Photo exchange Samsung A32 with Xubuntu

[rikona]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:43:48 +0000
David Fletcher <dave at thefletchers.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 2022-12-13 at 20:49 -0800, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> > > Any pointers would be most welcome.  
> > SOLVED:
> > 
> > I had her bring over her "official" Samsung USB charge cable. With
> > that, it connected with no trouble. I had been using a generic USB
> > cable - I forgot how picky Samsung phones can be.  
> 
> I've found in the past that a "USB charge cable" is just that - it
> will charge the device from any USB socket and do nothing else i.e.
> it won't provide a data connection.

Is there a measurement or device that can distinguish which kind of
USB cable it is. They look the same. :-)

> Having purchased other cables from a certain supplier through eBay
> (USB, Ethernet, TOSLink optical audio) that always seem to be of
> excellent quality, their micro USB cables and any other micro USB data
> cable work just fine to connect my Motorola g8 Power Lite to any of
> the computers I own and allow me to transfer files from/to either the
> built in memory or the micro SD card.
> 
> Whilst I have a lovely 20.1" 1600x1200 Samsung monitor purchased in
> 2005 that I'm using right now and a Samsung TV of similar age, both
> absolutely perfect still, I'd just say that if that's the sort of
> practice they're up to now, thanks for the warning and I'll stick with
> Motorola mobile gadgets.
> 
>