r/cableadvice • u/Goodiez4U • 5d ago

Cable connector in a rectangle shape with one diagonal corner. About the length of a USB-C, and the width of a Mini USB

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Cable is about 3ft long.

The other end is to USB-A. Connector is about the length of a USB-C, and the width of a Mini USB.

Google Lens is no help; it suggests images of Micro HDMI connectors, but that's not quite what this is.

Any idea what the name of this connector is, and/or what if could be used for?

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u/Frednortonsmith 4d ago

Looks like HTC extUSB. Was a weird standard that was mini usb that also supported audio out, you could still use a mini USB cable to charge the phone too

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u/Hoovomoondoe 4d ago

The only standard that cable followed was "no standard".

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u/Frednortonsmith 4d ago

Yeah, standard was the wrong word. My first smart phone had it so I have some fondness for it, even if that smart phone was an HTC Touch Diamond running the truly awful smart phone OS Windows Mobile 6.1

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u/Goodiez4U 4d ago

Solved!

Thank you; that's exactly it

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u/FradBitt 3d ago

This is the answer, oh the nostalgia!!

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u/Loucha007 4d ago

Some proprietary cable for digital camera?

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u/Goodiez4U 4d ago

🤔 Sounds like a decent lead.. Could be for a digital camera my parents used before I moved out like a decade ago. I should see if they still have it the next time I visit them... I believe it was a Canon Powershot A3 though, and this doesn't seem to be for that.

Not sure how long I've been hanging onto this, but I discovered it among my Mini-USB cables when taking inventory after a move.

Just don't want to get rid of it in case it's for some niche/proprietary thing I infrequently use. Seems like something that could be inconvenient to replace

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u/SnooDoughnuts5632 5d ago

I was going to suggest either micro HDMI or micro DisplayPort but you said the other side is USB so idk.