This is funny?
I hear a lot of people saying to clean the port and I agree. I've found with usb c it's often very difficult to find something thin enough, but I've found a staple to be surprisingly good at the job
I have had this happen so much more with USB-C than microUSB connectors. I think it's just a matter of how it locks in place. MicroUsb would very often (though not 100% of the time) have some prong like things on one side that held it in place better.
USB-C just kinda snaps over a tiny PCB and has room to wiggle around, which, at least in all the devices I've had break on me this way, the PCB itself becomes loose or even snaps off from constantly being flexed or jostled around by the cable.
They should put those little prong/wing things on the top and bottom (in a way that doesn't mess with the omnidirectional nature of the cable) of the metal oval to lessen this, IMO.
Strange.. My experience has been the opposite of yours. I've actually not had a USB-c cable do this yet.
I've had it happen to plenty of USB-C devices, but I had far more issues with previous USB generations.
Wireless charging tho is clutch as a backup charging method. Key word being backup.
If your port is clean and the cable isn't messed up, maybe consider replacing the charging port or just get a wireless charger.
This. Get super fine tweezers and clean the port. Almost always full of pocket lint.
I use a slim tooth pick for port cleaning. Works perfectly!
I switched over to magnetic charging cables a few years back, and would never look back. Keeps the port protected, protects against wear out, and the cables are now universal with Micro USB and lightning devices.
How do you the plugs eliminate fire risk?
Keep them clean. There's no more inherent rush than a regular connector, since the magnetic ones are just the same with a magnet holding them in place instead of friction.
Also, if they were to break, it's far easier to replace them instead of the port on the phone. I recommend the ones that are just adapters and not the whole cables though, since they let you use the cables you already own.
You should use the usb until you can’t, wireless charging will burn out your battery and you’ll be in the same place you’re in now, but if your port stops working you’ll have the wireless to fall back on.
You may have responded to the wrong comment.
Step 1: clean out the lint from the charging port
Step 2: make sure you actually got all the lint out and there isn't any hiding to the side.
The sim ejector pin that used to come with phones can sometimes just barely fit between the center blade and connector housing. Otherwise a paperclip with a slight hook bent into the end can work well.Flosspicks work well to dig out the lint.Also consider getting a wireless charger for nightly charging if your phone supports it.
I prefer a toothpick. Wood won’t scratch the metal or cause a short, but it’s still stiff enough to scrape any lint that’s stuck. And lint sticks a bit to the toothpick, so that helps get it out.
Toothpick is absolutely the best solution for this. 3d printed cleaning picks are also usable but aren't as strong in my experience
Sometimes the toothpick tapers too quickly though and I have break it or shave a bit off to make it fit all the way into the port
I just shave the end of a match down. It's flat and you can make it pretty thin easily.
I ended up having to use an actual sewing needle since the lint was compacted and the ejector pin was too wide
The port on my old phone broke entirely but it still had wireless charging so I got three more years out of it. Then the display failed and since phones have switched to USB C I figured it was time to upgrade
A comment like this one saved me from giving up on my aging phone.
No matter how convinced you are you definitely cleaned it, there still could be a little bit more stuck in there.
To add to this, get yourself a USB-C nubbin to protect it going forward.
Also electrical contact cleaner if it's really nasty
DeoxIT, they have a name and we respect it around here.
my phone charging port has been inoperable for years. wireless charging is the only thing keeping it alive
Meanwhile my phone lowers the volume by itself an I'm thinking how to fix it. I assume it's because of dust or something. Annoying ah with this random popping out and lowering volume when I want sound.
It's me! New Cable!
New cable was ineffective against bad port!
Holup, is this real or fan art? When did they make Cable a twink?
Fewer pouches, but still not zero pouches. This tracks.
I'm suspicious of those feet though. They look biologically plausible and therefore wrong for the character.
When we had real headphone jacks the phone lasted longer because you didn't use the same port for both audio and charging, wearing it out faster.
...did you try cleaning the port?
For my old phone I would put a drop of super-glue on the face of the USB-C cable, and let it dry.
For me:
USB-B : always doing this rather quiclky
USB-C : never does this
What about you?
B 2.0 or B 3.0?
B 3.6 x 3.2x3.2 version 6.1
So about 5Gbps as usual.
Get a wireless charger. If your phone is less than ~6 years old it probably supports wireless charging. Can find them for as cheap as $10-15...
So much easier.
Don't you have to replace the device if it's USB C because the compliant mechanism is in the port, not the cable?
Lint gets stuck in the base, so the cord will not properly seat. I've found that dental floss picks get in there great, and are non conductive.
Charging ports are the belly buttons of the digital world.
It could just be build up in the port. Throwing some sticky tack in there a bunch of times to pull out all the debris has "fixed" multiple devices for me.
