I’m using the same dock as Kyle ( Baseus GN16A ) and noticed one thing that’s a drawback for my (admittedly weird) use-case: I’ve been using the L5 as a stationary device on my desktop, not needing to take it with me. As a result I’m running it without a battery to avoid putting any wear on it for the time being.
The charger that comes with the phone powers it fine when directly plugged in, but if I run it through the Baseus dock, it won’t operate without a battery installed. Must not pass through the required amps? Not sure.
I also tried the same scenario with a Lenovo ThinkPad USB-C Dock Gen 2 (40AS0090US), and while the phone started to boot, it would stop, reset, fail, and after a few attempts, stop attempting to boot up. Kind of surprised about that one, as it can drive/power my Thinkpad fine.
Probably not something 99% of people care about, but wanted to share my battery-less L5 experiences. 