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Here’s the way: look at the little “crack” on the middle of the plug on one side (the vast vast vast majority have one) – that should be facing down. I haven’t used a vertical plug in a while but I think it faces left there.
For the forsaken anguish of God, microUSB, it’s reversed, so crack up.
This post cracked me up!
But seriously, this is the way. Works even when the cable wasn’t properly marked with a USB symbol.
spin it two times*
‘Baby’
The upside is where is the USB symbol on the plug, easy.
That may help in the case of a properly installed usb port, but what if the port is upside down? Or what if it’s a vertical port? Is upside left or right?
You should get familiar with your own ports. You not gonna flip the ports
Not talking about my ports. Also ports can be installed the wrong way by the manufacturer. I had a pc case that the front usb ports upside down. But again, usb ports can be installed vertically, in which case it won’t matter if you know which is up or down your usb plug, because now it’s left or right
I mean, if your manufacturer installed USB ports the wrong way, you have to get familiar to know which direction the ports face(the wrong way if ports are wrong), then you only have to see the usb since you already know the ports
What about the back of your tv? Or friend’s PC? Or library computer? Or phone charger? Or… Any other Universal device using the Universal Serial Bus…
You may learn YOUR devices, but you may also have to interact with other devices at times and USB didn’t make it easy in the past.
Now, type C is a thing and it helps with plugging it in right the first time, but that one has the HUGE issue with allowing any protocol since USB 1.0 and everyrhing else is optional. So even though you can plug a type C monitor into a type C microphone, nothing will happen, so it’s not stupid proof anymore.
True, but rare. Back of your TV? You’ll defenitely see it while plugging in because you wouldn’t even know where the ports are otherwise. Other’s devices don’t work but you still can flip it three times since thats rare
True, but rare. Back of your TV? You’ll defenitely see it while plugging in because you wouldn’t even know where the ports are otherwise. Other’s devices don’t work but you still can flip it three times since thats rare
My old Lenovo tablet has the USB port upside down on the plug, and consequently, the micro USB also plugs into the tablet upside down. And for some reason, stupid thing always breaks the little notches on the micro USB, so you have to position everything in a way so that it won’t slide out while charging.
Got it. USB plugs have spin 1/2
No, no, no. This is all wrong. USB has a spin of 1/2.
Most factual Lemmy post
heheh, it has teeth
I love how everyone is trying make up some ‘logical system’ or magical thinking about the completely arbitrary and random nature of the problem.
It’s not like there’s a big hairy USB god in the clouds who is going listen to all your jibber-jabber or that there’s some hidden alchemical formula that will turn the wrongly oriented USB connection into the golden correct orientation everytime.
It’s all bullshit. I don’t care if you are offended. It’s not the Bronze Age anymore. Just grow up and look at your damn USB connector, and then the socket.
SCIENCE, BITCH.
LOL. So much whooosh.
Get a USB with a notch on the casing. Observe the orientation with your fingertips.
My superpower is that I can plug in USB A the right way up on the first try pretty much every time
Captain Dongle!
What is ironic is I bought a USB switcher for using Keyboard, Mouse etc with 4 systems; it has the USB ports upside-down.
Your USB switcher is the work of the devil.
While I’m extremely envious of you, if I had the opportunity to choose one superpower, there are probably a million others I’d choose before that one haha
like a superpower that gives me exactly as much money as I need at any given moment anytime I need it.
In that case you could pay tuem for their USB A plug-in service.
Hell yeah. Then you just just buy a bunch of new USBs instead of sitting there turning it around four times!
You can buy reversible USB cables online. The connector works in either direction. They’re pretty neat.
Wow! Can’t believe it actually exists lol
Upvote for the nostalgia.
Nostalgia? This is something I still deal with every day. What future are you living in?
A lot of notebooks have only USB-C for years now.
But true, i have not seen C Bluetooth dongles yet.
Still takes me two tries more than %50 of the time with usb-c
when are we gonna get a barrel styled USB connector its clearly infinitely better than a USB c connector
Never, because apparently someone craves thinner smartphones and tablets, and a barrel USB is a bad fit for that.
Looking at the connector fixes the positron & you can connect first try.
Yes I swear both ends are blocked off until I look straight at it with both my eyes to unlock it.
