hooover,
I'm obviously still missing something. I've spent a few days reading up on Touch/USB issues (especially here on ppcgeeks.com), as well as about USB in general. I guess I'm still not clear on what "not standard mini usb" means.
If a photo is sufficient to differentiate between standard and non-standard cables, let's do the Pepsi Challenge with a few of the ones I've been trying. Can you tell which of the following cables will sync my Touch and which won't (and, if so, how)?
[IMG]ftp://manniongeo.dyndns.org/outgoing/mini_usb.jpg[/IMG]
The answer, from left-to-right, is:
1. Works
2. Fails
3. Works
4. Fails
I know it's kind of tough to see the inside of each connector because of the lighting. Taking a closer look with my flashlight and loupe, however, I see that all four connectors have 5 pins, with the two outer ones being longer than the three middle ones. Some are a little shinier, others are a little flatter, but overall they look the same to me - and the same as the right-hand one in the photo you posted.
Also, I just bought #2 on eBay last week as the all-purpose mini/micro USB cable to take with me on the road.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=350159523579
Is there something in the description of this item that would have clued me in to the fact that it would charge, but not sync, my Touch?
-Michael
EDIT: Attaching image; FTP URL doesn't seem to work for embedded image.