He said I don’t want a tablet
She said They are really convenient.
I should probably check my wallet to see if I belong to some sort of anti-technology society. I actually didn’t have a tablet for the longest time and then eventually after a lot of thought I got a tablet.
Well, that’s a bit of a lie. I agreed with my wife that it would be an ok for her to get me one as a Christmas gift – although what would better would be a nice pair of socks. I didn’t get the socks and the tablet didn’t really displace any computers. Yet, I did find the tablet to be useful for looking up things on the internet and doing some reading.
It must have wormed its way into my heart as I became a bit angry that it might need to be replaced after a few years. The real problem was it wasn’t charging or couldn’t hold a charge. It might take three days to get fully charged for just a few hours. Did it get kicked? One fall from the bed too many?
I should have suspected either the charger or the cable right away. After all, sometimes when my call phone was charging I could hear it connect and disconnect quite a few times over the course of the evening.
I was tidying up my shelf while the table was in the middle of one of its marathon charging sessions. I must have bumped it as I then heard it disconnect but before I could do anything it reconnected.
Well, now that interesting…
A small bit of upwards pressure on cable? (kaplink) Tablet charging.
A small bit of downwards pressure on cable? (kerplink) Tablet no longer charging.
repeat a few times
This didn’t rule out a problem with the tablet but it convinced me that the charger was ok. A quick switch of cables ruled out a problem with the tablet itself.
I must live a pretty sheltered life as I haven’t had a problem with a USB cable not doing my bidding.
I try and buy good cables and good chargers and apparently so far I have been lucky. However, once I make the upgrade to USB 3.0 I will need more than to rely on good luck as those cables carry enough power to fry just about anything plugged into it.
Amazon bans faulty usb c cables – Google engineer reviewed hundreds
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/30/amazon-clamps-down-dangerous-usb-c-cables
Apparently, the cheapest isn’t always the best. I guess you get what you pay for and in the future, saving a few pennies on a cable might get you the opportunity to purchase a new tablet or phone.
