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Any good USBC female to USBA male dongles? (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by tester1121@lemmy.world to c/android@lemmy.world
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I like carrying around one USBC to C cable for my devices, but I don't want to carry around a USBC to A cable for other ports. Is there a dongle that takes a USBC cable and converts one end into USBA? I need it to support at least 15W.

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[-] chaorace 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

First thing's first: all such adapters should be considered evil by default. The only way to make a compliant adapter is with active circuitry in the adapter essentially providing an entirely standalone USB controller interface.

With that being said, here's an adapter which does exactly that. Back when I researched this topic in October I found that the linked adapter is essentially the only one of its kind on the market right now.

[-] maniel@lemmy.ml -1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, those are CONSIDERABLY bigger than USB A to USB C dongles

[-] chaorace 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Like I said: in order to do it the non-evil way you need to cram in an onboard USB chip. Female USB-C from a Male USB-A plug-in is explicitly not possible to implement in a spec-compliant manner because of the pinouts.

You can brute-force a smaller passive adapter like those online but it's a devil's bargain. Nobody targets these janky adapters when designing products. USB-C things will just break without any rhyme or reason because you're fundamentally breaking the hardware contract and "lying" about the capabilities of your port.

[-] Rootiest@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

FYI essentially all adapters with a usb-c female connector are non-compliant.

When people talk about USB-C potentially damaging devices, it is because of non-compliant adapters, chargers, cables, etc.

So just keep in mind that while the risk may be minimal depending on your use-case, these adapters can be dangerous and risk damaging your devices.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

FYI essentially all adapters with a usb-c female connector are non-compliant.

Can we take the word of a random internet stranger without even SOME context or explanation?

[-] Rootiest@lemmy.world 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Here's an article that mentions it

As a rule of thumb, most adapters with a female USB-C socket on them are non-compliant.

You can also look at the USB spec yourself

USB Type-C receptacle to USB legacy adapters are explicitly not defined or allowed. Such adapters would allow many invalid and potentially unsafe cable connections to be constructed by users.

[-] infinitepcg@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

USB A doesn't have Power Delivery, the highest it can do is 15W for USB 3.2 and 4.5W for USB 3.1 and older.

But these dongles exist, I bought some and they work for charging (I haven't tried to use them for data)

[-] joat_mon@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Ugreen do this type of adapter

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079K773M7

[-] solrize@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

You can't really get 15 watts from a USBA port, but this may be the adapter you want: https://www.adafruit.com/product/4175

[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 0 points 7 months ago

Seems there only in rose gold at the moment, I got a pair of silvers last year and they work exactly as you'd want them to work.

Syntech USB C Female to USB Male Adapter https://amzn.eu/d/gD9GVsX

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