You need charger (or battery bank) with the appropriate USB PD version. Most cheap phone charger do not talk USB PD - but - you could get one of those and it should work with everything.
USB PD 2 or 3 typically come as 45W or more. 60W ones are pretty small and you could charge laptop, phone, battery bank off it. Framework sells one of the GaN small 60W types for reasonable $$. Or bring your 100W laptop brick for free to charge your phone fast. Hope it helps, -T On Wed, Apr 20, 2022, 19:43 Eric House <eeho...@eehouse.org> wrote: > I have a brand new laptop, my first with nothing but USB ports (two C, one > old-style.) Ubuntu seems to run flawlessly, and it becomes part of my > desktop setup via a single USB-C cable that carries Ethernet, video, power > and whatever connected USB peripherals require. It came with a 100W power > brick that plugs into a USB-C port. > > My one disappointment is that it won't charge off anything but a > laptop-caliber charger. I'd hoped that when traveling I could bring a > single smaller phone charger and that, even if it took overnight, the > laptop could be charged. Instead it doesn't recognize anything providing > less than 30W or so. > > Does anybody know if that's something I can change, either by installing or > modifying software? Any suggestions where to start researching this? If > it's not already obvious, I know next to nothing about USB. > > Thanks, > > --Eric > > PS I know there are some 30W chargers not much larger than phone chargers. > But I'd rather be able to use whatever happens to be available, either an > older charger or USB battery pack, in a pinch. > > PPS It's an MSI "Prestige 14" ultrabook with 32G/1T. $1K at Costco on sale. > No touchscreen, and a lower-res screen that doesn't drain the battery on > airplanes but drives a 4K monitor at home. I like! > -- > My g-bike can trounce your e-bike! >
