Bear with me... and thanks in advance for reading my word diarrhea.
Edge 520. A few weeks ago I realized that I couldn't connect it to my USB ports to sync anymore. Everything else still works fine. I tried multiple cords.
I figured maybe it was the USB cord, and I know Garmin is very finicky, so I bought a real Garmin cord directly from Garmin.
No dice.
With the new cord, I can't get my computer to turn or/charge or recognize my Edge 520, no matter what USB port I use on my computer or on another computer. I know these have working ports.
If I use some old micro USB cords sitting around, power only cords will still power the edge 520 from the computer USB port, but no data transfer.
I can use the new Garmin cord to charge other micro usb devices without a problem. I tried this with multiple devices, chargers, and USB ports. I unfortunately don't have a data micro USB device to attach to the computer view the new Garmin cable to test data capacity, but I don't think this is an issue.
One weirdness -- when I plug the Edge 520 into a wall charger, with the new cable I need to push on the USB-A end to get it to charge. If I move my hand away or jiggle the USB-A end of the cable, even though the cable is in solidly on both ends, the power cuts out to the garmin. I have no idea why this is happening. This happens with multiple chargers.
My best guess is that the problem lies with the micro USB input on the garmin itself.
I can still sync with bluetooth, and I still charge using other cords, so it's still functional.
I did drop the unit several times... You know, sweaty hands.
Anyone have any ideas?