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  On 3/31/2023 at 8:26 PM, still kicking said:

And what is so funny about this?

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I was not the one putting the laughing emoticon, but it is funny... EVERY Samsung phone has a charging cable that can be used to plug in to the USB port of your computer for charging or data transfer. 
For older models (pre the x3 generation), it is the charging cable that came with the phone that can be used, but with the new USB-C to USB-C cable (i.e. for my A53), you need to buy a separate cable to plug in to your computer (USB-C to USB-A)

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  On 3/31/2023 at 8:19 PM, still kicking said:

My phone can only be charged from a power point there is no USB connection on my charging connection 

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Ah! Good start.

But there is only a single 100% risk free option: use a charger cable that has no data pins. The inner pins of a Type B connector are data. The two outer pins are power. The 'charger' cable won't have inner pins.

 

Just look at the connector you're using. If it has data pins then you're at risk. .

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  On 3/31/2023 at 8:26 PM, still kicking said:

And what is so funny about this?

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Every phone for the past many years have a cord that plugs one side into your phone, and the other side has a USB connector for plugging into a charger OR a computer/laptop USB outlet.

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  On 3/31/2023 at 11:57 PM, RocketDog said:

Ah! Good start.

But there is only a single 100% risk free option: use a charger cable that has no data pins. The inner pins of a Type B connector are data. The two outer pins are power. The 'charger' cable won't have inner pins.

 

Just look at the connector you're using. If it has data pins then you're at risk. .

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Most USB cables have 4 pins in the actual plug, but only 2 core cable if for charging only.

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  On 3/31/2023 at 8:08 PM, Swiss1960 said:

Well, you might be working in a place, where you only have one plug for both your computer and your phone (i.e. in a Starbucks or an airport), and you need your phone as hotspot, which can drain it pretty fast, so you might plug plug your computer to the electric grid and your phone into your computer for charging while you are working. Pretty common scenario for me, specially, if I don't have my power bank with me for charging the phone. 

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Hope ya using Vpn in those places hotspots Starbucks etc,.

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  On 4/1/2023 at 3:06 AM, KannikaP said:

Most USB cables have 4 pins in the actual plug, but only 2 core cable if for charging only.

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Yes, that's essentially what I meant. Many such cables also delete the inner two contacts on the connector.

However it's accomplished, without those inner pins data cannot be transmitted.

 

If the contacts are there the only way to know if the data lines are dead is to try a data transfer or test continuity which is difficult because of the tiny connectors.

I think between us the point has been made. Thank you.

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  On 3/31/2023 at 10:53 PM, NedR69 said:

Once you go MAC, you don't go back.

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I tried it and have never wanted a Mac since. (I must admit when Windows 7 was first introduced I thought about it).  I don't think like a MAC.

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Posted
  On 4/1/2023 at 5:17 AM, Mad mick said:

Hope ya using Vpn in those places hotspots Starbucks etc,.

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Since I clearly wrote that I am using my phone as my personal hotspot, I don't generally need to use a VPN, but I use a VPN anytime I am on sensitive websites like banking, no matter whether I am in my home network or connected through my phone.

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  On 3/31/2023 at 10:53 PM, NedR69 said:

Once you go MAC, you don't go back.

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That's not true. Jeff Goldblum infected an entire alien spaceship with his Mac. But he couldn't get it to talk to his Windows laptop - technologies too strange and incompatible.

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