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by magicalhippo 760 days ago
Some USB charging cables are just rubbish. I measured a few of mine to be over 1 Ohm, ie supplying 4V at 1A current draw!

After measuring and throwing away all the rubbish cables, I've not had any weird power issues with my Pis, and not any issues with SDcards.