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Do usb-C jacks work with prior plugs?

I'm visiting my brother and SIL and I have a charger plugged in for my
phone and my Bose Hearphones. They are old (Sold from 2017 - 2020) and
use the previous USB connection, before C, but I don't know the name,
mini, semi-mini???

They are not reversible.

My brother is ailing and they have a caretaker so he won't be alone when
SIL goes out, and he has a charger but sometimes he's been using my
charger, and that's fine, but just now, I saw that he'd plugged his
phone not into the USB-C cable that is there, but the other one for the bluetooth headphones/hearing aids. I'm in Peru and my Spanish isn't the
best so we barely talk to each other, but when I looked at it, he
unplugged it and plugged it back in and the screen lit up, like screens
do when chargers are connected. So I guess USB-C jacks accept some
prior plugs, right? That's pretty surprising.

(SCAII think it's micro-usb but it's shaped like the original part of
Micro-B, before it had 2 parts.

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micky, 2026-04-15 17:17:

Do usb-C jacks work with prior plugs?

No, you need an adapter. Usually there will only be adapters from USB-A
to USB-C.

I'm visiting my brother and SIL and I have a charger plugged in for my
phone and my Bose Hearphones. They are old (Sold from 2017 - 2020) and
use the previous USB connection, before C, but I don't know the name,
mini, semi-mini???

Most likley "Micro USB".

Also see here: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hardware#Types>

They are not reversible.

Yes, by design this is the case for *all* USB connectors before USB-C.
However, some companies created reversable plugs for USB A and C as well:

<https://www.tizi.tv/en/tizi-flip-micro-usb.html>

My brother is ailing and they have a caretaker so he won't be alone when
SIL goes out, and he has a charger but sometimes he's been using my
charger, and that's fine, but just now, I saw that he'd plugged his
phone not into the USB-C cable that is there, but the other one for the bluetooth headphones/hearing aids. I'm in Peru and my Spanish isn't the
best so we barely talk to each other, but when I looked at it, he
unplugged it and plugged it back in and the screen lit up, like screens
do when chargers are connected. So I guess USB-C jacks accept some
prior plugs, right? That's pretty surprising.

No. USB-C jacks only accept USB-C plugs.
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https://arnowelzel.de
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In comp.mobile.android, on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:17:37 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

Do usb-C jacks work with prior plugs?

I'm visiting my brother and SIL and I have a charger plugged in for my
phone and my Bose Hearphones. They are old (Sold from 2017 - 2020) and
use the previous USB connection, before C, but I don't know the name,
mini, semi-mini???

They are not reversible.

My brother is ailing and they have a caretaker so he won't be alone when
SIL goes out, and he has a charger but sometimes he's been using my
charger, and that's fine, but just now, I saw that he'd plugged his
phone not into the USB-C cable that is there, but the other one for the >bluetooth headphones/hearing aids. I'm in Peru and my Spanish isn't the
best so we barely talk to each other, but when I looked at it, he
unplugged it and plugged it back in and the screen lit up, like screens
do when chargers are connected. So I guess USB-C jacks accept some
prior plugs, right? That's pretty surprising.

(SCAII think it's micro-usb but it's shaped like the original part of >Micro-B, before it had 2 parts.

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/ \
|_____| )

Definitely Micro-B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MicroB_USB_Plug.jpg

but how can there be two kinds of Micro? Why isn't there a different
name for the one with a side-car?
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In comp.mobile.android, on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:29:57 +0200, Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:

micky, 2026-04-15 17:17:

Do usb-C jacks work with prior plugs?

No, you need an adapter. Usually there will only be adapters from USB-A
to USB-C.

I'm visiting my brother and SIL and I have a charger plugged in for my
phone and my Bose Hearphones. They are old (Sold from 2017 - 2020) and
use the previous USB connection, before C, but I don't know the name,
mini, semi-mini???

Most likley "Micro USB".

Also see here: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_hardware#Types>

They are not reversible.

