I bought an Anker USB C charger and a USB C to lightning cable to use quick charging on my original iPad pro. The combination does charge, but very slow, much slower than the normal USB A cable.
Now, in the description of the Anker charger it said that it’s not made for charging iPads, but many customers said it works, so I figured this was just a disclaimer. The cable was supposed to be specifically licensed for this purpose, but it was pretty cheap.
So is it the cable or the charger? Anyone successfully charging the iPad pro (lightning port) with that 5-port Anker charger?
When I was researching USB-C to Lightning fast charging for my original 12.9” iPad Pro a couple of years ago the info I found indicated that the Anker charger you linked to would not fast charge an iPad over a USB-C to Lightning cable.
I get the following details from iMazing when I connect my iPad 10.5 with an original Apple USB-C to Lightning cable to the PD-port:
Battery State: Charging (13.3 Watt)
Battery Instant Amperage: 3164 mA
Battery Instant Voltage: 4204 mV
Charger: pd charger
Charger Watts: 45
Charger Voltage: 15000 mV
Charger Amperage: 3000 mA
When I connect it with a Belkin USB-A to Lightning cable I get:
Battery State: Charging (6.4 Watt)
Battery Instant Amperage: 1542 mA
Battery Instant Voltage: 4169 mV
Charger: usb brick
Charger Watts: 12
Charger Voltage: 5000 mV
Charger Amperage: 2400 mA
Hm, the one I have is supposed to be an updated version already, hence the „plus“. But maybe yours is even newer.
I should probably just buy the expensive Apple cable and try it with that one.
When I did my research earlier this year, the consensus was that only the Apple USB-C to Lightning cable could handle fast charging. Perhaps there are now third party cables available; I have not kept current on them since I haven’t needed to purchase another cable.
I’m also using the same Anker 5 port and it does charge my iPad Pro on Apple’s USB-C to Lightning much faster. At the time I bought the cable, only Apple is making USB-C to Lightning so I haven’t tried any brand.
I just got the latest iPad Pro so I still have to test if even my USB-C supplied cable from RavPower will work or if I really need to use the Apple supplied cable instead.
Just a short update, if anybody is looking for the same answer: I got the original Apple USB-C to lightning cable now and it works fine with that Anker charger. So the problem was the third-party cable.
Terrific how fast the iPad pro charges now.