At the start of the month we wrote about Benson Leung, a tenacious Google engineer who had made it his life mission to test various USB Type-C cables and adapters, to check whether they actually conform to USB Type-C specifications. Unsurprisingly, he found that most cheap Type-C cables and adapters do not conform, and could thus could potentially cause damage to your devices while charging.
A week later, the same Google engineer announced an altogether more shocking finding: the USB Type-C cables and adapters sold by smartphone maker OnePlus aren't up to snuff. Here was an official, first-party hardware company selling USB cables and adapters that might damage your devices. As you might expect, the Android community was equal parts apoplectic and perplexed by this development.
The issue with the OnePlus USB Type-C cable and adapter was similar to some of the dodgy parts that Leung had previously tested: where OnePlus should've used a 56kΩ resistor, it instead used a 10kΩ resistor. As a result, a connected device may attempt to draw 3A, when the power source (the USB port on your computer, a third-party wall charger) is only rated to supply 2A, potentially frying your power source.
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