Power bank

[axllebeer]

Does it drain charge from the 5x by default or charge the 5x by default?

It charges the 5X by default.

Flicked via the BlackBerry keyboard on my Nexus 5X

 

[axllebeer]

[*]Doesn't require you to press button before charging to charge the phone (versus charging the portable charger)
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About the battery I linked to, there is a button you have to press to start charging a device off of it.

 

[aysiu]

About the battery I linked to, there is a button you have to press to start charging a device off of it.

So it drains the 5x by default, and if you want it to charge the 5x instead, you press the button first?

 

[ca_steve]

The Monoprice power bank auto turns on when you connect it to the 5X.

 

[aysiu]

The Monoprice power bank auto turns on when you connect it to the 5X.

When you say "auto turns on," do you mean it automatically charges (as opposed to drains) the 5x when you plug in the 5x? Or do you also have to press a button first on that?

 

[ca_steve]

plug the 5X into the Monoprice power bank and it will start charging the phone without any other actions by you.

I doubt any power bank would ever siphon current from a phone to charge the bank.

 

[aysiu]

I doubt any power bank would ever siphon current from a phone to charge the bank.

Why do you doubt it?

Check out right here:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/nexus-5x/718588-power-bank.html#post5425530

I've also read reviews of various USB-C power banks that say the same thing—it charges the power bank from the phone unless you press some button first.

 

[ca_steve]

I think you misread what the guy said. I don't have the time to dig into the USB Power Delivery spec. Feel free to read (link to pdf download). While both the phone and power bank can both source and sink, it would be a really stupid use case to allow the bank to sink from the phone's source.

 

[aysiu]

No, that would be totally stupid, but I've read reviews of power banks that supposedly do that (if I can believe the reviews).

After reading the reviews on the one axellbeer linked to, I see it's more that the button has to be pressed to turn it on, which makes more sense, but it's still an unnecessary extra step, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[axllebeer]

So it drains the 5x by default, and if you want it to charge the 5x instead, you press the button first?

I've left it plugged in for about 10 minutes before without pressing the button on the battery bank. It doesn't show or seem to do anything. No drain is apparent.

Flicked via the BlackBerry keyboard on my Nexus 5X

 

[Tommy9394]

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[aysiu]

I've left it plugged in for about 10 minutes before without pressing the button on the battery bank. It doesn't show or seem to do anything. No drain is apparent

Thanks for the clarification. I suppose doing nothing is better than draining the phone's charge. Ideally I'd like not to have to press a button, though.