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Micro usb part 2
27-04-2016 12:46 PM
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Just come across this issue:
That is the new plug (90 degree one) is shorter than the normal, the result is it will not fit in my phone.
I am thinking about getting creative with a scalpel (done it before on a round plug that was too short to fit in the socket).
Anybody else come across this issue ?
Re: Micro usb part 2
27-04-2016 12:51 PM
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I have but never given it much thought TBH, could this change in size be related to the USB type i.e. A, B, C?
Re: Micro usb part 2
27-04-2016 12:53 PM - edited 27-04-2016 1:13 PM
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At the risk of using very technical terminology (apologies if it's too technical ), it looks to me like the 'sticky-out bit' on the blue one is sticking out more than a standard normal one does (looking at any I have lying around, they all stick out a bit less than that one (but maybe a bit more than your black 90° one).
No, I don't have a vernier handy to measure one.
Apparently it should be 5.4mm
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Re: Micro usb part 2
27-04-2016 1:10 PM
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@HairyMcbiker wrote:
Just come across this issue:
That is the new plug (90 degree one) is shorter than the normal, the result is it will not fit in my phone.
I am thinking about getting creative with a scalpel (done it before on a round plug that was too short to fit in the socket).
Anybody else come across this issue ?
Interesting.... I just looked at a couple of my connectors.... and yes... there is a difference in the length... however.. there is also a difference in the "cross section" size... the one with the longer "tongue" is also "fatter" than the shorter one..
Re: Micro usb part 2
27-04-2016 1:56 PM - edited 27-04-2016 1:58 PM
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Interesting
Apparently it should be 5.4mm
Checking with a steel rule, the short one is over 5mm so apparently the correct length, the longer one is ~8mm. So must be my phone breaking the rule with the socket too far inside the edge.
Just looked at the phone connector, it is recessed about 2mm inside the case.
Re: Micro usb part 2
27-04-2016 6:52 PM
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Took a bit much off, but it now works fine. Might try adding a small bit of hot glue to fix it up.
Re: Micro usb part 2
27-04-2016 7:38 PM
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Ha, now very interesting that I should come across this. I bought one of those 90° ones a couple of weeks ago and it's a tidy fit to the two phones I need it to fit.
Unlike @w23 (thanks for the drawing and dimensions) I did get my micrometer out - only because he mentioned it, otherwise I'd have used a ruler and it measures 5.5mm.
Now the power adapter and USB lead that came with my cheapo Samsung phone are in fact 5.4mm, and likewise the one that came with the cheapo LG phone.
The plug on the 90° lead I bought being visibly (with my glasses on) that tiny bit longer. I did a comparison with 2 other USB leads I've got, one was 7.5mm and the other was 8mm (the cheap £1 job).
Which phone is that you have HM? (note to self, don't buy one).
Re: Micro usb part 2
28-04-2016 9:00 AM
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stick to buying the cheap stuff, they break more often but tend to work across more gear
Re: Micro usb part 2
28-04-2016 11:42 AM - edited 28-04-2016 12:05 PM
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My new phone is a Homtom HT7 pro. web site
Android 5.1, 5.5", 2/16Gb, 4G dual sim.
Battery life is poor, but that is normal for a China phone.
Re: Micro usb part 2
28-04-2016 12:02 PM
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@HairyMcbiker unfortunately the link is broken, not sure why I've a funny feeling when you are creating links you have to make sure the www is on the front (when needed) eg. there are sites that aren't www like this place, also have to be sure the http:// (or https://) is also there but it should prompt you for http but not sure about https.
Re: Micro usb part 2
28-04-2016 12:04 PM - edited 28-04-2016 12:07 PM
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I used the include link button not hard coded it. So it needs a full url eh? OK will edit it.
It accepted the url I had put in homtom.cc, but now has the full url.
Re: Micro usb part 2
28-04-2016 10:08 PM
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That blue cable looks just like the cable I bought for my blue PS4 pad (I use it on my PC, got used to my white pad on my PS4 before I sold it so had to have another pad), the Micro-B end stopped working a week after I got the damned thing but the cable was too nice to throw out, so I just replaced the plug with some DIY solder-on plugs off ebay, oddly worked out cheaper than another new cable!!
Fiddly as heck to solder though...
Re: Micro usb part 2
29-04-2016 9:31 AM
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