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This problem is solved pretty easily: 1> Buy a shit Nokia, use the 2 pin charger. TBH if it goes flat it won't charge off USB anyway. Then use a microSD for tr
by nick_riviera 12y ago
This problem is solved pretty easily:
1> Buy a shit Nokia, use the 2 pin charger. TBH if it goes flat it won't charge off USB anyway. Then use a microSD for transferring music/photos.
2> Buy an Android handset with USB OTG. Transfer files on and off via a USB stick that you control. Charge it with a USB cable with the data pins shorted (you can buy these off Amazon).
Both of these ignore the main attack vector that I'd be concerned about which is over-the-air (via GSM/packet data) and a fuck load more scary than plugging your USB thing into a dirty USB hole and getting some USB STD.
- giovannibajo1 12y agoThere are also solutions for iPhones: send via AirDrop, email, imessage, iCloud share, Dropbox, copy.com, etc. AirDrop works even without an Internet connection and will work that way with macs too. It's not like it's 2003 again and the only way to share a picture or a album is with a cable.
- nick_riviera 12y agoHow do you propose adding music to your iDevice like that? Not all things are equal on iOS which is my point above.
- gutnor 12y agoiTunes sync via wifi those days, backup is done on iCloud. There is not that many reasons to plug a cable other than charging nowadays.