KB: Phone not/barely charging from power supplies when keyboard is not full
03-20-2022, 03:53 AM
It’s been exciting and fun indeed!
Connecting 2 chargers at the same time is probably even worse, but the manual and more clearly the wiki and Megi’s blog mention that one charger in the phone port is bad as well. In the Arch Mobile and Pinephone Matrix rooms I’ve seen people get warned about this and told to cover the port up to be safe many times and I believe on Twitter I saw someone posting a photo of their PP+KB with a charger plugged into the phone and Pine64 replied that that shouldn’t be done, and the person replied that fortunately nothing seems to have been damaged as the pins hadn’t connected properly. I guess the pin connection issue also has its upsides. Fortunately I was able to solve that issue simply by inserting the phone differently. I hope that’ll work next time I’ll re-insert it as well.
I don’t use the A to C cable shipped with my Pinephone since that one only seems to deliver 0.3A or something, which was confirmed by giving the cable to someone with a regular modern smartphone that then displayed something about very low power input. I guess I just have bad luck with USB cables.
It does fit into my pockets, it’s a bit tight especially with one pair of pants but it works.
(03-19-2022, 07:36 PM)bcnaz Wrote: I did read a warning about the multiple chargers, -- "Yes we should use the keyboard usb port to charge".
* However my 'take' on that - was -- "NOT to connect 2 chargers to your phone."
I don't think it will damage your phone if you plug a charger into the phones usb port, - " just it may not behave properly".
Connecting 2 chargers at the same time is probably even worse, but the manual and more clearly the wiki and Megi’s blog mention that one charger in the phone port is bad as well. In the Arch Mobile and Pinephone Matrix rooms I’ve seen people get warned about this and told to cover the port up to be safe many times and I believe on Twitter I saw someone posting a photo of their PP+KB with a charger plugged into the phone and Pine64 replied that that shouldn’t be done, and the person replied that fortunately nothing seems to have been damaged as the pins hadn’t connected properly. I guess the pin connection issue also has its upsides. Fortunately I was able to solve that issue simply by inserting the phone differently. I hope that’ll work next time I’ll re-insert it as well.
(03-19-2022, 07:36 PM)bcnaz Wrote: Yes, in actual use there appears to be a lot of difference in current carrying ability of the different charging cables,
I do like the cable they ship with, -- just it can be a little too short sometimes.
I don’t use the A to C cable shipped with my Pinephone since that one only seems to deliver 0.3A or something, which was confirmed by giving the cable to someone with a regular modern smartphone that then displayed something about very low power input. I guess I just have bad luck with USB cables.
(03-19-2022, 07:36 PM)bcnaz Wrote: I too, am very pleased with my new keyboard, and being able to turn a phone into a mini-laptop.
--- (it may be a bit large to carry in your pocket to use as an everyday daily use phone ?)
It does fit into my pockets, it’s a bit tight especially with one pair of pants but it works.
