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Just cleaned out six years of crud from my phone's charging port (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 days ago by Tyoda@lemm.ee to c/casualconversation@piefed.social

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For way too long now I have had to plug it in and not let a breeze pass it lest it stops charging. I went at it and it quickly got a lot better where I didn't have to wiggle it around to the right position to start charging.

But I kept going, dug out a lot more stuff than I expected, and when I tried it again, get this, it actually went in. It doesn't just slightly penetrate to establish contact. It proper locks in.

Charging while on the go has been impossible for a long time, but I think it should now be easy as ever.

USB-C btw

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[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I recommend, for lower maintenance, either a pack of rubber port covers like these or, if you don't mind regular charging speeds, a magnetic cable like this

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 3 points 3 days ago

Good call

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Magnetic connectors are highly not recommended; it can and have damaged devices. It's not USB spec compliant.

Sorry for the reddit post but that's where I learned about it. It has a few citations why it's a bad idea.

https://safereddit.com/r/UsbCHardware/comments/motlhn/magnetic_usbc_cables_are_not_recommended