phone charges laptop instead

[Moureau Niels]

Hi folks,

 

I ran into a rather odd situation,

I have a MacBook Pro 2017 and a Galaxy A5 2017 and when I plug the phone into the laptop it starts charing up from the phone!

I connected them with the type C cable delivered with the macbook to connect to the wall brick, is this the problem because it is a charge cable instead of a data cable?
 

Thnx for the help!

[The Sloth]

the dongle book "pro" does have some issues that need to be ironed out, does your phone have a charging mode? 

[Ruwaaid]

2 minutes ago, Moureau Niels said:

Hi folks,

 

I ran into a rather odd situation,

I have a MacBook Pro 2017 and a Galaxy A5 2017 and when I plug the phone into the laptop it starts charing up from the phone!

I connected them with the type C cable delivered with the macbook to connect to the wall brick, is this the problem because it is a charge cable instead of a data cable?
 

Thnx for the help!

no idea why but this is hilarious. 

[Moureau Niels]

I know, it was a requirement for entering art school!
My phone show options for the usb connection but when I change it it disconnects and enters the same mode.

[The Sloth]

Just now, Moureau Niels said:

I know, it was a requirement for entering art school!

quote people, return it and get an older 2015 MacBook pro. 

[Moureau Niels]

1 minute ago, nerdslayer1 said:

quote people, return it and get an older 2015 MacBook pro. 

Dude, i won't return it for just this one random thing.

[The Sloth]

Just now, Moureau Niels said:

Dude, i won't return it for just this one random thing.

then live with it, your computer has more than one shortcoming. 

[RadiatingLight]

There might not be a solution.

Try maybe going through a Type-c > type-a > type-c dongle.

[Fire Yoshi]

Try disabling reverse charge entirely in your phone's USB settings.

[iamdarkyoshi]

When you plug in your phone, there should be a usb mode notification. Select it and change it to charge this device.

 

If that doesn't work, you might have to adapt to USB A back to USB C

[tekgeek1205]

Deal with it, its a feature. 

 

Just kidding, i know more about just about anything other than Mac. I refuse to touch those weird things. That were computers in the 80's and 90's don't know what they are now. Art mixed with frustration?

[dalekphalm]

1 hour ago, Moureau Niels said:

Hi folks,

 

I ran into a rather odd situation,

I have a MacBook Pro 2017 and a Galaxy A5 2017 and when I plug the phone into the laptop it starts charing up from the phone!

I connected them with the type C cable delivered with the macbook to connect to the wall brick, is this the problem because it is a charge cable instead of a data cable?
 

Thnx for the help!

Shot in the dark but does it do this on every USB-C port on the Macbook?