KB: Phone not/barely charging from power supplies when keyboard is not full
03-28-2022, 01:15 AM
(03-27-2022, 02:54 PM)ReleaseTheGeese Wrote: Greetings,
I'm also a mostly-contented owner of a PinePhone + Keyboard. I've had similar problems/a query and was glad to see someone else has opened the discussion as well!
So my problem. I'm aware that the docs/wiki say when the KB is attached I shouldn't use the PinePhone's USBC port to charge the device. I've refrained from doing so since attaching the keyboard.
However since then, my PinePhone (and presumably the keyboard too) have drained their batteries and the PinePhone will not power on. I tried charging the Keyboard for many hours then pressing the on/off button on the keyboard. Still, when I press the power button on the pinephone nothing happens, it does not power on.
In short: I'm wondering how to recharge and power on my PinePhone after both batteries have completely drained. I would like to avoid detaching the keyboard as I'm afraid repeated attaching then detaching will damage the keyboard.
My charger outputs 5V/2.4A, though I have other chargers that supply 5V/3A and I will try these after reading the earlier posts in this thread. I have been using the Pine64 USB->USBC cable to charge these previously.
Until then, I would greatly value anyone's wisdom.
Best,
R-T-G.
I also had inability to power the pp using the keyboard usb-c port. I resolved it by using a shim. Search this forum for 'shim' and you should see posts about where to place the shim. I used folded slightly this paper as the shim.
I like the keyboard. I use it until I have to take the pp phone out of the keyboard case and remove the pp battery and put it back into the pp. After about a week or two of using the pp with the keyboard, the phone won't turn on and this is the fix.
The keyboard is okay. I wish the keyboard battery last longer. For me, I get about 50% longer use time with the keyboard battery. It is not long enough for me to use the keyboard because of the battery in the keyboard. Perhaps a future software update will help lengthen the battery time when using the keyboard.
