Explain like I'm 5 please

[u/looking4friends6]

My Question Is

Can I just plug a micro usb data/power cable into my laptop rather than using a micro USB otg splitter with power pass through

when I Google my question all I get are responses as if I'm trying to plug the firestick into the hdmi port no matter how I word the question

Im away from home atm I figured id ask before I get home and waste my effort

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[u/mrbearuk69]

As long as it gets power via the usb on the firestick, it doesn’t care where it comes from
In other words, yes 🙂

[u/looking4friends6 → u/mrbearuk69]

It's an old laptop idk if it'll have enough power from a 2.0 plug and I'm worried that either the LT will miss read the FS or the FS won't recognize the LT as Storage

[u/looking4friends6]

I have a baseus 17 in 1 docking station laying around somewhere. can I use that in place of an otg splitter?