Yes, by design this is the case for *all* USB connectors before USB-C. >However, some companies created reversable plugs for USB A and C as well:

<https://www.tizi.tv/en/tizi-flip-micro-usb.html>

My brother is ailing and they have a caretaker so he won't be alone when
SIL goes out, and he has a charger but sometimes he's been using my
charger, and that's fine, but just now, I saw that he'd plugged his
phone not into the USB-C cable that is there, but the other one for the
bluetooth headphones/hearing aids. I'm in Peru and my Spanish isn't the
best so we barely talk to each other, but when I looked at it, he
unplugged it and plugged it back in and the screen lit up, like screens
do when chargers are connected. So I guess USB-C jacks accept some
prior plugs, right? That's pretty surprising.

No. USB-C jacks only accept USB-C plugs.

So why did the phone's screen light up when he plugged it in, ;-) ?
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On 4/15/26 8:34 AM, micky wrote:

Definitely Micro-B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MicroB_USB_Plug.jpg

but how can there be two kinds of Micro? Why isn't there a different
name for the one with a side-car?

If by side-car you mean that lump on the cable that's likely a filter and
can often be found on several types of connector cables.

BTW I always hated plugs/sockets that only fit one way. My low tech solution
was to paint a white dot with fingernail polish on the matching side of
each to quickly get it right. Avoided a lot of false tries and squinting...


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micky wrote:

saw that he'd plugged his phone not into the USB-C cable that is
there, [...] the screen lit up, like screens do when chargers are
connected. So I guess USB-C jacks accept some prior plugs, right?

USB A/B/mini-B/micro-B/C plugs each only insert into the same named
socket, but you can get leads with different type of plugs on each end,
e.g. a USB-A to USB-C lead ... there's slightly more involved to
determine what speed things can charge at, and what speed they can
transfer data at.
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AJL wrote:

My low tech solution
was to paint a white dot with fingernail polish on the matching side of
each to quickly get it right. Avoided a lot of false tries and squinting...

Heh heh heh... that's completely different from my low-tech solution, 'cuz
I used whiteout instead of fingernail polish to accomplish the same goal!

:)

Before that, it took three tries, on average, to figure out which way. :)

Jokes aside...
a. USB-C is a symmetrical oval, roughly 8.4mm x 2.6mm.
b. Micro-USB is a "flat-bottomed" trapezoid, roughly 6.8mm x 1.8mm.

While a Micro-USB plug is smaller in width, it is thicker in certain spots
than the gap around the center tongue of a USB-C port. To get a Micro-USB
plug into a USB-C socket, you would likely have to apply enough force to
bend the internal pins or snap the "tongue" (the plastic tab inside the
phone's port).

If someone actually managed to jam it in there, could the phone "light up"? Yes, but usually only once. :)
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micky, 2026-04-15 17:38:

In comp.mobile.android, on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:29:57 +0200, Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:

[...]

No. USB-C jacks only accept USB-C plugs.

So why did the phone's screen light up when he plugged it in, ;-) ?

Because the phone used the same USB connection type. Technically there
is no other option. USB-C and Micro USB are completely different connectors.
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https://arnowelzel.de
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micky, 2026-04-15 17:34:

In comp.mobile.android, on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:17:37 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

[...]

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Definitely Micro-B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MicroB_USB_Plug.jpg

but how can there be two kinds of Micro? Why isn't there a different
name for the one with a side-car?

Except for USB-C there is alwas "A" and "B". The "A" side is the host
and the "B" side is for the client:

<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/USB_2.0_connectors.svg/1920px-USB_2.0_connectors.svg.png>

However usually you have cables using USB-A for the host side and
MiniUSB-B or MicroUSB-B for the client side.
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https://arnowelzel.de
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micky wrote:

(SCAII think it's micro-usb but it's shaped like the original part of
Micro-B, before it had 2 parts.

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|_____| )

Definitely Micro-B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MicroB_USB_Plug.jpg

but how can there be two kinds of Micro?

There is a relatively uncommon type of USB 3.0 micro-B plug, I only have
two or three of them.

<https://startech.com/en-us/cables/usb3aub15cms>


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Andy Burns, 2026-04-16 08:46:

micky wrote:

(SCAII think it's micro-usb but it's shaped like the original part of
Micro-B, before it had 2 parts.

