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Should any micro usb cable charge an S6?

  • 20-09-2019 11:14PM
    #1
    BullBauld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 891 ✭✭✭


    Hey

    I ordered a few spare micro usb cables off Amazon but none of them will work with charger.
    Am I missing something here, should they not be compatible?
    Any help for this confused one appreciated.


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  • #2
    GBX
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,148 ✭✭✭✭GBX


    BullBauld wrote: »
    Hey

    I ordered a few spare micro usb cables off Amazon but none of them will work with charger.
    Am I missing something here, should they not be compatible?
    Any help for this confused one appreciated.

    Yes, they should do. Have you tried using any connecting the phone to a pc/laptop to see if it's the cables ? Or the charger with any other device ?


  • #3
    73bc61lyohr0mu
    Closed Accounts Posts: 312 ✭✭73bc61lyohr0mu


    The s6 is known for having dodgy charging ports. I worked as a phone repair technician for years and saw loads of them. It's a very awkward job to replace it as the screen has to be removed..


  • #4
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,120 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    BullBauld wrote: »
    Hey

    I ordered a few spare micro usb cables off Amazon but none of them will work with charger.
    Am I missing something here, should they not be compatible?
    Any help for this confused one appreciated.

    Did you buy from Amazon, Amazon fulfilled or a 3rd party seller? The 1st 2 you have a good chance of getting genuine cables, they can still be crap, 3rd party seller's are risky.

    How much did you pay for them and what brand? I've got cables that'll charge a phone in a week vs ones that give higher voltage but still nowhere near the fast charging from the OEM cable. Even the other day in work I gave a loan of a cable/charger that worked on my phone but not the other person's


  • #5
    BullBauld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 891 ✭✭✭BullBauld


    GBX wrote: »
    Yes, they should do. Have you tried using any connecting the phone to a pc/laptop to see if it's the cables ? Or the charger with any other device ?

    Yea I swapped around cables alright. Seems to be the cables that are the problem.


  • #6
    BullBauld
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 891 ✭✭✭BullBauld


    Del2005 wrote: »
    Did you buy from Amazon, Amazon fulfilled or a 3rd party seller? The 1st 2 you have a good chance of getting genuine cables, they can still be crap, 3rd party seller's are risky.

    How much did you pay for them and what brand? I've got cables that'll charge a phone in a week vs ones that give higher voltage but still nowhere near the fast charging from the OEM cable. Even the other day in work I gave a loan of a cable/charger that worked on my phone but not the other person's

    Yea bought them off Amazon through third party seller.
    The brand is RavPower..paid around €9 for a 5 pack.


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  • #7
    The high horse brigade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,456 ✭✭✭The high horse brigade


    BullBauld wrote: »
    Yea bought them off Amazon through third party seller.
    The brand is RavPower..paid around €9 for a 5 pack.

    Return them and get Anker


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