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LG G6 Not Charging with Apple 15" MacBook Pro (Late 2016) Over USB Type-C

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The LG G6 phone supports USB Power Delivery over its USB Type-C connector which means you should be able to use certain notebook PC's like the Apple 15" MacBook Pro (Late 2016) as a power bank to keep the phone charged (assuming you don't mind sacrificing your notebook's battery charge).

Here we connect a USB Type-C to Type-C cable between the LG G6 and the Apple 15" MacBook Pro (Late 2016) when the notebook is fully charged but the LG G6's battery is fully depleted. Under the phone's USB charging options, we select 'Charge this Phone' to start charging the phone with the MacBook.

Over USB Power Delivery negotiations, we can see that the Apple 15" MacBook Pro (Late 2016) repeatedly declares a single power profile of 15 watts (5 volts @ 3 amps). However, we observe no communication between the MacBook and the LG G6 as charging continues. 

In fact, we have observed from the power graph below that the LG G6 is not being charged by the Apple 15" MacBook Pro (Late 2016)

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