Data transfer lead Samsung>Laptop

[MikeHunt555]

On my laptop I use Linux Mint. I find it easy to backup my Android data weekly to my laptop using the Mint file explorer.
Now the details:

I had a Samsung J7 Pro for six-and-a-half years. Used a data lead micro-USB>type A USB. The phone died a couple of months ago.

Now I have a Samsung A25. Came with a lead, but no charger - grrr!
I also have a data lead USB type C>type A. I can successfully use this to connect laptop and A25 to backup.

I bought a one-piece adapter (not a lead) USB type C>type A. I used it to try and connect my A25 to my laptop, using the A25 supplied type C>type C lead: Charges OK, but no data transfer.

I thought perhaps the Samsung-supplied lead was only charging, not data.
My wife has a Samsung A71. I found can access her phone data using the adapter and A25 lead.

Can someone tell me why it works with an A71, but not with an A25?

 

[AugieTN]

It could be the cable is for charging only and the A71 can transfer data over the power connection and the A25 can't. That's my best guess

 

[ocnbrze]

why not use smartswitch to back up your data? it should work with your phone and it should be able to make the pc recognize the phone automatically.

Samsung Galaxy - The Official Samsung Galaxy Site

www.samsung.com

 

[MikeHunt555]

It could be the cable is data only and the A71 can transfer data over the power connection and the A25 can't. That's my best guess

Is that a possibility - I had no idea that might happen?

 

[MikeHunt555]

why not use smartswitch to back up your data? it should work with your phone and it should be able to make the pc recognize the phone automatically.

Samsung Galaxy - The Official Samsung Galaxy Site

www.samsung.com

Yes, I did look that up. Being old school I've kept to using a cable.

 

[Hadron]

why not use smartswitch to back up your data? it should work with your phone and it should be able to make the pc recognize the phone automatically.

Samsung Galaxy - The Official Samsung Galaxy Site

www.samsung.com

The OP is using Linux, and Samsung only provide Windows and Mac versions of that app.

 

[AugieTN]

Is that a possibility - I had no idea that might happen?

Sure it's possible. I worked on a rail camera system. It had two copper tubes that powered the rail motor and camera. Also, the data for forward, reverse, camera up & down and zoom in & zoom out came over the those two copper tubes.