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 (DIR) Post #AV8VK7PAGy0rSOXtrM by Ylfingr@masto.brightfur.net
       2023-04-29T06:32:19Z
       
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       https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone_(Pro)_Keyboard"Warning: Do NOT plug any device into the phone USB-C port while the keyboard is attached. Doing so may result in damage or loss of the keyboard charging functionality. Technical details regarding the issue can be found in this blog post. Please see the safety section."... Really? Yikes.https://www.pine64.org/2022/05/31/may-update-worth-the-wait/"The first issue with the charging part of the PPKB comes from the fact that the PPKB is connected to the phone in a way that makes it act as some kind of an invisible USB charger that is plugged into the phone’s USB port all the time when the PPKB is attached. Of course, it does not look like that from the outside, but that is the way one of the pogo pins found under the back cover of the phone is wired internally. That pogo pin is electrically the same as the 5 V pins found inside the phone’s USB Type-C port, to which an external USB charger connects to. Thus, connecting a USB charger to the phone’s USB port while the PPKB is attached is effectively the same as splicing two USB chargers together, which usually does not result in anything bad due to the construction of the chargers, but it also sometimes causes damage to the chargers (let’s remember once again that the PPKB is an invisible charger). Unfortunately, a few PPKB owners had to discover all that on their own, and we had a few PPKBs releasing the magic smoke."Wow, WTF.