Data cable

What is the difference between a cheap and an original data cable for
my Nokia?

Wimpie

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Probably just the price. I have a cheapie that I got for .99c on Ebay.
Works great.



Wimpie wrote:
> What is the difference between a cheap and an original data cable for
> my Nokia?
>
> Wimpie

Hello!

Cheap cables may not support your phone's modem functionality. For example,
PL-2303-based cables can be used for local data transfer only ( Nokia 6020
and PL-2303-based cables, for example). Unofficial cables may not be
supported by official software.

On hardware level PL-2303 cables are compatible only with CA-42/DKU-5
designed phones and don't work for DKU-2/CA-53 ones.

PS: we support non-original PL-2303 cables in our software.
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> What is the difference between a cheap and an original data cable for
> my Nokia?
>
> Wimpie
>

Oxygen Software wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Cheap cables may not support your phone's modem functionality. For example,
> PL-2303-based cables can be used for local data transfer only ( Nokia 6020
> and PL-2303-based cables, for example). Unofficial cables may not be
> supported by official software.
>
> On hardware level PL-2303 cables are compatible only with CA-42/DKU-5
> designed phones and don't work for DKU-2/CA-53 ones.
>
> PS: we support non-original PL-2303 cables in our software.

"Third party cables" doesn't always mean PL-2303 - there are plenty of
DKU-2 compabible 3rd party cables and non-PL-2303 types also. Whether
a cable supports the modem functionality depends on the wiring of the
cable, not whether it uses a PL-2303 chip. Very often they do.

It is just not true to say that a cable containing the PL-2303 chipset,
designed for a 6020, will not support modem or official software. In
most cases they will.

Mike