Fuck those things man
At least you knew which way it went in.
The wrong way. *flip* The wrong way. *flip* The right way.
Nah you’re thinking of USB A or B. The USB micros were so garbage but you could tell by touch or sight which way was correct.
You guys have Micro!?
I’m still running stuff with Mini…
Honestly mini was fine. But it wasn’t thin enough for some phones.
As a 51 year old guy with 51 year old eyes, I’d rather mini that micro. Mini isn’t subtle.
Anyone else still use type B?
I have a camera that has a type b input.
Lots of musical gear uses USB B. My understanding is that the connector is more physically robust for on stage applications.
Yep, that why I still keep 'em around.
Do printers still use them?
Yeah like every printer I have uses it
Had to use it for a thermocouple DAQ the other day. Only ever see them on some printers otherwise.
I got my wife a MIDI keyboard a couple years ago that used B. Ended up getting a B to C cable for it so it can plug into her laptop.
Dude yes it’s a chonk on my midi keyboard but I love it. Satisfying.
Mini is much better. Micro is fragile and shitty, won’t hold in after a while.
An the size difference doesn’t even matter much…
Me over here with my parallel ports
How to make the transition relatively painlessly:
- Buy a bunch of these, and tie one to the end of every USB C cable, now you only need USB C cables around.
- As you get more C-C cables, buy these for your existing USB A ports:
just be mindful of latency, so maybe you want to try a few
These are a passive component
You have to be mindful of the adapter standard to ensure you’re getting the data transfer speed you want, and from experience same standard usb adapters aren’t the same quality across makes
https://glidedigital.com/will-a-usb-c-to-usb-a-adapter-slow-down-my-data-transfer-speeds
These are just glorified wires, there’s no possibility of latency. There’s a possibility of a loose connection, but not of latency.
I do not think this word means what you think it does.
I am using it how these guys are https://www.anker.com/blogs/hubs-and-docks/do-usb-hubs-add-latency
What’s a better word? Edit delay makes sense
In that sense, latency totally is the correct usage, but their use in your link isn’t anything you’d be using a usb-c to micro-usb adapter for. Latency would only matter if you were trying to mirror image from one device to another. Latency wouldn’t effect charge speed or data transfer rates, which is all you be using one of the adapters to do.
Should the C to micro cables always work for charging?
Think I bought a bunk one… I never cheap out on cables anymore, of course the one time in YEARS that I do…
I’d recommend making sure whichever ones you buy explicitly say in the description that they support charging/data transfer (depending on what you want out of them) I usually end up using Amazon since it’s just harder to find these at any in-person retail stores, or other online retailers, so check their product images for those claims as well.
Most of them are sold by dropshippers, that don’t care much about the actual functionality of their tech, so when they explicitly put it in there, it’s usually because the original manufacturer listed that feature too.
If any of them don’t match the specs (don’t charge/transfer data) or don’t match the images (have a logo when it showed no logo), contact Amazon support and they’ll usually give them to you for free. In my experience (having bought 7 completely different adapters from various sellers) they usually work as advertised in the description, although I tend not to trust anything claiming it meets fast-charging standards. That’s usually bogus. (good thing to tell Amazon support to get them for free though 😉)
I coincidentally bought these ones recently. They didn’t have a logo in the photo. They arrive, whaddaya know, they have a logo. Contacted support, they gave me a full refund.
Usb C has a default of 5V, 2A. This matches/exceeds the micro USB standards. In order to get a higher voltage, it negotiates up. (Or it’s supposed to! China can produce some NASTY exceptions!)
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I took one look at that cable after I had to grab one for an rpi and was like what the hell am I supposed to do with this?!
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It’s fucking hilarious to me that the USB consortium ever allowed Universal Serial Bus cables to be made without the serial part (data transfer)
USB-C anything requires a minimum of 2.0 which is how Micro should have always been.
You reminded me to fit some tape in my phone`s MicroUSB port, so the cable actually sits in somewhat properly.
i dunno, i kind of want to hunt down every mini usb in existence and send them to the hydraulic smasher guys
I have never upvoted something so hard.
