If you’re like me, you have dozens of USB-A and USB-C cables. There are all of various quality, but I have no idea the history of each one. A lot of them came with other products and are total unknown quantity anyway.

Is there a tool to quickly test how good each cable is? Either a software or a hardware tool. Ideally it’d be nice to see something that can measure the power as well. Some charging cables are capable of fast charging, and some are not.

  • @Today
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    12 months ago

    You could plug each one in and see what you’re phone says for ‘time to full.’

    • @[email protected]
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      12 months ago

      I think there’s a misunderstanding.

      Time to full usually refers to charging speed.

      The post is asking about data transfer speeds.

      • @Today
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        12 months ago

        Oh, yeah, sorry.

      • thermal_shock
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        2 months ago

        would weed out the super shitty ones maybe. but yeah, not accurate for data transfer.