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Re:EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes int... by codeulike on Sunday December 29, 2024 @03:32AM (#42538552)
Its not that. It shows a message about 'non compatible cable'. And when I use the apple cable it quite happily charges to 100% with no quibbles. And the non apple cable is a good quality one that works fine with everything else. I suspect the ipad has been designed to be deliberately fussy.
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Re:EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes int... by sgerenser on Sunday December 29, 2024 @11:45AM (#42541029)
Our household has a number of iPads and never had an issue with any non-Apple usb-c cable I’ve used to charge them with, mostly Anker branded but one or two AmazonBasics or Cable Matters brand. I’ve never seen an incompatible cable warning, my suspicion is it’s a cable that doesn’t have the right signaling to go above 5V, so it’s stuck charging at 5V and the iPad prefers to charge at 9v or 12v.
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Re:EU law mandating universal chargers for devices comes int... by codeulike on Sunday December 29, 2024 @03:18PM (#42542697)
Right maybe, but why make the ipad so fussy? Why cant it chill at 5v? I am suspicious of the design decisions made here
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