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0 pointsrektide2y ago0 comments

> The reason some cheep chineese electronics with USB-C connectors can only charge with USB-A to USB-C cables, not with USB-C to USB-C cables is that they skipped the CC pins entirely.

If anyone has a usb-c pass through adapter that can negotiate for 5v out, please please please share. Ideally for me it'd be a like 3 inch cable that that a male & female connector.

Extra credit if it uses usb-pd to try to ask for 5v 5a.

(these would be incredibly out of spec & could cause damage to systems, but mercy they'd be useful! I find this problem to happen on a bunch of devices, alas not just cheap/rare ones)

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crote2y ago

You can plug an A male to C male cable into an A female to C male cable, that gets you a (directional) C-C cable with guaranteed 5V output.

rektideOP2y ago

I'm so close to having zero usb-a in my everyday carry. But this is still a good suggestion & I often can do this already.

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crote2y ago

You can plug an A male to C male cable into an A female to C male cable, that gets you a (directional) C-C cable with guaranteed 5V output.

rektideOP2y ago

I'm so close to having zero usb-a in my everyday carry. But this is still a good suggestion & I often can do this already.

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