I cannot find my original micro usb cable that came with my Bionic. I bought one from Amazon that said it was compatible with my phone. However, when using it, my PC doesn't recognize my device. I hopped onto the Moto site and they seem to have generic micro usb data cables as well.
Suggestions?
This seems to be a common problem. I was able to get Motorola to send me a cable, VZ tried a couple of times both cables were not data cables (I don't blame VZ, I don't think they can tell what the cables are).
The Moto cable part number was SKN6378A.
(My LG Rev phone was replaced with a Bionic, the LG cable would not work on the Bionic).
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Is it a proprietary cable? Looks like a variation of mini USB. Need to get some back-ups for the cars and work...
Thanks!
It's a normal micro USB plug, but the plug is slightly recessed into the body of the device, and some cords with fatter ends may not fit well. I found some OEM Samsung cables on Amazon that weren't for the Focus specifically, and have rubbery ends instead of the hard plastic tips like the Focus cord has, but they're the same dimensions and work quite well.
It is proprietary in a way. To charge the phone any micro usb will do however it will not connect to zune nor the pc without the included cable.
Well, looking at Monoprice.com a few days ago, they several different mini-usb cables, some with 4, other with 5 connectors. I ordered 2 of each just to try with various devices I have, hoping some with work with the Focus's as well. Just charging would be fine with the Car, but want PC connection at Home and Work. (though BT works for that as well)
Anyone else? Lets see what we do about getting some inexpensive cables for these phones!
Every micro usb cable i have found (including one i got for 1.98 from amazon and one i got for 6.00 from frys) has worked just fine for all tasks
My cables came in today, this one works just fine. 5 connector mini-usb, soon as I connected to my PC Zune software launched and synched items.
http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=103&cp_id=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5457&seq=1&format=2
Just over a buck a piece....
I guess I need to get some new cables. Good information.
The cables I got off Amazon for $3/each all work for syncing with the Zune software on my PC, but then, they're OEM, so they should even though they weren't made for the focus specifically. They were a bit shorter than the cable that came packed-in, but my chargers are pretty close to where I put my phone anyway, luckily, so that worked out.
The OEM connector is so short. I always need to connect an extension to comportably use my phone while its charging.
Just wondering if anyone has noticed that their "off-brand" USB cables no longer can send/recieve data from a computer.. I remember this happening after the OTA 5.6.890 came out. Now only my supplied Motorola cable works, which is 2 feet shorter than the one I have (longer USB cables are better in my book)
**Edit - I just booted on AP Fastboot, and it reads the damn phone like a champ, so I'm going to guess that Motorola wanted to rip us all off and make us get their OEM micro USB cables (after the 5.6.890 update)..
Mine works fine with my Kindle cable, which is quite long.
doogald said:
Mine works fine with my Kindle cable, which is quite long.
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My longer cable is from my old LG enV Touch.. it worked all the way up to the 5.6.890 update..
Ok Guys and Gals,
I had a topic going on for a while about windows not detecting my Tablet.
we went round and round about drivers, Novacom, and even formatted my system.
But here what it was My micro usb cable.
My dog had eaten my Hp one. so I bought a generic one through EBAY
I my son took my cable for whatever reason so I grabbed the one that cae with my phone and it fixed everything
So heres my question
what is the right Micro usb cable to buy that will give optimum power abnd data transfer
A micro usb 2.0?
anybody that can help would be great
Any decent microUSB cable will work, its just 4 wires inside linking your Touchpad to your computer. I have used a Motorola, Blackberry, etc branded cables with no issues. Its not uncommon for cheap generic cables to have issues if they shipped with a defect.
I'm new to the Atrix HD, but have been around since the OG Droid (followed by a Droid 2, Droid 4, then Galaxy Nexus). I just picked up an Atrix HD for the first time.
USB works for fastboot - Windows 7 recognizes it, fastboot shows USB connected.
If phone is turned off, and connect USB to PC, phone boots up.
If phone is turned off, and connect USB to power adapter, it will charge.
Once booted into android, USB does not work at all. I've tried 2 different cables (both of which work to power it when connected to the wall charger) and 2 different physical machines across 3 different OS's - all with the same result. Once in Android, USB is not recognized. Nothing happens, no indication in the OS that a device is even detected.
