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I recently got a Nexus 5X and it only came with a usb-c to usb-c cable and I wasn't able to connect it to my computer. I searched specifically for anker, usb-c to usb-a and couldn't find anything. Can anyone confirm that this is a product somewhere?

This is what I went with, but it didn't seem to support data transfer. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B011N7ME48?psc=1&redirect=t...

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Anker Type C to USB 2.0 Type A: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00Y0K51PU/

Anker Type C to USB 3.0 Type A: http://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0119EIHTG/

Both are currently out of stock, which might be why you didn't find them. I was told by someone I know that asked Anker that they should be back in stock before the end of November.

Nicely done spreading the word about Smile.

Do you know of any tool/extension/thing that will auto-redirect me to smile instead of the regular one, I always forget to go there myself.

I use [0] on Chrome. [1] exists for FireFox, too.

[0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smile-always/jgpmh...

[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/amazonsmilere...

Since I already use it for other things, I use https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/requestly/mdnleldc...

Just have a rule that changes www.amazon.com to smile.amazon.com and it works for me.

Only because you ask, my company at https://givingassistant.org/coupon-codes/amazon.com has a deal with Amazon that donates 1.5% on top of their 0.5% to make it a full 2%, with no category restrictions. Start shopping here and we direct you to smile as a starting point. Free, and if I don't have your charity on file, ask and I'll add it.

So I realized that charging only was on by default on my device. It wasn't the cable that was the issue. It's possible that J&D cable is good.

I just bought a 3 footer from Joto, seem's to be pretty well made.

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