irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeM to iiiiiiitttttttttttt@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago"Will not charge unless plugged in"lemm.eeimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down11
arrow-up1264arrow-down1image"Will not charge unless plugged in"lemm.eeirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeM to iiiiiiitttttttttttt@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squaredoingthestufflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43·1 day agoThey probably tried setting it on their wireless phone charger. I hope they aren’t dumber than that, but I don’t really have a lot of hope.
minus-squarekamiheku@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up54·1 day agoProbably just a brainfart and what they meant was that the device won’t stay powered on unless plugged to a charger. Probably.
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·1 day agoBoth yall are way too optimistic, I have ABSOLUTELY met the mfer that would do this
minus-squaredoingthestufflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoI did say I didn’t have much hope. I considered the “won’t work unless plugged in” option but we don’t know what kind of device it was. I also considered the complete idiot option. All of these are possible.
minus-squareA_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours agoIn the 21st century, no device survives contact with the user.
minus-square1024_Kibibytes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·1 day agoIf both devices use USB-C, that might charge the Chromebook a little bit and make it give a useful error about the quality of the charger.
minus-square1024_Kibibytes@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-224 hours agoOkay, I’m wrong. That’s not how this works. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen an error on a Lenovo running Windows when I hooked it up to a phone charger. How does it work?
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·23 hours agoTry re-reading the comment to which you originally replied, and identify key terms.
They probably tried setting it on their wireless phone charger. I hope they aren’t dumber than that, but I don’t really have a lot of hope.
Probably just a brainfart and what they meant was that the device won’t stay powered on unless plugged to a charger. Probably.
Both yall are way too optimistic, I have ABSOLUTELY met the mfer that would do this
I did say I didn’t have much hope. I considered the “won’t work unless plugged in” option but we don’t know what kind of device it was. I also considered the complete idiot option. All of these are possible.
In the 21st century, no device survives contact with the user.
If both devices use USB-C, that might charge the Chromebook a little bit and make it give a useful error about the quality of the charger.
That’s not how this works
Okay, I’m wrong. That’s not how this works. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen an error on a Lenovo running Windows when I hooked it up to a phone charger.
How does it work?
Try re-reading the comment to which you originally replied, and identify key terms.