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The cheap answer to crappy cables

I see that the answer to a lot of problems is "get a new cable". If you want a good USB cable for your Epic 4G and don't want to pay the outrageous prices at Radio Shack or Best Buy, etc., then get your cable at http://monoprice.com. We're talking under $2 for gold-plated micro USB cables. I bought a handful and they've worked perfectly for me.
No, this is not spam, and I have no connection whatsoever to monoprice.com. Just a happy customer.

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xopher.hunter said:
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It's just an addendum to a common answer. Lots of questions are answered with, "Get a better cable." This is a way to get a better cable without getting ripped off for $20-$30.
If it belongs somewhere else, like accessories, a moderator can feel free to move it.

And there is already a thread, "Monoprice or nothing, " in that section.

what kind of micro usb I get for my samsung epic. It look kinda confusing and i dont want to buy wrong kind

silverhawknike said:
what kind of micro usb I get for my samsung epic. It look kinda confusing and i dont want to buy wrong kind
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Blackberry and htc's micro usb cords tend to be the best... just make sure its not a skinny p.o.s like the one that comes with the epic...
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flastnoles11 said:
Blackberry and htc's micro usb cords tend to be the best... just make sure its not a skinny p.o.s like the one that comes with the epic...
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idk i have some startech.com cables that are small in diameter. have had them for about a year & they work good.

zman519 said:
idk i have some startech.com cables that are small in diameter. have had them for about a year & they work good.
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Lol ok let me change that to the p.o.s skinny samsung cables... samsung cables are crap...
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flastnoles11 said:
Lol ok let me change that to the p.o.s skinny samsung cables... samsung cables are crap...
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Sounds good hehe ;-).
My friend was odining & hiemdaling a captivate & his phone phone SGS mesmerize to night (well I did the captivate) & odin would not work on the mez going back to a stock froyo rom so we could get the modem to work with cm7. Then I see throw the mess of USB cables we had hdd & laptops phones big mess O cables, that's he's using his stock samsuck cable =-O I'm like OMG I FORGOT TO TELL HIM.
I got the phone backup for him with my startech ;-)
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I've been using a belkin with some mixed results, but most of the time it works just fine.
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I have been using my stock cable that came with my phone since day 1. I have odined atleast 100 times with no fails or soft bricks. I am beginning to believe that samsung fixed their crappy cable issue. I bought my phone last june, so earlier models might have defective cables.
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RealTic said:
I have been using my stock cable that came with my phone since day 1. I have odined atleast 100 times with no fails or soft bricks. I am beginning to believe that samsung fixed their crappy cable issue. I bought my phone last june, so earlier models might have defective cables.
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Got mine around the same time and its no good thing won't even stay plugged.....
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RealTic said:
I have been using my stock cable that came with my phone since day 1. I have odined atleast 100 times with no fails or soft bricks. I am beginning to believe that samsung fixed their crappy cable issue. I bought my phone last june, so earlier models might have defective cables.
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I got mine xmas 2010; been using the stock cable since day 1 as well. Never an issue.
As with everything else with this phone, YMMV

Amen! That POS was the source of all my nerd rage for weeks. I did opt for Radio Shack though. No waiting. Walked in and Odin'ed back from the dead in the truck before I left the parking lot.

oh look. i searched "monoprice" just in the epic4g section and came up with 3 threads with that word in the op.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308281&highlight=monoprice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310792&highlight=monoprice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1256104&highlight=monoprice
plus some.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126697&highlight=monoprice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16700928&postcount=5
xda search must not be broken anymore! hurrah!
now if only people would use it.
look at my sig.

I found it easier to just pick up some Blackberry OEM cables on eBay...

I know everyone hates the stock cable and I expect mine to fail me, but so far I have used nothing but the stock cable and have had no problems! Like I said I have read all the post about get a new cable and when it does not work right I will know why!
I did buy my phone later so maybe they changed something but it is a thin p o s samsung cable!

[Q] Micro-USB port worn out, what should I do?

Well, less than 4 months into owning my Verizon GNex, the Micro-USB port has worn out, rendering it un-chargeable. I'm well out of warranty at this point I suppose so any suggestions as to what I should do?

solder it back to the board

emcn84 said:
solder it back to the board
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Would that help? It's moreso the cable just dosent stay in when I put it in and it doesn't charge no matter how far I push it in.

