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Long short story, around 2015 I had bought this used Android tablet for 20 €, which should be sufficient information to determine its quality 😀

However, more interesting than the peak Android (Cyanogenmod 7) I installed on it, was the cable the seller threw in from his stock - a nonstandard USB3 A to mini-B cable:

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Needless to say, it didn't work at all (adding the extra pins at the top makes it not fit standard mini-B sockets), but I have to wonder what was it for? Apparently not cheapo external HDD kits as they generally preferred A to A cables!

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Ryccardo wrote on 2025-07-07, 21:11:
Long short story, around 2015 I had bought this used Android tablet for 20 €, which should be sufficient information to determin […]
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Long short story, around 2015 I had bought this used Android tablet for 20 €, which should be sufficient information to determine its quality 😀

However, more interesting than the peak Android (Cyanogenmod 7) I installed on it, was the cable the seller threw in from his stock - a nonstandard USB3 A to mini-B cable:

The attachment dong.png is no longer available

Needless to say, it didn't work at all (adding the extra pins at the top makes it not fit standard mini-B sockets), but I have to wonder what was it for? Apparently not cheapo external HDD kits as they generally preferred A to A cables!

Apparently used on some oddball USB 3.0 drive enclosures.

https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgamingtechsupport/ … a_common_thing/
https://macandegg.com/2017/04/usb-3-0-3-1-min … r-doesnt-exist/

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