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[–] [email protected] 27 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Take a tooth floss pick and dig all the pocket crud out of it, both the top and bottom side. try a fresh cable, if that fails try some deoxit on the port

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Do this. It worked for me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Yep, cleaning the port works most of the time. Lint and crap get caught in there and prevents the cord from plugging in all the way

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Every time I've had that happen, it's been the cable going bad, not the port.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

Or the port is just full of pocket lint

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

The cable is designed to break before the port.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I had one phone where it was the port, but I'm pretty sure it was water damage. It took one too many falls into puddles while fumbling with kids, carrying stuff and opening doors all at once

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

Caused by gunk in the charge port. It naturally accrues over time. Local repair stores will have the specialized tools to fix it.

Edit: people who are saying toothpicks havent actually done the job properly before, I'm willing to bet. Toothpicks don't fit properly in a USB-C port, and can barely get inside a lightning port. Not to mention that if it breaks, you're fucked and have to go to a repair shop anyway.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Toothpicks are not exactly specialised tools

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I use a sewing machine needle, works great, just don't go crazy and break shit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Something nonconductive seems the safest choice, so you can't accidentally short anything.

[–] __nobodynowhere 5 points 6 days ago

Plastic dental flosser with a pick. Cut the tip flat. Easier to reach the edges and less likely to damage the port.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Me too, alcohol and toothpick

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Toothpicks work great. They are wood or plastic so they won't conduct electricity.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (3 children)

I was happy when usb c came out because it looked like it had to be a significant improvement over micro usb, in terms of longevity and reliability.

It's looking like it's only a slight improvement though, which sucks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I have yet to have a USB c port be ripped out of a device, I have had this happen to two USB micro b devices (ultra cheap). (USB c cords die relatively frequently though)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Remember when the little chip that held the pins in the middle would get obliterated?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

I only used Apple for a very short time, but their connector seemed pretty neat. Small and with satisfying haptics. Too bad they are so shitty about patents and standards.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (9 children)
[–] peteypete420 2 points 5 days ago

Ugggg I was so close to pulling to trigger for one on my last phone death. But I was doing all this comparison and pricing, and at the end of it all, realized they arent sold in my shithole country and had like a extra 200 hundy shipping price. So im still android and the ogle. But next time... pretty sure itll be fairphone.

By the way, any users of the Mint mobile service who have a fairphone who see this comment, please respond to me. Im still only like 90 percent sure I use one with that plan.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If there is a problem with capacitance then this won't help, but if it might just be dirty then power it down and clean the charging port with a can of 99.99% compressed alcohol electronics cleaner, then use a can of air duster, repeat a couple of times. Afterwards, press the case firmly to ensure it's still held together. Leave to dry completely before trying again.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

If you want a sketchy but simple solution you can use the back of a sewing needle to poke the stuff out of the port. Be careful tho, you can very easily break the port.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Toothpick. Wood only. Never do this with metal.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

I found wooden kebab skewers were better. Longer and stronger, can be shaved to the best point needed for each task.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yea, I bought one of the induction chargers cause this happened to me about a year ago. My phone still works so i see no reason to buy a new one and quite frankly i just don't want to. Gonna ride this bad boy out until it dies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Have you tried cleaning the port out, mostly it's crap built up in the port.

[–] AllHailTheSheep 11 points 6 days ago (3 children)

sharp pair of tweezers or a needle or a toothpicks should be able to help. tons of instructions on how to do it in this thread, but I will add my 2 cents as a phone tech and say that if it's a lightening port, you want to keep your tool as vertically in the middle of the port as possible while scraping horizontally. for USBC, keep your tool as close to the walls as possible while avoiding the center "tab". this is so you don't scrape the contacts. if you do that, you will need a port replacement (usually 80-100$ on most devices). once you scrape as much as you can out. you can use an old toothbrush or whatever works to brush the port clean with some isopropyl to clean any dirt on the contacts, which will come off easily now that it's not being supported but the other debris you cleaned out with the tool.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This is why I try to use my wireless charger when I don't need fast charging, reduces the strain on my charging cable and the USB C port

[–] AllHailTheSheep 5 points 6 days ago (9 children)

increases strain on your battery tho

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I've had that for 2 years. It's no big.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

go give business to your local repair shop.

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