_____
/ \
|_____| )

Definitely Micro-B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MicroB_USB_Plug.jpg

but how can there be two kinds of Micro?

There is a relatively uncommon type of USB 3.0 micro-B plug, I only have
two or three of them.

<https://startech.com/en-us/cables/usb3aub15cms>

It may be uncommon today. But before there was USB-C this was a quite
common connection for external 2.5" portable hard discs when you want to
have USB 3. I also have a bunch of these.
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https://arnowelzel.de
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On 4/15/26 10:42 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

AJL wrote:

My low tech solution
was to paint a white dot with fingernail polish on the matching side of
each to quickly get it right. Avoided a lot of false tries and squinting...

Heh heh heh... that's completely different from my low-tech solution, 'cuz
I used whiteout instead of fingernail polish to accomplish the same goal!

:)

Before that, it took three tries, on average, to figure out which way. :)

Fingernail polish does have one advantage over whiteout though. It comes in
various colors so that you could use a tablet's matching color to cover
it's camera lenses and plug its mike hole. Course that would likely only be
done by someone with severe paranoia. Me? Nah...


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Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

micky wrote:

(SCAII think it's micro-usb but it's shaped like the original part of
Micro-B, before it had 2 parts.

_____
/ \
|_____| )

Definitely Micro-B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MicroB_USB_Plug.jpg

but how can there be two kinds of Micro?

There is a relatively uncommon type of USB 3.0 micro-B plug, I only have
two or three of them.

<https://startech.com/en-us/cables/usb3aub15cms>

Western Digital's WD Elements external HDDs (and other WD HDDs?) use
these (on the HDD side). I have three of them, two 1TB ones and a 2TB
one.

The connection is a bit akward and IME not very reliable, but it isn't
that bad either.

Probably more modern drives use a USB-C plug/receptacle.
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Frank Slootweg wrote:

<https://startech.com/en-us/cables/usb3aub15cms>

Western Digital's WD Elements external HDDs (and other WD HDDs?) use
these (on the HDD side). I have three of them, two 1TB ones and a 2TB
one.

The connection is a bit akward and IME not very reliable, but it isn't that bad either.

Yep, I have a western dig HDD, and a couple of generic 2.5" SATA housings.
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On 2026-04-16 12:58, AJL wrote:

On 4/15/26 10:42 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

AJL wrote:

My low tech solution
 was to paint a white dot with fingernail polish on the matching side of >>>  each to quickly get it right. Avoided a lot of false tries and
squinting...

Heh heh heh... that's completely different from my low-tech solution,
'cuz
I used whiteout instead of fingernail polish to accomplish the same goal!

:)

Before that, it took three tries, on average, to figure out which way. :)

Yep. Three. Absolutely :-)

Fingernail polish does have one advantage over whiteout though. It comes in various colors so that you could use a tablet's matching color to cover
it's camera lenses and plug its mike hole. Course that would likely only be done by someone with severe paranoia. Me? Nah...

I don't have nail polish, and it is a bit expensive last time I looked
at it. Instead, I mark usb micro plugs painting in red the metal of the
flat side, using a Staedtler permanent Lumocolor felt pen (thin).
--
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:58:01 -0000 (UTC), AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:

On 4/15/26 10:42 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

AJL wrote:

My low tech solution
was to paint a white dot with fingernail polish on the matching side of >>> each to quickly get it right. Avoided a lot of false tries and squinting...

Heh heh heh... that's completely different from my low-tech solution, 'cuz >>I used whiteout instead of fingernail polish to accomplish the same goal!

:)

Before that, it took three tries, on average, to figure out which way. :)

Fingernail polish does have one advantage over whiteout though. It comes in
various colors so that you could use a tablet's matching color to cover
it's camera lenses and plug its mike hole. Course that would likely only be done by someone with severe paranoia. Me? Nah...

I've used fingernail polish for some similar things, and lipstick where
I want to transfer color, to show what touches.

And you can buy them both at the dollar store.

(My whiteout dried up long ago.)

But no, I didn't mean a bump on the cable I meant something on the plug
itself that made it wider with another section, but yet they call them
both Micro-B. I'll try to post a picture later.
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In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:31:53 +0200, Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:

micky, 2026-04-15 17:34:

In comp.mobile.android, on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:17:37 -0400, micky
<NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

[...]

