this post was submitted on 17 Mar 2025
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you know the computer thing is it plugged in?
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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.
Yup. This guy has worked helpdesk.
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.