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Re:Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables Will Hijack Your Co... by everdrive on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @02:19PM (#20688722)
If you have an old-fashioned USB 2.1 plug, you can actually remove / cover the data pins, leaving only the power pins exposed!
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Re:Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables Will Hijack Your Co... by neuralRiot on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @03:16PM (#20689248)
You need to add some resistors to the data pins to be recognized as a charger.
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Re:Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables Will Hijack Your Co... by NullPrefix on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @04:39PM (#20689997)
Depends on the phone. Some need resistors, for some it's enough to just short both data pins, some do protocol level talking over data pins. There are several standards for that with legacy usb.
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