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/ \
|_____| )

Definitely Micro-B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MicroB_USB_Plug.jpg

but how can there be two kinds of Micro? Why isn't there a different
name for the one with a side-car?

Except for USB-C there is alwas "A" and "B". The "A" side is the host
and the "B" side is for the client:

That makes sense,

<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/USB_2.0_connectors.svg/1920px-USB_2.0_connectors.svg.png>

But this drawing doesn't show the other type of micro-B.

This one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USB_3.0_Micro-B_receptacle.svg
Here they have another name, .... superspeed, but the other picture I
saw showed both of them with the same name.

I've never heard superspeed used. Have any of you?

However usually you have cables using USB-A for the host side and
MiniUSB-B or MicroUSB-B for the client side.

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In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:46:30 +0100, Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:

micky wrote:

(SCAII think it's micro-usb but it's shaped like the original part of
Micro-B, before it had 2 parts.

_____
/ \
|_____| )

Definitely Micro-B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MicroB_USB_Plug.jpg

but how can there be two kinds of Micro?

There is a relatively uncommon type of USB 3.0 micro-B plug, I only have
two or three of them.

<https://startech.com/en-us/cables/usb3aub15cms>

Yes, that's the one I mean. I don't mind there being two kinds, but I
wonder why they use the same name for both. they are certainly not interchangeable, at least not in both directions, so they should be
referred to by different names. (not like the TV show Newhardt, where
he introduced his brother Earl and his other brother Earl.)

I have one that came with iirc my WD Elements external drive.
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In comp.mobile.android, on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:17:37 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

Do usb-C jacks work with prior plugs?

I'm visiting my brother and SIL and I have a charger plugged in for my
phone and my Bose Hearphones. They are old (Sold from 2017 - 2020) and
use the previous USB connection, before C, but I don't know the name,
mini, semi-mini???

They are not reversible.

My brother is ailing and they have a caretaker so he won't be alone when
SIL goes out, and he has a charger but sometimes he's been using my
charger, and that's fine, but just now, I saw that he'd plugged his
phone not into the USB-C cable that is there, but the other one for the >bluetooth headphones/hearing aids. I'm in Peru and my Spanish isn't the
best so we barely talk to each other, but when I looked at it, he
unplugged it and plugged it back in and the screen lit up, like screens
do when chargers are connected. So I guess USB-C jacks accept some
prior plugs, right? That's pretty surprising.

The man is polite, and serves me a meal when meals are served, but he
doesn't answer, except maybe a short mumble, when I speak to him even in
proper spanish about something relevant.

But I warned him a 2nd time in stronger words that his phone is probably
not charging this way and he went back to his own charger. We had no electricity last night, just this apartment, so he's been charging his
phone all day, but soon he will leave the charger alone and I'll see
what plug the cord has. But even if it's micro-B, even if such phones
are still in use, that will still leave a problem, because earlier he
was using my charger and the cord with usb-c.

(SCAII think it's micro-usb but it's shaped like the original part of >Micro-B, before it had 2 parts.

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On 4/16/26 9:52 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-04-16 12:58, AJL wrote:

On 4/15/26 10:42 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

AJL wrote:

My low tech solution
 was to paint a white dot with fingernail polish on the matching side of >>>>  each to quickly get it right. Avoided a lot of false tries and
squinting...

Heh heh heh... that's completely different from my low-tech solution,
'cuz
I used whiteout instead of fingernail polish to accomplish the same goal! >>>
:)

Before that, it took three tries, on average, to figure out which way. :)

Yep. Three. Absolutely :-)

Fingernail polish does have one advantage over whiteout though. It comes in >> various colors so that you could use a tablet's matching color to cover
it's camera lenses and plug its mike hole. Course that would likely only be >> done by someone with severe paranoia. Me? Nah...

I don't have nail polish, and it is a bit expensive last time I looked
at it.

