i am such a fucking idiot
i saw the thingy about how you're only supposed to charge the pinephone keyboard at 15W (5V 3A)
so i've not been using my strongest charger and wall plug on it
but
i never thought to look up the same info for the pinephone so i've been charging it on a higher thingy than i've been supposed to UGH FUCK
this is the thingy where it says that btw https://files.pine64.org/doc/PinePhone/PinePhone_User_Manual.pdf
@vantablack if things were actually that fault-intolerant way more people would brick devices. There is room for error, but just don't make it a habit :P