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Old Mar 26, 2017, 2:13 pm
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wco81
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Anyone use battery packs for smaller devices?

In this case, I'm trying to recharge a pair of Beats X wireless headphones that just came out last month.

I have an Anker 2nd gen Astro E5 and if I try to just recharge the headphones by itself, it shuts off after like 10 seconds. I have to plug in my iPhone in the other USB port and then it will stay on and charge my iPhone and the Beats X headphones.

I tried it also with a cheaper battery pack and it's the same thing.

For comparison, I also have a pair of no-name brand wireless headphones and those charge fine from the battery packs. Seems like something about the Beats X which fools the battery packs into not detecting it plugged in.

Obvious difference is that the Beats X use Apple Lightning cables, not micro USB.
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