Within a few minutes drive from my house there's a store named 'The Dollar
Store'. I bought my fingernail polish there several years ago for a (US)
dollar a bottle. They're still good. So not all that expensive here. The
black dots over the camera eyes and mike on this Fire tablet are from those
bottles. Wait. You didn't hear that cause I'm not that paranoid...am I???
8-O

Instead, I mark usb micro plugs painting in red the metal of the
flat side, using a Staedtler permanent Lumocolor felt pen (thin).

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On 4/16/26 12:56 PM, micky wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 10:58:01 -0000 (UTC), AJL ><noemail@none.com> wrote:

On 4/15/26 10:42 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

AJL wrote:

My low tech solution
was to paint a white dot with fingernail polish on the matching side of >>>> each to quickly get it right. Avoided a lot of false tries and squinting...

Heh heh heh... that's completely different from my low-tech solution, 'cuz >>>I used whiteout instead of fingernail polish to accomplish the same goal! >>>
:)

Before that, it took three tries, on average, to figure out which way. :)

Fingernail polish does have one advantage over whiteout though. It comes in >> various colors so that you could use a tablet's matching color to cover
it's camera lenses and plug its mike hole. Course that would likely only be >> done by someone with severe paranoia. Me? Nah...

I've used fingernail polish for some similar things, and lipstick where
I want to transfer color, to show what touches.

And you can buy them both at the dollar store.

Yup. That's where I got mine. Back when it was an actual 'dollar' store.
Nowadays my Dollar Store sells stuff for up to 5 dollars. Inflation
sucks...

(My whiteout dried up long ago.)

But no, I didn't mean a bump on the cable I meant something on the plug >itself that made it wider with another section, but yet they call them
both Micro-B. I'll try to post a picture later.

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On 2026-04-17 00:25, AJL wrote:

On 4/16/26 9:52 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-04-16 12:58, AJL wrote:

On 4/15/26 10:42 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

AJL wrote:

My low tech solution
 was to paint a white dot with fingernail polish on the matching
side of
 each to quickly get it right. Avoided a lot of false tries and
squinting...

Heh heh heh... that's completely different from my low-tech
solution, 'cuz
I used whiteout instead of fingernail polish to accomplish the same
goal!

:)

Before that, it took three tries, on average, to figure out which
way. :)

Yep. Three. Absolutely :-)

Fingernail polish does have one advantage over whiteout though. It
comes in
various colors so that you could use a tablet's matching color to cover
it's camera lenses and plug its mike hole. Course that would likely
only be
done by someone with severe paranoia. Me? Nah...

I don't have nail polish, and it is a bit expensive last time I looked
at it.

Within a few minutes drive from my house there's a store named 'The Dollar Store'. I bought my fingernail polish there several years ago for a (US) dollar a bottle. They're still good. So not all that expensive here. The black dots over the camera eyes and mike on this Fire tablet are from those bottles. Wait. You didn't hear that cause I'm not that paranoid...am
I??? 8-O

Ok, I will consider the "1 €" place.

One time I was looking for red polish and blue polish in Amazon. Found
them, but not cheap, so I desisted, also because it was not durable. I
wanted to paint a kitchen tap cold and hot water sides, which have
reversed marks (Germans do it in reverse than Spaniards, and the tap
(Grohe) is German).

Instead, I mark usb micro plugs painting in red the metal of the flat
side, using a Staedtler permanent Lumocolor felt pen (thin).

--
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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Carlos E.R. wrote:

Ok, I will consider the "1 €" place.

One time I was looking for red polish and blue polish in Amazon. Found
them, but not cheap, so I desisted, also because it was not durable. I wanted to paint a kitchen tap cold and hot water sides

Humbrol model enamels, #14 and #19?

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micky, 2026-04-16 22:06:

In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:31:53 +0200, Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> wrote:

[...]

<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/USB_2.0_connectors.svg/1920px-USB_2.0_connectors.svg.png>

But this drawing doesn't show the other type of micro-B.

This one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:USB_3.0_Micro-B_receptacle.svg
Here they have another name, .... superspeed, but the other picture I
saw showed both of them with the same name.

I've never heard superspeed used. Have any of you?

Yes, I have an older external 2.5" hard disc which uses this connection
on the client side and for the host side a USB-A plug with the
additional connections for USB 3:

<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Connector_USB_3_IMGP6024_wp.jpg>
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https://arnowelzel.de
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micky, 2026-04-16 22:17:

[...]

