<![CDATA[LILYGO T3-S3 won't run on powerbanks]]>When get USB-C power from my desktop or laptop computer, my LILYGO LoRa T3-S3 works great. The blue LED comes on, it boots, and it operates, flashing the green LED.

However if I try to plug it into any of my powerbanks, the blue LED comes on, but it refuses to boot. This is on three different powerbanks with USB-C supplies, from different manufacturers including Anker, as well as two very large batteries (Jackery and Bluetti), also with USB-C supplies.

I have a USB-C power monitor, and shows 5+ V being supplied in all cases, powerbank or computer, with a few ten's of mA draw.

Why is this radio refusing to work with powerbanks?

]]>https://www.community.lilygo.cc/topic/1008/lilygo-t3-s3-won-t-run-on-powerbanksRSS for NodeSun, 08 Mar 2026 20:34:30 GMTThu, 06 Jun 2024 06:38:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to LILYGO T3-S3 won't run on powerbanks on Sat, 08 Jun 2024 18:20:35 GMT]]>@madler Are you bringing the PowerBank power into the USB-C connector on the board? Then maybe the power bank cannot detect the LilyGO board, due
to small current consumed. This is a common problem with power banks!

Or the 2 pin battery connector? Possibly GPIO 35 must be enabled for battery.

You could raise an Issue here:
https://github.com/Xinyuan-LilyGO/LilyGo-LoRa-Series/issues
-Terry

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