The only time i was okay with micro USBs are on Oppo phones, which developed a Super VooC charging on micro-usbs that was so crazy fast tyeb irritation of plugging in correctly was worth it.
oppos currently at 90w charging speed, having moved onto usb-c
They’ve been ahead of the curve with charging for years now.
fast tyeb irritatation
What?
haha thanks, fixed, I’m assuming i tried to swype micro-usb or something.
USB-C supports 240W charging. You don’t need proprietary charging standards anymore, USB-PD does everything you want
which phones support 240w charging? the new iphones and pixels don’t.
are you talking strictly about hardware capability?
I’ve used more usb gadgets than most people, as I deal with electronics a lot, but I never had a single problem with micro usb. Not sure why people hate it so much.
Microusb users: “I’m sorry, there was a slight breeze in my house and now my charger doesn’t work.”
So you’re a practiced expert and cannot understand how those who are not practiced experts can have trouble?
Well I’m not sure it takes an expert to master a plug.
But I’d understand the hate if it was universal (pun maybe intended), but everyone that hates micro-usb seems to adore usb-c, while I feel like it’s potentially much more fragile. When handling usb-c I always use a lot more delicate care than I ever did with micro-usb. Mostly because even though I’m pretty good at soldering very tiny things, I’m not confident I could replace most usb-c receptacles without messing it up.
Well I’m not sure it takes an expert to master a plug.
Micro-usb enters the chat.
Usb-C is way more robust. It’s thicker, stronger, goes in both ways, has no moving parts. Micro USB is thin, flimsy, has stupid spring tabs that weaken pretty quickly and result in a cord that just falls out of your device when you pick it up while it’s plugged in. Fuck micro USB.
USB-C MOD ALL THE THINGS!
yea. great. now we have a plug that looks the same but has a million different kinds of standards. hooray
I have one very nice USB C made from the softest silicon rubber. It feels premium, never kinks and it is tough like nylon rope. It has max specs for USB C for power delivery and data transfer and it cost me $30.
All the others are freebies that came with various devices and are all disposable compared to my “one true cord” which is the only one to enjoy being apart of my personal arsenal of accoutrements
nice. and nice username
Yeah like what do you mean I can’t use this cable to charge my VR headset? It’s usb c? Oh but that one is somehow more powerful and the other is weakling with no marking whatsoever? Fuck off
I have one tiny white super powerful usb c cable and all the other are weaklings. Some refuse to transfer files
If I take one of those unmarked losers on a trip just grabbing some random usb c cable I will have a bad time
Yeet all the weak ones in the garbage
And where to get new ones? I refuse to pay for a forking cable you know
Those things are basic human rights. The right to get usb cable for free. I have hundreds of them and if anything I want to exchange
Chargers same, if I see a charger on the street or anywhere I am looting that forking thing cause they don’t include these things anymore and put it into my drawer full of these things
Electronics recycling.
Being unable to throw away old USB cords is my weakness.
I used to keep a long one in my car, and used it to walk my dog if I happened to forget his leash. Upcycling!
There shall be one cable to rule them all. I am the lord of the cables.
It didn’t have to be this way
USB C is better, yes, but I’ve never had a Micro USB fail at the connector.
I’ve had them get stuck or constantly disconnect
… How? I’ve had those prongs fail on almost every cord I own.
You got lucky then. I have.
Aye ive had several fail. Ill admit im a bit rough on them but when I started to use USB-C devices the failures went down dramatically
really ??
I went through probably 8 micro USB cables on my previous 2 phones over like a 6 year period. Since I got my current phone in 2016 I’m on my second USB c cable.
I had the opposite problem. Had to get phones with wireless charging for years because the fucking ports kept dying
Yea with the rate I was going through cables I was always really concerned about that. I have one micro USB device left and I’m really paranoid about not using it when it’s plugged in. That one has lasted a long time because it’s just a tablet I use as an ereader but that strategy would never work with my phone.
