Diamond USB connection port loose - finally solved connection and activesync issue!

[drider42]

After reading different posts about whether the Diamond USB port is proprietary or not, let me throw in my two cents worth:

Yes, the connector on the Diamond is a proprietary shape, however, any mini USB cable will work. I use the HTC USB cable on my home computer, a Motorola charger in my car (from an old RAZR that I had) and a generic USB cable on my work PC. I don't have any sync issues on either PC and the phone charges just fine with the Motorola car charger. The same is true for my better half's Touch. She uses a generic cable on her PC with no problems. Any USB-mini will work with no issues.

[quarky42]

I stand corrected. I didn't believe it would fit and was convinced it wouldn't but I grabbed a mini-b cable and lined it up... sure enough it fits. Here I was thinking that HTC had done us a huge disservice... but it only turned out to be a minor one. The HTC connector doesn't fit super snuggly and the mini-b is worse in that department, but it does work.

[rawdikrik]

Originally Posted by bcrooker

The USB port on the diamond absolutely is backward compatible with standard mini-b connector. I have a Touch Diamond and have had no problem at all using it with my existing USB cables (for sync or charging).

+00001

[ShwtimeTmLr09]

Did you ever find a charger... Because im having a hell of a hard time finding the right charger to my HTC Dimond... I need i think an Mini b charger that goes in the side of the phone instead of the bottom....

[stevedog1]

Originally Posted by ShwtimeTmLr09

Did you ever find a charger... Because im having a hell of a hard time finding the right charger to my HTC Dimond... I need i think an Mini b charger that goes in the side of the phone instead of the bottom....

Any mini usb charger will work on your Diamond, or any other HTC PPC. Besides, there is no difference between a Mini usb charger that plugs into the bottom or one that plugs into the side. Either way, its a mini usb charger

[p2k]

I would like to confirm that the MiniB and the HTC connector are compatible, though... the miniB doesn't fit a snuggly as the OEM HTC connector.

I found this out when I accidentally plugged my MP3 player cord into it and updated to mightys rom a while back... then thought to myself wait a sec I left my HTC cable at work. I updated my firmware on a MiniB without realizing it.

Kinda pissed me off after I realized this, because I went on a business trip, and forgot the HTC cable, and I paid 20 bux for a OEM one, when I could have grabbed one from the dollar store.