Phone has 1 yr warranty for mfg defect. Return to verizon
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Sorry for the dumb question, but have you tried other cables?
NintendoSpy said:
Would that help? It's moreso the cable just dosent stay in when I put it in and it doesn't charge no matter how far I push it in.
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DeadPlasmaCell said:
Sorry for the dumb question, but have you tried other cables?
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Yeah I have, you can definitely feel the cable barely staying in.
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NintendoSpy said:
Well, less than 4 months into owning my Verizon GNex, the Micro-USB port has worn out, rendering it un-chargeable. I'm well out of warranty at this point I suppose so any suggestions as to what I should do?
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OK don't solder or weld or do anything else to it!!! send it to warranty threw verison or Samsung, if u do something stupid like solder or weld u will void warranty. Samsung turn round time is a week I've sent in two phones and they completely replaced with fresh new one ( screen issues)

Yeah, you're not out of warranty. Manufacturer warranty on the phone is one year (like pretty much every other OEM). Take it to the nearest Verizon store and they should help you out in replacing it under warranty.

NintendoSpy said:
Well, less than 4 months into owning my Verizon GNex, the Micro-USB port has worn out, rendering it un-chargeable. I'm well out of warranty at this point I suppose so any suggestions as to what I should do?
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Yea the warranty is a year as long as you haven't done anything like open it up just make sure its 100% stock and call Verizon and tell them. If your account isn't cash only they will send you a new one overnight. If it is cash only you have to go to a store and drop it off maybe 2 or three days later you'll be told to pick up your replacement at the same store. Super easy
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You could also change it using the Pogo pins, touchstone mod etc.
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Matridom said:
You could also change it using the Pogo pins, touchstone mod etc.
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Yeah I was about to do that since I had forgotten about manufacturer warranty. Well I guess I'll bring my phone back to stock 4.0.2 and call Verizon. Thanks guys!
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CableHub

Anyone try one of these yet?
http://www.thecablehub.com/

tony_5309 said:
Anyone try one of these yet?
http://www.thecablehub.com/
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being that the store is not open, and no-one can buy one yet.. I would say no.

scarrmrcc said:
being that the store is not open, and no-one can buy one yet.. I would say no.
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Yea i just saw that too.....oh well.

I assume that if charges so many devices, charge times would be slow.

chrischoi said:
I assume that if charges so many devices, charge times would be slow.
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AHH, you didn't read the documentation on the device then... if device can even be a good descriptor....
it is not a hub, and has no cables or charging of it's own. it is merely a thing you can run all your cables THROUGH.
it opens, you place the center of the cable in it, and then it holds the cable. it is not a charger, nor it is a hub of any sorts.
http://www.thecablehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/CH-instructions.pdf
this shows what it truly is.

You can get them now. I ended up just buying one. They look pretty cool.

Wireless charging for Note 2

http://www.uway-qi.com/Productsshow.asp?ID=65
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What? Is this new or something?
Honest question
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Is this for real? Also, I know my GN2 needs a 2amp charger, or it will be on that thing for many hours. What's the amperage?
sent from someone who's NOT using an iPhone.

lawalty said:
Is this for real? Also, I know my GN2 needs a 2amp charger, or it will be on that thing for many hours. What's the amperage?
sent from someone who's NOT using an iPhone.
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From the link
It's a 5v 1000ma ..

Where can we buy this at? Idc the order page?
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That's the same as the new green version qi receiver that starts popping up on Ebay recently , bought it for $20 few days ago.

Do you need to mod tmo gn2 for thid or can you just stick it on?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/400416112196

Vanquiz said:
That's the same as the new green version qi receiver that starts popping up on Ebay recently , bought it for $20 few days ago.
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Does it work?
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Dont know yet, shipping from overseas will takes around one month... Sigh

I'm 99% sure you will need to do the mod in my sig in order to get this to work. Instead of using the palm coil use the Qi pad.

vinas1 said:
I'm 99% sure you will need to do the mod in my sig in order to get this to work. Instead of using the palm coil use the Qi pad.
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I'm on tapa talk so I can't see your sig, but I'm assuming that it says that you need to do a hardware hack.
People unless you see tmobile or t889 it's not going to work. The tmobile version of the note 2 is missing a little chip that allows wireless for some reason. Unless there is a software workaround that hasn't been pushed wireless is a no go.

So if I do the mod, I can just buy one of those $15 coil pads and it'll work for palm pre and Qi chargers or no?

Kawaisa said:
So if I do the mod, I can just buy one of those $15 coil pads and it'll work for palm pre and Qi chargers or no?
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Don't think so. From what I gather, T-Mobile version of note has contacts, but they don't do anything. Wonder if there's a way to go around that. Like solder a wire or something. but I doubt it.

Meanee said:
Don't think so. From what I gather, T-Mobile version of note has contacts, but they don't do anything. Wonder if there's a way to go around that. Like solder a wire or something. but I doubt it.
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yeah it's the mod I was referring to

Kawaisa said:
yeah it's the mod I was referring to
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You have any details on the mod?

