This is going to sound ridiculous, but I found that the USB-C cable included with my PS5 will only work with my Anker USB charger if the USB-C connector is flipped the right way. In one orientation it works, and in the other it doesn't.
After a bit of playing about, it seems related to current battery level and whether it's currently on.
Like plugging in at 2 bars won't charge it at all now, either on or off, and not even directly in the PS5, where at 0 bars, we managed to get it charging in the Anker charger by powering the controller off, plugging it in, and then you could power on again and have it carry on.
I don't know if this is intended or a bug.
That's very strange behavior but I'm glad to hear you have a workaround.
I am pretty sure that the Dualsense controllers do not implement the USB-C charging standard correctly, or Sony has done some additional proprietary stuff to it. As someone who wants to USB-C all the things, this is extra annoying to me.
No
Still works fine for me with a Lenovo notebook charger and a noname smartphone charger from the supermarket.
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