• @brap@lemmy.world
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      135 months ago

      I’m so conflicted. It’s way too chunky, but I’ve never had one fail and it’s durable as shit. Damn.

            • @moody
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              25 months ago

              But the devices are compatible with old micro usb cables at USB 2.0 speed and power.

          • BubbleMonkey
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            45 months ago

            TIL my external hard drives use micro 3b. I didn’t realize that was a standard… figured it was a proprietary to prevent using the wrong cable…

            • @moody
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              15 months ago

              You can use an old micro usb cable in the small hole and it will likely work, only at USB 2.0 speed.

              • @TheEntity@lemmy.world
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                35 months ago

                Yes, the Galaxy S5 was the only Samsung flagship using the micro USB 3.0 port. They backpedaled to micro USB 2.0 in S6 and S7, and then migrated to USB-C in S8. I’m not sure about the Note series.

    • @TheEntity@lemmy.world
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      105 months ago

      The micro USB most of us know already is a USB-B. Each cable before USB-C had USB-A on one side and USB-B on the other. The square-like one used for printers is a full-sized USB-B, as opposed to the one used in phones (micro USB-B).

      • wander1236
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        15 months ago

        I’m pretty sure there’s also a micro USB-A that just never got adopted.

        • @TheEntity@lemmy.world
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          25 months ago

          Yes, that’s what I meant by “the micro USB most of us know”. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the A variant of micro USB.

          • 2xsaiko
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            15 months ago

            I have! It’s apparently pretty common on e-bikes.

            • @TheEntity@lemmy.world
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              5 months ago

              Unlikely, the A plugs are for the host devices while the B plugs are for peripherals. It got blurred with smartphones (see: USB-OTG) but in general the host devices were big enough to have full-sized USB ports, so the smaller USB-Bs are extremely rare.