Meanee said:
You have any details on the mod?
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Check the under the original android development forum.

firstflyer said:
Check the under the original android development forum.
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Thanks, just noticed. Seems to be a simple 1 wire job. Problem is, my soldering skills leave a lot to be desired. Guess it's time to practice. Or ask someone who knows what they are doing.

Meanee said:
Thanks, just noticed. Seems to be a simple 1 wire job. Problem is, my soldering skills leave a lot to be desired. Guess it's time to practice. Or ask someone who knows what they are doing.
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You'll be fine, last time I hold a soldering iron is like 20 years ago, my hand a bit shaky now, and I did it just fine. Just be careful when prying the phone open, there are 2 clips behind the battery spot top and bottom.

hmm
I was tempted to do this. Worried about messing up tho.

I actually just bought an at&t gn2 specifically because of the wireless charging issues on the t889. I'll have to hack it a little, but my understanding is all frewquinciesnshould work just as well as on the T-Mobile gn2.

[Q] Bought a Galaxy S4 Mini - few questions

It won't arrive for a little bit (1saleaday is slow to ship), so I figure I'll ask some questions in the meantime.
Does it support MHL 2.0? I've seen conflicting info, in that some places don't even mention MHL support. And if it's not 2.0, does it require that specific 11-pin Samsung adapter? Selling my HTC One and not sure if I should just include my current 5-pin adapter with it.
Does it work with the Smart Dock like the regular S4 and whatnot? Assuming it works with MHL 2.0, I don't see why it wouldn't work with the Smart Dock.
What kind of sound hardware does it have? I don't suppose its Wolfson...
Does it support exFAT for microSD? I've seen confirmation that it supports 64GB cards at least.
And any idea if it'll have a wireless charging back like for the S4? Don't know if it even supports wireless charging.

I've tried mhl 1.0 and 2.0. Both don't work. Also tried USB OTG also doesn't work.
I have a 64gb micro sd but I can't remember how it's formatted. But definitely works.

irv777 said:
I've tried mhl 1.0 and 2.0. Both don't work. Also tried USB OTG also doesn't work.
I have a 64gb micro sd but I can't remember how it's formatted. But definitely works.
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Well crap, I was banking on at least regular MHL - are you sure its not the cable you're using (as in, it requires the Samsung specific 11-pin cable)? If not, then I guess GSMarena is wrong (wouldn't be the first time).

I've tried both a cheap one from ebay and the samsung geniune one which works with my normal Galaxy S4 without using the power cable......both cable works on my normal GS4 but it doesn't work on my MIni GS4....i've also tried with or without the power cable attached and still doesn't work.

irv777 said:
I've tried both a cheap one from ebay and the samsung geniune one which works with my normal Galaxy S4 without using the power cable......both cable works on my normal GS4 but it doesn't work on my MIni GS4....i've also tried with or without the power cable attached and still doesn't work.
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Well that really sucks. Oh well, guess I'll stick to using my Tab Plus for that for the time being.

magus57 said:
Well crap, I was banking on at least regular MHL - are you sure its not the cable you're using (as in, it requires the Samsung specific 11-pin cable)? If not, then I guess GSMarena is wrong (wouldn't be the first time).
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only the samsung hdmi adapter works with the GS4 mini due to a specific protocol since it is not HML enabled. I know... it sucks, but it has other ways to connect to a TV

adibadro said:
only the samsung hdmi adapter works with the GS4 mini due to a specific protocol since it is not HML enabled. I know... it sucks, but it has other ways to connect to a TV
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Don't be shy, name a way or two.
Lol ,thanks
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justlovejoy said:
Don't be shy, name a way or two.
Lol ,thanks
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) not shy )
samsung smart TVs have this almost-like "wifi-direct" connection and you can mirror through wifi the phone's display. like sony has with their phones&TVs. you need to be connected to the same wifi... that's it

adibadro said:
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samsung smart TVs have this almost-like "wifi-direct" connection and you can mirror through wifi the phone's display. like sony has with their phones&TVs. you need to be connected to the same wifi... that's it
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Hahaha, Figured why have people keep searching for more info. Thanks!
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Hahaha, Figured why have people keep searching for more info. Thanks!
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yeah... just got one and it was a much waited upgrade to my phone... and the size was the selling point i hate those damn 5inch-ers. why would anybody what all that power and resolution in a phone?
I would just go for an awesome camera... but that's just me.
If i run into some cool hacks, i'll come back and post them here.
Cheers!

adibadro said:
yeah... just got one and it was a much waited upgrade to my phone... and the size was the selling point i hate those damn 5inch-ers. why would anybody what all that power and resolution in a phone?
I would just go for an awesome camera... but that's just me.
If i run into some cool hacks, i'll come back and post them here.
Cheers!
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Personally I can go for one.
Screen real estate has always been a plus for me but the remote got me on this.
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