Photo exchange Samsung A32 with Xubuntu

[rikona]

On Wed, 14 Dec 2022 13:05:58 -0500
Jeffrey Walton <noloader at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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

OK - thanks. You're right - with tiny connectors it may be hard to
measure. Maybe it's "make an adapter time"  :-)