USB B is still the best
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).
I’m pretty sure there’s also a micro USB-A that just never got adopted.
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.
Isn’t that the PS3 controller cable? It’s such a funky lil micro variant I’m so scared to lose my cable lol
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.
I’m so conflicted. It’s way too chunky, but I’ve never had one fail and it’s durable as shit. Damn.
I doesn’t break cause it’s too chonky to be broken.
There’s a USB 3 B. I just encountered it, and that bitch somehow got chunkier.
Micro version too:
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…
Samsung phones used this for a couple years, I think around the S5 days?
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.
🤮 Those are sooo awful
But the devices are compatible with old micro usb cables at USB 2.0 speed and power.
What I want is to be able to retrofit usb-c onto my older stuff.
I was kinda annoyed at having to switch, but it really is better in every way
there are tiny adapters you can buy that may work depending on the device
The time for macro USB is now.
I’m just imagining a port the size of a VCR
12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American pride! Macro USB! Macro USB! Top of the line. Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts!
C is better than any other type of USB in literally every way possible. There’s not even an argument to be made. Go on, I’ll wait.
My argument:
You have a point.
Nah, what about if we just use a even mix of all usb types and then ensure that half of all cables sold don’t have data pins?
Ok, calm down Satan.
“Wishing for more wishes it is!”
“I want micro USB back” already breaks all three original rules at once.
USB is people!
The worst cables I’ve had to deal with have been the mini versions of perfectly functional cables. Mini hdmi gets stuck, micro usb snaps off and almost fits backwards enough to break it, etc
Most micro USB cables that came bundled with phones or gadgets were built so cheaply that they don’t even have data pins. They’re a pain to sort out whenever I want to program a board.
I recently went through my collection of Micro USB cables because I couldn’t fit them into the drawer anymore. About 80% wouldn’t even receive any data at all.
Im also finding this with USB-C unfortunately
I’m sure the USB forum is finding ways to identify cable capabilities easy. /s
The one good thing about Google’s Social media experiment was that guy who reviewed USBC cables to see if they actually adhered to the standards.
It’s shocking how many didn’t have the proper resistors or components to properly handle data and charging.
I used to keep every cable that came with any electronics. USB-C convinced me to throw away any cable I didn’t specifically buy. Even my charging cables are USB4 240w 40gbps because I got so tired of guessing which cable did what. I don’t even need those specs but I’ll never have to wonder which cable to use.
You cannot make a statement like this and not drop a link or a brand name my guy
Why not, I’m sure plenty of companies make the same cable available across many wholesalers?
Monoprice is my go-to for cables. Has been for years.
Anker builds pretty solid cables too. They’re the go-to at my place of work.
Yep. When I wanted to transfer files between phone and computer I had to try out 3 cables before I found one that was data capable.
This this this…what the fuck.
If anyone here has a synth and it uses USB and they can’t get it to be seen by the computer this is why…ask how I know
My old kindle was a nightmare for this reason. Plus the socket got funky with age on top of that, and eventually there was really like 1 special cable that would work and it always seemed to end up hidden under 50000 things.
Still, that does speak to the battery life of the kindle.
They are useful for dummies like me though! When I let my phone run out of battery while installing an update, I thought it was the end for it. But it turned out that it had just bricked itself by desperately using every single ounce of juice, so it could no longer tell the charger that it wanted to charge.
Solved by buying a dumber charger!
RS-232 FTW!
Laughs in obsolete industrial controls hardware
Maybe he has a ton of unused wires…
I hate when I get something that still has a micro or even worse a mini 🤮
At least mini is robust. Micro had that tiny tab that always got damaged after a year or less cuz you inevitably tried to plug that mf in backwards
Ngl this never happened to me ever and I’m clumsy asf. Guess I was lucky.
Yeah, mini is the best! It is robust and has a ahape that makes it easy to figure out which way to plug it. I love it when i fet a device with a mini
has a ahape that makes it easy to figure out
May I introduce you to USB C then where it doesn’t fucking matter how you plug it? I definitely prefer mini over the micro abomination but it’s not “the best”.
I see you don’t work IT where the solition to “my docking station isn’t working” always, always, always is “rotate the USB-C cable”.
I am not kidding. Vendors fuck this up either because they’re dumb or because they want to cheap out (why make sure both work if they’re interchangeable?)
Mini may be more robust, but do you know how hard for me to find a mini cable?
I still have a few because PSP/ps3, but also https://www.monoprice.com/Product?p_id=3896
Monoprice! For all your cable needs.
I have some left for the same reason, the hard part is figuring out where I left them
It’s the rule of cables. If I look for a micro USB, I will only find minis. If I look for minis, why suddenly I have only micro USB!!! Maybe I’m in the bad place.
I don’t think I ever managed to break it by plugging it in backwards, but they indeed brake constantly. Mine would always bend since they were so bloody thin. The only micro usb cable that didn’t break is the one going to my PC tablet, which I barely move, every other one got bumped around enough, either in my backpack or just charging in bed/on the couch, to eventually break the contacts within a year or 2, 3 max.
I once got an adapter as a kid to plug in a controller, was super exited until I dropped it and stepped on it by accident with my naked squishy child feet, probably the fastest I ever broke one of these. Like what the actual fuck? Micros sucks so much!
“Make all new devices use micro-HDMI”
I will punch your dad in the cock
My biological father is actually mtf trans funnily enough so good luck with that
something is down there and imma punch it.
Me with my mini-usb devices rolling over in our grave
Mini at least didn’t have a tendency to just break for no reason
Micro USB type A.
I think you mean mini USB, you sadistic fuck
That doesn’t exist, Micro USB is always type B, only full size is A
Micro USB A does exist, although I assume it is very uncommon.
Huh til thx
Full size micro plug. Hrhr.
