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retired 7 hours ago

Are Xiaomi phones still legal in the EU with their proprietary chargers? All phones need to have USB-C and USB-PD now.

dobladov 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Which proprietary charger? I always had Xiaomi phones and they always use USB ports.

retired 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Xiaomi uses a proprietary charging protocol, I believe it is called Hypercharge. It also requires a proprietary cable with an extra pin/chip.

dobladov 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Looks like they opened the protocol, https://new.c.mi.com/global/post/1895204

Also, it's only for fast charging, you can use any other charger or wire without an issue.

nguyenkien 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

You can charge it just fine with regular usb-c charger. So not a problem.

retired 5 hours ago | parent [-]

At very limited charging speeds though. That goes against the USB-PD mandate.

surgical_fire 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The wife has a Xiaomi phone, we live in EU.

It was sold normally as any other cellphone.