Charging USB devices with Fedora

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Wed Mar 17 12:37:10 UTC 2010


Hiisi wrote:
> 2010/3/17 Ed Greshko <Ed.Greshko at greshko.com>:
>   
>> Hiisi wrote:
>>     
>>> 2010/3/17 NoSpaze <nospaze at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Am Mittwoch, den 17.03.2010, 12:33 +0100 schrieb Ambrogio:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> It's very strange that 2 different devices bought in the same store at
>>>>> the same moment are both dead.
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> I cant' understand if you are able to charge also from the wall power
>>>> adapter. Anyway, it doesn't seem to be a linux issue; could be:
>>>> - Cable damaged
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Agreed here. And even more: recently I've bought a nice brand new
>>> chinise cellphone. It uses USB for battery charge and also for data
>>> transfer. But I can't use it with every USB-cable. It works only with
>>> manufacturer cable which looks exactly the same as an ordinary one.
>>>
>>>       
>> My Nokia cellphone, Canon Camera, mp3 player, and both my GPS units are
>> made in China.  They all use standard USB cables and charge just fine
>> when plugged into the USB ports of my system.
>>
>> I think it is better to bad mouth a manufacturer than a country.
>>     
>
> OK. It's noname (from China).
>
>   
Yes, that particular manufacturer also has factories in at least Germany
and Mexico.  I know, I've bought products from them in the past and have
been disappointed.


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