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I'm looking for a USB-C male (3.1) to Micro-B (3) female cable or adapter. The use case would be to allow last-option charging of a USB-C laptop (e.g. Pixel 2) from a standard phone/tablet charger (Micro-B).

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  • cablestogo.com/product/28869/…
    – Moab
    Sep 25, 2015 at 20:17
  • According to the Help Center, this question is off-topic.
    – Jamal
    Sep 26, 2015 at 21:41
  • Thanks @Jamal. I did some research before posting and found this to be the best StackExchange site to post this on. So I posted it here. I did read the linked page and still feel this is okay to ask.
    – Josh M.
    Sep 27, 2015 at 3:09
  • Then we'll see whether or not the community decides to close this.
    – Jamal
    Sep 27, 2015 at 3:17
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    Josh is asking if one exists, not where to buy one, its a legit question imho. One way to prove one exists is to link to one for sale as I did.
    – Moab
    Sep 27, 2015 at 13:16

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I found a cable on the site below, I found it by googling "USB-C male to Micro-B female adapter"

you might also look at the monoprice.com site

http://www.cablestogo.com/product/28869/usb-2.0-usb-c-to-usb-micro-b-adapter-m-f-black.

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    How exactly would you provide an answer to this question? I do not believe anything needs to be changed in this answer, because he gave a description of what he searched for to find the product. This isn't like a software/hardware troubleshooting question where an answer needs to be long and specific.
    – Ulincsys
    Sep 26, 2015 at 23:16
  • @Ulincsys: The problem with any answer where the information is contained in a link is that if the link breaks, the answer isn't useful. What Moab did with the edit solves that problem. To answer your question, this is how you would do it. If you only looked at the post-edit version, you correctly recognized a good answer, so congrats.
    – fixer1234
    Sep 26, 2015 at 23:35
  • @fixer1234 I had not realized that the question was edited until you pointed it out, thank you.
    – Ulincsys
    Sep 27, 2015 at 1:16
  • Close, but it's not USB 3. :) This question's about to get deleted anyway!
    – Josh M.
    Sep 27, 2015 at 3:17
  • I accepted it anyway for now, I don't see any alternative with a USB-3 Micro-B female connector, but this one is close enough (for me).
    – Josh M.
    Sep 27, 2015 at 14:49
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Male USB 3.1 C to male USB 3 micro-B seem easy enough to find but ones that have female USB 3 micro-B connectors, not so much. Perhaps a gender adapter.

USB 3.0 Type Micro B Gender Changer, Female to Female

USB 3.0 Type Micro B Gender Changer, Female to Female

Belkin 3.1 USB-C to Micro-B Cable

Belkin 3.1 USB-C to Micro-B Cable

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  • USB gender changing adapters break the spec and so are not likely to achieve the desired result. The USB-C port on the cable will be wired to indicate a male connector on the opposite end so putting a gender changer on the other end is lying to the connected device. This is very bad because by telling the USB-C end that there is a male B connector on the opposite end it will supply power, not sink power. The attached power supply will also supply power. This will likely result in damaged hardware. DO NOT DO THIS!
    – MacGuffin
    Oct 18, 2021 at 2:53
  • @MacGuffin There are generally two parts to any spec: The spec, and reality. So. How does this work, really? Also, this was 6 years ago.
    – Ouroborus
    Oct 18, 2021 at 3:20
  • In reality if the USB-C to micro-B cable works correctly on a device, like a hard drive, then it is supplying power. If it is not supplying power then the drive will not light up. Putting a gender changer on the cable cannot tell the USB-C laptop that it is supposed to take power in from a power supply, there's no wires or other means to communicate that. The power brick with the micro-B connector is quite likely a "dumb" 5 volt power supply with no logic to check for power on the port. In reality this will not charge the laptop.
    – MacGuffin
    Oct 18, 2021 at 4:01

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