Don’t Charge Your Phone This Way

Re:Don’t Charge Your Phone This Way by toomuchtodo on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:20PM (#21588064)

There are "USB Condoms" (I'm fond of the PortaPow, no association just a happy user, I give them away like candy to anyone who will take one) where one end negotiates with the USB source and the other end is for your device; you still can get max power but there is no data connection.

https://portablepowersupplies.co.uk/home/portapow-data-block...

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Re:Don’t Charge Your Phone This Way by rtkwe on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:45PM (#21588303)

That's just USB-A which only does one voltage at different current limits. USB-C has a whole negotiation back and forth about available (charger) and desired (device) voltages. You could possibly have a device pass just those messages back and forth I guess but that's definitely not the device you linked.

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Re:Don’t Charge Your Phone This Way by toomuchtodo on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @03:47PM (#21588329)

Sorry, I don't have any USB-C devices, and the OP at top of thread only said USB (not USB-C).

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