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Old 07-31-2017, 05:24 PM   #173
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Originally Posted by j.p.s View Post
USB Y cables are good for this. They are designed to to take power for external disk drives from 2 USB computer ports in cases where 1 port does not supply enough power for the disk drive.

For this use, only connect the power only port.

For micro USB device:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-125-_-Product

For mini USB device:
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...-215-_-Product
...Sorry but my immediate understanding would be that in those cables both the USB "A" (bigger) connectors there bring power to the mini|micro USB... The idea is /not/ to bring power to the micro USB, only data. Do I miss anything?
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