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.
Wireless charging WILL wear out your battery faster.
For longevity, use a slow wired charger. This will put the least thermal strain on the battery.
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.
I just shave the end of a match down. It’s flat and you can make it pretty thin easily.
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
Also electrical contact cleaner if it’s really nasty
DeoxIT, they have a name and we respect it around here.
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
time to upgrade
They fucking got ya. That’s like a $30 repair and you just threw it in landfill and gave them another grand or more. Weaksauce.
Given that the phone didn’t have USB-C that most likely means it was from like 2016, so it’s fair to say that it’s time to upgrade. Phones have gotten so much better since then, especially the cameras.
If the connector hadn’t changed I probably would have gotten it repaired. But since there’s not aftermarket port swaps I figured I should bite the bullet.
Maybe by 2032 I’ll be ready for a new one again.
Ouch. Why don’t you remind them that their dog is dead as well. Really lay into them.
To add to this, get yourself a USB-C nubbin to protect it going forward.
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.
Everyone raves about usb-c but despite my hating everything Apple, the lightning port’s physical design is so much better.
Who thought putting a thin circuit board projection inside the port was a good idea?
Lightning is an amazing design but I fucking hate that my XS Max is USB TWO SPEEDS
It’s me! New Cable!
New cable was ineffective against bad port!
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.
Holup, is this real or fan art? When did they make Cable a twink?
For me:
USB-B : always doing this rather quiclky
USB-C : never does this
What about you?
B 2.0 or B 3.0?
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?
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.
