[Google Pixel 2 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] pantallica420:
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I got a cheap Walmart brand cable that works perfectly granted I've had to swap USB ports at times like on my Chromebook etc but for $4.88 it's been the most reliable cable up until my original Verizon variant hadn't quote unquote unfortunate accident and my replacement came with a cable that actually goes from USB to USB c instead of the original cable that came with my phone which goes from USBC to USBC and then they have the female USB port that is traditional in old school so I don't know what cords you have tried and I don't know how much you pay for them but I'm telling you the cheapest Walmart one that you can find it's only like maybe 12 inches at best long and I'm talking the cheapest works perfect never had an issue with it other than having to switch ports on my Chromebook and that was with my phone that had the unfortunate accident so again you may have tried multiple cables so I'm just trying to give you the cable that's work for me and everybody who has told you they are finicky like I've gotten more expensive cables and they do not joke when they say finicky and then what's what I hear about these new updates and everything that are extremely late coming from Google for Pixel 3 and 3 XL and Pixel 4 and 4 x home I don't know about all that but it's kind of making me question whether or not I want to stick with Google phones or anything like that because that was one of their main sell points and when they don't even fulfill their promise it's in contract basically when you purchase a phone from them and they don't honor it to the team to me that means sketchy but then again I've dealt with a lot of sketchiness in my life and not just from cell phone companies etc etc but if you're looking at cables and you want one that is almost a guaranteed work I would try the cheapest Walmart version and no point in wasting extra dollars on some nice pretty cable or anything that says USBC I just got the bare-bones basic as cheap as you can get it works perfect and I'm sorry this reply is like extremely long but and there are some venting of course and I do apologize but I'm just telling you what has worked for me and what's actually been the most tried and true cable which it's not always that way but in this instance for myself personally less than $5 cuz well where I'm at they do not have sales tax soand I still use that cable to this day when I have to do anything with fast food or anything other than charge my phone either way I hope it works out for you I've had to flash my phone in quote unquote clean flash and all that but where I'm at with my phone I could do that all day and I back everything up before I do it and I don't do a traditional backup like I manually put everything in on separate files as I run Linux instead of Windows cuz I hate windows... But I do wish you luck and I know it can be an inconvenience but it is a lesson learned no harm no foul other than the fact it takes extra time I wish you luck with everything in hopefully you can figure it out and get it going but if people are still recommending cables to your problem my suggestion is just maybe try the cheapest one that you can find like I wouldn't say a dollar store but Walmart have a great night

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