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What to do with an original switch dock
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It's not the dock that is the issue, it's the adapter. The Switch's AC adapter is garbage and is made to work only with the Switch. Try plugging your phone into it, and you'll see it won't charge properly. If you replace the adapter with another USB-C adapter, it will probably work fine.
The Steam Deck charges fine off of the Switch adapter, and most of my phones do also. I don't think devices without active USB PD chips will work though as I don't think the Switch adapter outputs anything until a device asks for it.
If I plug my Steam Deck or my phone to my Switch adapter, the connection goes on/off repeatedly. All three devices work fine with their own adapters.
Strange, I have two of the 39W Switch adapters and have used them many times with my Steam Deck, including with dock. I have a third party dock that works with both the Switch and the Deck too that I've powered with the Switch adapter.