@joey @captainepoch
>I wonder if all USB-C cables are created equal?
No. There's like a dozen varieties. Maybe more.
>I wonder if all USB-C cables are created equal?
No. There's like a dozen varieties. Maybe more.
@joey @captainepoch also, Apple reportedly do their own stuff just to fuck with everyone. I hear, Apple cables have an embedded chip for authentication, and iPhones only accept fast charge and high transfer speeds if the chip is present, otherwise reverting down to USB 2.0 speed/current. No idea if this is true.
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@newt @captainepoch @joey
I won't be trying the fastest PD charging modes with non-original cable and charger anyway — it's simply not safe. And they do have a chip, but e.g. a 2024 iPad can get charged just fine with a USB-C charger that came with my Lumia 950 from 2015 — it takes like an hour, not half a day, even though iPad has a high-capacity battery and that charger's "fast charge" mode not being that exactly fast by today's standards — it's not even remotely that bad.
