it can't help. I'll get a new one (or two). I guess my pile of 20 miniUSB is useless now...


The Odd is that it can charge upside down

yeah very rare, ive never managed to break my cable and my cable has been through a lot including using it as a belt along with holding a pair of ladders down on the top of my car

Originally Posted by A|ex

yeah very rare, ive never managed to break my cable and my cable has been through a lot including using it as a belt along with holding a pair of ladders down on the top of my car

Are you serious?

This isn't exactly Sonim.

Still, how exactly is the OP's cable damaged?

P.S. I'm also pissed that my collection over way over 100 miniUSB cables seem to be all too slowly becoming redundant. Before my HTC Desire, everything was Mini, not I'm forced to carry both types around. I'm considering making some neat little converters for my other devices.

Can confirm.
The cable that came with my Desire (more wire than cable) is crap.
It broke within the first week.
Nearly no strain at all, cable break at the USB plug.

you can use a mini to micro USB convertor instead of carrying both wires around

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-MINI-MICRO...item35aa014cdd

Originally Posted by alias_neo

Are you serious?

This isn't exactly Sonim.

Still, how exactly is the OP's cable damaged?

P.S. I'm also pissed that my collection over way over 100 miniUSB cables seem to be all too slowly becoming redundant. Before my HTC Desire, everything was Mini, not I'm forced to carry both types around. I'm considering making some neat little converters for my other devices.

Yes i am serious, i have been using the original HTC cable that came with the phone and an additional two official HTC cable for desire just fine. I dont have any problems with them and yes i have used them as belts and cable ties.

The only way i can see you ever damaging one of these is if you damage the end or the cable you have might have been faulty from the start or near broke.

I just tried to bend the end of mine a few times and it still seems to be working, i did a few file transfer tests and it doesnt work any slower or faster.

out of all the desires or htc phones sold with a usb mini cable your the only person to report this?

The same thing happened to shadow and my cable broke during the first month as well.

Originally Posted by blauze

The Odd is that it can charge upside down

mine does too

lol

you can fix a usb brick easily and ppl if ur plugging the phone in to the front of ur computer try a different port preferably at the back

I already broke several cables. Now one on of the pins of the Desire's micro-usb connector broke.. I for sure am a bit hard on my equipment but this never happened with micro-usb. I also think it easily breaks because the cable does not fully connect with the Desire's micro-usb connector. It sticks halfway in.

Anyway, I can no longer connect via usb and with all the dents and scratches it will probably be very hard to get repaired under warranty.