The man is polite, and serves me a meal when meals are served, but he
doesn't answer, except maybe a short mumble, when I speak to him even in proper spanish about something relevant.

But I warned him a 2nd time in stronger words that his phone is probably
not charging this way and he went back to his own charger. We had no electricity last night, just this apartment, so he's been charging his
phone all day, but soon he will leave the charger alone and I'll see
what plug the cord has. But even if it's micro-B, even if such phones
are still in use, that will still leave a problem, because earlier he
was using my charger and the cord with usb-c.

If connecting USB-C worked, than the phone *is* USB-C. It is
mechanically impossible to get a USB-C plug into a MicroUSB connector. A
USB-C plug is bigger than MicroUSB.

And USB-C is longer around than you might think. Samsung started using
USB-C connectors for their smartphones nearly more than 10 years ago and
the last time I have seen a smartphone with MicroUSB was at least 8
years ago.
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Arno Welzel wrote:

And USB-C is longer around than you might think. Samsung started using
USB-C connectors for their smartphones nearly more than 10 years ago

In 2015 I grey-imported [one of?] the first device to use USB-C, a Nokia
N1 tablet.

<https://web.archive.org/web/20141118103022/http://n1.nokia.com/>
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Arno Welzel wrote:

the host side a USB-A plug with the
additional connections for USB 3:

<https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/75/Connector_USB_3_IMGP6024_wp.jpg>

I think a lot of people are unaware of those additional pins 'hidden'
within the (usually blue) USB3 A plug, the corresponding extra pins on
micro-B are the reason for what micky calls the 'side car'
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On 2026-04-17 09:29, Andy Burns wrote:

Carlos E.R. wrote:

Ok, I will consider the "1 €" place.

One time I was looking for red polish and blue polish in Amazon. Found
them, but not cheap, so I desisted, also because it was not durable. I
wanted to paint a kitchen tap cold and hot water sides

Humbrol model enamels, #14 and #19?

OhhoOohh. I did not remember those. Designed for model making. I used a
lot of those when I was a teenager, with Airfix models.
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In comp.mobile.android, on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:17:24 -0400, micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:17:37 -0400, micky ><NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> wrote:

Do usb-C jacks work with prior plugs?

I'm visiting my brother and SIL and I have a charger plugged in for my >>phone and my Bose Hearphones. They are old (Sold from 2017 - 2020) and
use the previous USB connection, before C, but I don't know the name,
mini, semi-mini???

They are not reversible.

My brother is ailing and they have a caretaker so he won't be alone when >>SIL goes out, and he has a charger but sometimes he's been using my >>charger, and that's fine, but just now, I saw that he'd plugged his
phone not into the USB-C cable that is there, but the other one for the >>bluetooth headphones/hearing aids. I'm in Peru and my Spanish isn't the >>best so we barely talk to each other, but when I looked at it, he
unplugged it and plugged it back in and the screen lit up, like screens
do when chargers are connected. So I guess USB-C jacks accept some
prior plugs, right? That's pretty surprising.

The man is polite, and serves me a meal when meals are served, but he
doesn't answer, except maybe a short mumble, when I speak to him even in >proper spanish about something relevant.

But I warned him a 2nd time in stronger words that his phone is probably
not charging this way and he went back to his own charger. We had no >electricity last night, just this apartment, so he's been charging his
phone all day, but soon he will leave the charger alone and I'll see
what plug the cord has.

It was sort of preumptuous of me to think he has a newish phone. If I
hadn't had several problems with my old one, and enough money to buy a
new one, I'd still be using my old one, which used Micro-B. Like his
does. He left for a long time, both the charger and the phone, since he couldn't charge it all night that night, and I unplugged it for a couple seconds and that's what he has. I didn't pay much attention when he was
using the usb-c cord. Just maybe it was for a different phone. Even
though I think he has only one, he may have been charging something for
my sister-in-law, who has multiples of everything.

I hope you've enjoyed what might have been an exercise in futility,
imposed admittedly, by me.

