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Re:Apple Lightning by sjwright on Wednesday July 01, 2020 @07:07PM (#23707906)
The other end of the cable is generic USB and can often be a naked, logic-free 5V supply.
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Re:Apple Lightning by bigyikes on Thursday July 02, 2020 @01:20AM (#23710254)
I’ve cut the ends off way too many USB cables just to expose those red and black wires.
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Re:Apple Lightning by epse on Thursday July 02, 2020 @02:39AM (#23710600)
And surprisingly many cables even have just those two wires inside of them and can't carry any data
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