Please don't put accessories with the librem 5

How about few words on non-standard ones that might be needed. Here is link to USB-A 3.0 (5Gbps) cable without …. Another one from the same manufacturer, for the same purpose, USB-A 3.1 Gen2 (up to 10Gbps) is, in addition, USB-IF Certified.

Also, link to USB-A 2.0 (480 Mbps) short version of the similar (safe) cable (but longer ones are easy to be found within the same Store).

@OpojOJirYAlG, why would I recommend (don’t :upside_down_face:, please) any of those above (only those above, that I know of, still available at this point of time, without posteriorly using some particular kind of USB meter) USB Type-A to USB Type-C cables to be used with Librem 5 connected to any of my USB-A laptop ports (host) or, even worse (under some rare, but possible, case scenario, yet still relatively safe cables mentioned in this post, although cannot be recognized as PD3.0 capable), carelessly connected to the high quality charger that might actually burn my …, although this charger PD3.0 compatible …? Partial answer lies somewhere within this article (for sure, contains two numbers of some kind of measurement): How to Blow up Your USB Tester or Device: The Secret of the PD Switch – USB Charging

As already in 2016 big players understood that they might lose their customers: “Unfortunately some USB-C cables have been made with the incorrect resistor, typically only 10k ohm, which means that it is possible for the device to draw more power than the plug can safely supply or potentially for the plug to push more power than the device can take.” And, although irrelevant here, do you think (agree) importer simply threw away those cables with 10k ohm of pull-up resistors on CC pin?

So, in short, “take things easy way” approach (or don’t use any other cable, especially related not to use the bad ones) isn’t something that I’d personally like to stick to. Besides I don’t possess any charger with less than 5V/1.5A any more, therefore this post (on cables with USB-C connector).

Full answer I see within paragraph(s) of this sentence: “Since the cable does not know which port you will plug it in, the safe cable pull-up should be 56k, otherwise the phone can try to suck 1.5A or even 3A from the cable.

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