T-Mobile UK G2 Touch USB cable confusion

Plymouthbiker · 02-09-2010, 09:32 AM

Is it me? I have a G2 touch UK and the USB cable that plugs into the phone end has not got a mini usb port but rather something shaped like it but not quite the same. Tried a usb to mini usb adapter on it and it wouldn't fit. What connection is it? It's not micro usb either.

Really confused.

zaffy · 02-09-2010, 09:43 AM

A normal mini USB should fit, but you have to get it exactly lined up.

vido.ardes · 02-09-2010, 09:44 AM

I use a normal miniUSB at work, most (if not all) HTC phones are like it

Plymouthbiker · 02-10-2010, 03:48 AM

Ahhhh. LOL!

I looked at it and due to the odd shape thought it wouldn't fit. Just tried it and yeah it works.

Haha. Feel stupid now.

Thanks for the help. :-)

vido.ardes · 02-10-2010, 03:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Plymouthbiker

Ahhhh. LOL!

I looked at it and due to the odd shape thought it wouldn't fit. Just tried it and yeah it works.

Haha. Feel stupid now.

Thanks for the help. :-)

No problem, I was exactly the same when I picked up my HTC Touch Pro. I went over to XDA and was like "Where can I get a charging cable?", they all told me mini-USB is fine and I kept saying "But my socket is a totally differant shape, mayby they have a differant plug in Europe?".... I felt like a numpty when I realised it fit anyway!

digger · 02-10-2010, 04:36 AM

It's an ExtUSB connector, most HTC phones have them, and it's an internal HTC standard. It has the usual pinouts for USB, plus extra connectors for audio (so you can plug a hands-free kit directly into that port).

XDADeveloperWiki - Ext USB

It was pretty obselete from the day it was conceived as most hands-free kits are bluetooth now.