Solved USB-C Male to USB-C Male cable for data transfer

Ghot said:

@wiganken


I use USB-C to USB-C, cable to charge and to transfer data between my desktop computer and my Samsung phone.
I don't know if this helps answer your question?

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It's been awhile so I'm not sure what devices they were but I have had devices that I had to make sure that my cables were listed as data cables and not charging cables. I think it was my Garmins, dash cams or both.

This cable works well.

Winuser said:

It's been awhile so I'm not sure what devices they were but I have had devices that I had to make sure that my cables were listed as data cables and not charging cables. I think it was my Garmins, dash cams or both.

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I just ordered this today. I needed a longer one so I could use my phone while it was charging.
It says it does both charge/data.





I have a 6 foot cable from the same company. Says it also does both charge/data.




They both claim 480 Mb/s, and the 6 ft. one that I already have is pretty sturdy as well.



On a side note: The "Body Glove Tidal Waterproof Phone Case" is pretty awesome, and they come for just about all major phone types. Walmart sells them for $19.88. They have them for all the major smart phones.

Warning - do not connect 2 pcs via usb ports to transfer data from one pc to another - you can fry the usb ports or worse, the mobo.

cereberus said:

Warning - do not connect 2 pcs via usb ports to transfer data from one pc to another - you can fry the usb ports or worse, the mobo.

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Thanks for the tip. I never tried it and now I know I won't even think about it.

cereberus said:

Warning - do not connect 2 pcs via usb ports to transfer data from one pc to another - you can fry the usb ports or worse, the mobo.

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Thanks!
Never realized all this was so complicated..., or dangerous!!!
I do it all the time with my phone, though!

Edwin said:

I do it all the time with my phone, though!

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I think phones were made to be able to transfer data to and from a computer. I have a app I installed to allow me to backup my phone data to my PC and restore back to my phone if needed. I was going to post that I never thought about PC to PC. Then I remember that years ago I was going to purchase a program to transfer all of my programs and data from my old PC to my new PC. The program came with a dedicated USB transfer cable.

Winuser said:

I think phones were made to be able to transfer data to and from a computer. I have a app I installed to allow me to backup my phone data to my PC and restore back to my phone if needed. I was going to post that I never thought about PC to PC. Then I remember that years ago I was going to purchase a program to transfer all of my programs and data from my old PC to my new PC. The program came with a dedicated USB transfer cable.

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Yeah - usb transfer cables had hardware circuitry between the two usb jacks.

If you want to transfer data between pcs, fastest way is via gigabit(plus) ethernet connection.

And just to confuse the issue even more, I give you... ye olde Crossover Cable.

Anibor_11 said:

In these comparisons, you are changing two things simultaneously, the cable and the USB computer port. So, the results can´be be attributed solely to the cable.

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I totally agree. It is probably the USB-C technology that is the factor.

Third-generation SATA interfaces run with a native transfer rate of 6.0 Gbit/s; taking 8b/10b encoding into account, the maximum uncoded transfer rate is 4.8 Gbit/s (600 MB/s). SATA - Wikipedia

The USB 3.0 transfer rate, marketed as SuperSpeed USB (SS), can transfer signals at up to 5 Gbit/s with nominal data rate of 500 MB/s after encoding overhead, USB 3.0 - Wikipedia

So, if the actual SATA 6G compatible storage device in question has sustained sequential write transfer speeds that do not exceed the 500 MB/s limit of the USB 3.0 by more than just a little bit, then logically, you won't gain much by moving it from the USB 3.0 to a faster interconnect such as, e.g., connecting via USB Type-C using the USB 3.2 gen 2×1 specification (10 Gbit/s, or 1,212 MB/s when taking the 128b/132b encoding into account). USB 3.0 - Wikipedia

On a side note, the USB 3.2 gen 2×2 specification (20 Gbit/s, or 2,424 MB/s when taking the 128b/132b encoding into account) never really took off. Also note, USB 3.2 gen 1×1 = USB 3.1 gen 1 = USB 3.0 (each one of these three are synonymous to each other).