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by ahartmetz 2081 days ago
Well, I tried, and I could charge my Thinkpad using a 5V/2A phone charger and an A->C cable. Very slowly of course, but it worked. If I was somewhere and I had forgotten my laptop charger, I could worry about whether a phone charger will work, but without USB-C, I could be sure that it won't work.
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>Well, I tried, and I could charge my Thinkpad using a 5V/2A phone charger and an A->C cable.

Is yours a recent model? AFAIK most laptops can't charge using phone chargers. They require high voltage that isn't available on low wattage chargers.

Yes, it's a T14 Gen1 (AMD).