Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, sci.electronics.design, comp.sys.hp.hardware
Subject	Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop
Date	2025-01-10 14:28 +0100
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On 2025-01-10 12:00, MikeS wrote:
> On 10/01/2025 09:44, Martin Brown wrote:
>> On 09/01/2025 21:18, Marion wrote:
>>> Was on a long flight on an Airbus 320 series jet from Spirit Airlines 
>>> which
>>> I had never flown on before and I found there are no electrical 
>>> chargers.
>>>
>>> No USB outlets. No electrical outlets. No reclining seats. No 
>>> seatback entertainment. No seat pouches. Nothing.
>>>
>>> So I used my phone until it was dead, and then a tablet until it was 
>>> too.
>>>
>>> Halfway through the flight realized I had my laptop so I plugged a USB-A
>>> cable into the shut-down folded-closed tiny HP Stream 11 laptop.
>>>
>>> But it didn't charge anything via the (shut down) laptop USB-A port.
>>>
>>> If I opened the laptop (still shut down) it still didn't charge out the
>>> USB-A port to a phone - but if I booted to Windows 10, then it did 
>>> charge.
>>>
>>> Why?
>>>
>>> Is this normal Windows 10 behavior?
>>> Or is this normal HP laptop behavior?
>>>
>>> Why doesn't an HP Win10 laptop USB charge when it's folded & turned off?
>>
>> Short answer is *because* it is turned *OFF*.
>>
>> If a laptop didn't completely shut down all of its electronics apart 
>> from the on/off button then the battery life would be terrible.
>>
>> It has to be on for the USB ports to provide power out and then it may 
>> well negotiate a higher charge rate with your phone if it is USB C.
>>
> Wrong.
> My Acer Swift Edge has four USB ports of which one Type 3.2 provides 
> power-off charging. It depends entirely on the laptop and the port, the 
> version of Windows is irrelevant.

But what you have done on each Windows version is relevant.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-01-09 21:18 +0000
  Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> - 2025-01-09 16:41 -0500
  Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-10 04:20 +0100
    Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop Peter <confused@nospam.net> - 2025-01-10 06:46 +0000
      Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-10 09:41 -0500
        Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop Jan Panteltje <alien@comet.invalid> - 2025-01-11 06:17 +0000
          Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-01-11 12:14 -0500
        Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-07 22:29 +0000
    Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-10 18:36 +0000
      Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-10 20:38 +0100
  Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> - 2025-01-10 09:44 +0000
    Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2025-01-10 11:00 +0000
      Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-10 11:39 +0000
      Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-10 14:28 +0100
      Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> - 2025-01-10 17:52 +0000
        Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-01-10 21:01 +0100
  Re: Long flight - Spirit Airlines - No chargers - only HP Stream 11 Windows 10 laptop Paul in Houston TX <Paul@Houston.Texas> - 2025-01-10 11:48 -0600

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