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It's worse. Both sides need to negotiate properly, and the cable needs to follow specs, which many don't. Where micro USB has QC and QC2, there's a whole suite
by mceachen 7y ago
It's worse. Both sides need to negotiate properly, and the cable needs to follow specs, which many don't. Where micro USB has QC and QC2, there's a whole suite of PD (power delivery) and data protocols that cables may or may not support.
https://www.theverge.com/2015/11/5/9674462/usb-type-c-google-engineer-third-party-cables https://www.theverge.com/2015/11/5/9674462/usb-type-c-google... is dated coverage of a Google engineer testing for out-of-spec cables. See also: https://twitter.com/laughing_man https://twitter.com/laughing_man.
- Yizahi 7y agoI already encountered such cable. Red cables from Oneplus phones rated for dash charge tech (5V, 4A) won't charge regular phones (e.g. Samsung A8), despite being rated for higher current.