I've tried RSD back to stock - but this did not resolve the issue.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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I'm new to the Atrix HD, but have been around since the OG Droid (followed by a Droid 2, Droid 4, then Galaxy Nexus). I just picked up an Atrix HD for the first time.
USB works for fastboot - Windows 7 recognizes it, fastboot shows USB connected.
If phone is turned off, and connect USB to PC, phone boots up.
If phone is turned off, and connect USB to power adapter, it will charge.
Once booted into android, USB does not work at all. I've tried 2 different cables (both of which work to power it when connected to the wall charger) and 2 different physical machines across 3 different OS's - all with the same result. Once in Android, USB is not recognized. Nothing happens, no indication in the OS that a device is even detected.
I've tried RSD back to stock - but this did not resolve the issue.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
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Weird... Which Recovery are you using? Also, when did this problem started? Did you formated any partition? Any new ROM?
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Weird... Which Recovery are you using? Also, when did this problem started? Did you formated any partition? Any new ROM?
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It was completely stock - OS and recovery.
I purchased it off ebay, so - I'm not sure when it started. I've been in contact with the buyer, and he said he never tried connecting to a PC.
With that being said, I was able to get it to work on my mac with a Nook cable. Same cable will not work in on my laptop in Win 7 or in Fedora 20 for this phone.
While not ideal, I was able to get the phone to it's desired state by using the mac (CWM recovery and CM11 ROM). After changing to CWM and CM11, phone exhibits same behavior still on Win 7 and Fedora when using a generic or genuine OEM Motorola cable (came with my Droid 4) as well as using the cables on the Mac. The only way it works is with the Nook cable on the Mac. Using the OEM or generic while attached to a wall adapter, the phone does charge.
The only thing I can think of with the Nook cable is that the connector is slightly longer than a typical USB adapter. I'm not sure why this works as I can not see any damage to the phone's USB socket.
CharleySimmons said:
It was completely stock - OS and recovery.
I purchased it off ebay, so - I'm not sure when it started. I've been in contact with the buyer, and he said he never tried connecting to a PC.
With that being said, I was able to get it to work on my mac with a Nook cable. Same cable will not work in on my laptop in Win 7 or in Fedora 20 for this phone.
While not ideal, I was able to get the phone to it's desired state by using the mac (CWM recovery and CM11 ROM). After changing to CWM and CM11, phone exhibits same behavior still on Win 7 and Fedora when using a generic or genuine OEM Motorola cable (came with my Droid 4) as well as using the cables on the Mac. The only way it works is with the Nook cable on the Mac. Using the OEM or generic while attached to a wall adapter, the phone does charge.
The only thing I can think of with the Nook cable is that the connector is slightly longer than a typical USB adapter. I'm not sure why this works as I can not see any damage to the phone's USB socket.
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This is really weird. But I think this is a hardware issue, even when the port may not show any signs of abuse or something like that. If you connect the OEM Motorola cable to the Mac, does it works? If it doesn't, it's very likely to be hardware issue. Also, you got it from Ebay, that's suspicious... Any way, another thing that you can do is download all Motorola drivers for Windows and try with a ton of USB cables.
Stupid question, but what exactly are you trying to do with it? And do you have USB debugging enabled?
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Charging would be a good start, but file xfer would be nice too. I've tried with USB debugging both disabled and enabled.
Received my Moto Z Force from Verizon today. Unfortunately, the device does NOT include a standard USB data cable in the package.
The Turbo Charger that comes with the device is hard-wired, and since the device uses a USB Type-C connector, a standard Micro-USB cable will not work!
So if you want to connect your Moto Z to a PC, you'll need to order a USB Type-C data cable separately (if you don't already have one)
Yeah, That's pretty messed up. Mine arrived today from Amazon along with a QC3 car charger. They're both Anker and pretty good quality.
Realized this was an issue when I went to transfer my pics/music backup from my computer to my new MZF. Had to resort to trusty ol' WiFi File Explorer Pro to get my stuff on there, worked well enough. USB-C is nice and all, but all these new cables/chargers kinda sucks for now lol.
If you have a PC/Mac with a USB-C port, I highly recommend getting a C-to-C cable, since the C port will turbo charge your phone while plugged in and transferring data.