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Even easier, although not as nice-looking: get a common off-the shelf USB Y-cable, plug the power-only male into computer, plug phone into female outlet; done.
by Piskvorrr 13y ago
Even easier, although not as nice-looking: get a common off-the shelf USB Y-cable, plug the power-only male into computer, plug phone into female outlet; done. See e.g. http://easyshop.kiev.ua/images/shnuri/shnuri/Usb-y-power-cable.jpg http://easyshop.kiev.ua/images/shnuri/shnuri/Usb-y-power-cab... for an illustration what the cable looks like.
(I have been doing this to charge my phone, as even the USB mount dialog confuses some apps)
- aestra 13y agoDead link.
- StavrosK 13y agoWorks for me. It's the cable most portable/USB hard disks come with.
- Piskvorrr 13y agoHmm, weird. Just try searching for "USB Y Cable" images, lots of results like these will pop up: http://www.everythingusb.com/images/list/apricorn-aegis-bio-usb-cable.jpg http://www.everythingusb.com/images/list/apricorn-aegis-bio-... Basically, it's a USB extender cable, with an extra pair of power wires soldered on and terminated in a USB male header - the original use is for power-hungry disks, where you'd plug both the male headers into the computer, increasing the available power (as USB 2.0 can only give 500 mA through a single port, per spec), at the cost of hogging two USB ports. It can be re-used as a USB condom as well.
- lnanek2 13y agoThere are actually charging only USB cables out there as well. Heck, I suspect the cable that came with the Chromecast is one, just to save money on data lines that would never be used.
- dnautics 13y agobut why buy another cable, with all the fumbling and whoops I used the wrong cable, when you can buy something that you permanently "by default" keep on the end of the cable that you already have, and take off when you're ready to use the cable for serious.