Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters
by rlpb on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @08:19AM
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I spent a long time back and forth with Anker customer support on an inability to charge my Pixel 6 Pro with an Anker charger and cable reliably.
It turned out that if I used a non-Anker cable or a non-Anker charger, everything works fine. Anker were happy to send me replacements for things, but no only-Anker solution would work reliably. I bought a bunch of cheap generic brand USB-C cables and they work much better.
I've stopped buying Anker now, since there now seems to be no benefit over buying a generic brand.
Re:All About USB-C: Illegal Adapters
by zeendo on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @08:30AM
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Wow that sucks. I guess I should count myself lucky as I have gone the mostly-Anker route wrt cables and charges and haven't ran into this issue with my P6Pro, yet. I guess it's only a matter of time.
It turned out that if I used a non-Anker cable or a non-Anker charger, everything works fine. Anker were happy to send me replacements for things, but no only-Anker solution would work reliably. I bought a bunch of cheap generic brand USB-C cables and they work much better.
I've stopped buying Anker now, since there now seems to be no benefit over buying a generic brand.