What is a Cell Phone Data Cable and how does it work?

What is a Data Cable for a Cell Phone and how do they work?  Some mobile phones come with data cables, and most others you can purchase a data cable for.  Generally they connect to your phone to the USB on your computer.  What they do is allow you to transfer data from the mobile device to the computer or vise verse.  One thing you may encounter with this is that when you plug the phone and data cable into your computer, then the computer may not recognize the phone.  Generally the reason for this is that for a computer to recognize a device it needs software drivers.  What I would advise doing in this situation is going to Google and searching for your phone make and model and drivers for that phone (Ex. LG CU500 USB Drivers).   Usually you will be able to find some free on the web and then you can download and install them.  That should solve your issue with the computer not recognizing your phone via the USB cable.

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