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My Anker GaN chargers seem finnicky with cables, resulting in drop-outs and flapping phone charging on my Pixel 6 Pro. Anker customer service were happy to send
by rlpb 1y ago
My Anker GaN chargers seem finnicky with cables, resulting in drop-outs and flapping phone charging on my Pixel 6 Pro. Anker customer service were happy to send me replacements but they weren't any better.
I tried Ugreen GaN chargers and they seem to work much better. And a couple of my Anker GaN chargers have failed now, not long out of warranty. Since then, I've stopped buying Anker. I just can't get them to reliably charge all my devices, whereas Ugreen chargers seem to work better.
- rincebrain 1y agoConversely, it could also be the case that the Anker chargers are noticing too much resistance on the cable (I've had a number of nice and poor quality USB-C cables break in strange ways which indicate some portion of the wiring is damaged, like cables that only charge one orientation, or only negotiate data one way, or ...), and degrading to avoid risk while still working. You'd need a tester with some fine detail to be able to tell the difference prior to a problem, though...
- rlpb 1y agoIronically, it was Anker chargers with Anker cables that worked the worst (all were new), and a new Ugreen charger with the cable it came with that worked the best. I got the impression that the Ugreen charger was more tolerant somehow - perhaps delaying longer before considering a previous PD negotiation terminated. I don't have the ability to tell for sure though.