But even if it's micro-B, even if such phones
are still in use, that will still leave a problem, because earlier he
was using my charger and the cord with usb-c.

(SCAII think it's micro-usb but it's shaped like the original part of >>Micro-B, before it had 2 parts.

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In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:03:31 +0200, "Carlos
E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-04-17 00:25, AJL wrote:

On 4/16/26 9:52 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-04-16 12:58, AJL wrote:

On 4/15/26 10:42 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

AJL wrote:

My low tech solution
 was to paint a white dot with fingernail polish on the matching
side of
 each to quickly get it right. Avoided a lot of false tries and
squinting...

Heh heh heh... that's completely different from my low-tech
solution, 'cuz
I used whiteout instead of fingernail polish to accomplish the same >>>>> goal!

:)

Before that, it took three tries, on average, to figure out which
way. :)

Yep. Three. Absolutely :-)

Fingernail polish does have one advantage over whiteout though. It
comes in
various colors so that you could use a tablet's matching color to cover >>>> it's camera lenses and plug its mike hole. Course that would likely
only be
done by someone with severe paranoia. Me? Nah...

I don't have nail polish, and it is a bit expensive last time I looked
at it.

Within a few minutes drive from my house there's a store named 'The Dollar >> Store'. I bought my fingernail polish there several years ago for a (US)
dollar a bottle. They're still good. So not all that expensive here. The
black dots over the camera eyes and mike on this Fire tablet are from those >> bottles. Wait. You didn't hear that cause I'm not that paranoid...am
I??? 8-O

Ok, I will consider the "1 €" place.

One time I was looking for red polish and blue polish in Amazon. Found
them, but not cheap, so I desisted, also because it was not durable. I >wanted to paint a kitchen tap cold and hot water sides, which have
reversed marks (Germans do it in reverse than Spaniards, and the tap
(Grohe) is German).

So which of you has hot on the left and cold on the right.

I think where I'm staying right now has them backwards in the shower.

Instead, I mark usb micro plugs painting in red the metal of the flat
side, using a Staedtler permanent Lumocolor felt pen (thin).

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micky wrote:

So which of you has hot on the left and cold on the right.

This house has them reversed between kitchen and bathroom.

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On 2026-04-18 02:27, micky wrote:

In comp.mobile.android, on Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:03:31 +0200, "Carlos
E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2026-04-17 00:25, AJL wrote:

On 4/16/26 9:52 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2026-04-16 12:58, AJL wrote:

On 4/15/26 10:42 AM, Maria Sophia wrote:

AJL wrote:

My low tech solution was to paint a white dot with
fingernail polish on the matching side of each to
quickly get it right. Avoided a lot of false tries and
squinting...

Heh heh heh... that's completely different from my low-
tech solution, 'cuz I used whiteout instead of fingernail
polish to accomplish the same goal!

:)

Before that, it took three tries, on average, to figure
out which way. :)

Yep. Three. Absolutely :-)

Fingernail polish does have one advantage over whiteout
though. It comes in various colors so that you could use a
tablet's matching color to cover it's camera lenses and plug
its mike hole. Course that would likely only be done by
someone with severe paranoia. Me? Nah...

I don't have nail polish, and it is a bit expensive last time
I looked at it.

Within a few minutes drive from my house there's a store named
'The Dollar Store'. I bought my fingernail polish there several
years ago for a (US) dollar a bottle. They're still good. So not
all that expensive here. The black dots over the camera eyes and
mike on this Fire tablet are from those bottles. Wait. You
didn't hear that cause I'm not that paranoid...am I??? 8-O

Ok, I will consider the "1 €" place.

One time I was looking for red polish and blue polish in Amazon.
Found them, but not cheap, so I desisted, also because it was not
durable. I wanted to paint a kitchen tap cold and hot water sides,
which have reversed marks (Germans do it in reverse than
Spaniards, and the tap (Grohe) is German).

So which of you has hot on the left and cold on the right.

Spain, since ever.

I think where I'm staying right now has them backwards in the
shower.

Instead, I mark usb micro plugs painting in red the metal of
the flat side, using a Staedtler permanent Lumocolor felt pen
(thin).

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ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;
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