Photo exchange Samsung A32 with Xubuntu

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 12:51 PM rikona <rikona at sonic.net> wrote:
>
> 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:
> > >
> > > 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. :-)

I believe the charging cable will be missing 1 or 2 wires that are
present in the data cable. The rub is, the pad may be present in the
connector, so it may be difficult to determine if the wires are
actually present in the conduit. Maybe an Ohmmeter can tell. The data
pins are at A6 and A7.[1]

[1] https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/technical-articles/introduction-to-usb-type-c-which-pins-power-delivery-data-transfer/

Jeff