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Phone based cyberdeck/laptop question (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've got a Samsung galaxy s9+ with a broken screen. My idea was to use a hub like this to connect everything. My question is if I were to connect a powerbank to one of the usb c "outputs" would the hub draw power from it or would it try to charge it from the "master" device (ie. Smartphone)? And if it's the latter, would putting the powerbank on the "input" cable for the hub cause the smarphone to be unable to controll other connected devices? Edit: Also if somebody had done something like that before, any hubs you can suggest?

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[–] vvv 1 points 3 days ago

I really like this hub: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5VTBG8F

It's the only one I've found that correctly passes display port alt mode through, so I can stick to all usb-c cables.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Charging with a powerbank should work depending on the dock but if you pick one where power is supplied via USB C you should be fine. Note that there are also dedicated Samsung Dex docks out there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I've looked at what dex docs are avaliable on my local e-bay equivalent, and they're more expensive with less ports avaliable (Usually it's 1x usb c, 1x usb 3.0 1x hdmi). I want at least keyboard, trackball, and power bank for usb ports (I might need another one to power the display)