Usb cables for rooting

[bgbagz]

Can some please explain the difference in micro Usb cables some will work for rooting some will not.... And how can you tell the difference?

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[Craig Rogers]

They all should work, unless it's a specific one just for power. They all have data connection lines to connect to a computer, that doesn't make any sense at all why one wouldn't work for rooting

Sent from my rooted SGH-I747 running carbon rom

 

[meyerweb#CB]

Craig probably hit on it. Some cables are designed and sold as "charging cables." These have the data contacts shorted. You need a cable that's designed to sync (or sync and charge).

Aside from that, Odin seems really sensitive to the quality of the data connection. I've seen rooting efforts fail multiple times, then succeed when the user did nothing but swap out the cable.

 

[bgbagz]

Ok... I thought all Usb cables did the same thing

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