All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters

Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by axiolite on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @04:46PM (#34154286)

Magnetic cables are a good solution to this and other problems. The magnetic tip stays inserted at all times, preventing lint infiltration.

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Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by ilyt on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @07:58PM (#34156133)

Then you need some extra connector or cable after few years and realize none of them are in production anymore...

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Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by lesuorac on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @08:47PM (#34156529)

And this is why I buy a case of junk ....

Still have some working iPad 1 chargers (fat lightning).

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Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by axiolite on Tuesday December 27, 2022 @09:18PM (#34156766)

I've only seen two designs of magnetic USB cables. The most popular is round, and I've confirmed different manufacturers' tips/cables are fully interchangeable.

The other style is oval shaped, and those would obviously be incompatible.

And what's the worst that happens? I might eventually have to switch to normal, horrible cables, like you use every single day? Enjoy wearing out your cables and devices...

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Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by MayeulC on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @05:59AM (#34159712)

I have three incompatible round tips: 20W, 4 connectors, 60W, 5 connectors (x2).

Aliexpress brands respectively uslion (x2) and elough.

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Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters by Fire-Dragon-DoL on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @02:26PM (#34164781)

From my understanding, this violate the spec potentially connecting all the pins at the same time which causes some sort of spike in power which is bad?

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