It’s always this unless you can think of a time you specifically damaged the port. And you’ll be surprised how much shit comes out with the tip of a plastic toothpick; how it was somehow actually managing to still charge in the first place lol.
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imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Time to clean the lint out of the charging port
saltesc@lemmy.world 2 months ago
thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I honestly enjoy it when this happens. It’s so satisfying getting to pull obscenely large wads of lint out of the port
TwanHE@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Depends on the port, micro usb used to just wear out over time.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Also a decent idea to snag a magnetic charging adapter to avoid this in the future
Got one that plugs into my phone and a few of the other end for cords around my house and car, totally worth the 15 bucks I spent
cobysev@lemmy.world 2 months ago
My dad had Parkinson’s at the end of his life (and a general lack of coordination his whole life). Those magnetic charging adapters were a lifesaver for him. He just needed to get the cord close enough to the charging port on his phone and it would snap together. No coordination required.
It was also nice when he would forget to disconnect the cord. As soon as he walked away, the cable would pop off. No more broken cables from being yanked out of the phone or the wall.
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
I have these for all my chargeable things. Bought like 4 packs with multiple port types, so I have tons of extra cables in case some die. They are great for game controllers, phones, tablets, rechargeable keyboards, and all sorts of other shit. All you need is multiple ends, and you can use the same cables for everything. It’s glorious if you have a mix of port types.
stebo02@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
what if cleaning doesn’t solve it?
mosiacmango@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Get a wireless charger if your phone supports it. It will likely be slower, but still work.
stebo02@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
it doesn’t
AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
what type of phone? I can gladly give detailed instructions on how to replace it if you want!
kernelle@0d.gs 2 months ago
You’d be surprised how caked a charge port can be, you know you’ve cleaned it correctly when the plug goes in all the way and doesn’t stick out a bit.
When it still doesn’t connect correctly and/or you feel play in de cable/chargeport, it might just need replacing.
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Then repeat step 1.
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 2 months ago
How do you clean the port?
lenuup@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Take a toothpicks and carefully break it in two halves. Ideally you are left with something about half as wide as the original pick. You want thin and sturdy pieces to get into the port. Now carefully scrape the lint and dirt out of the port. The dirt tends to compact on the bottom, so you have to scrape a bit to get it all out. I would recommend to do it in direct sunlight to better see the interior of the port. Torchlights usually are either to bright on the spot or to dim.
Works like a charm.
ryedaft@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The charging port is the bellybutton of the device
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Years ago when fixing phones most of the charging problems was just that. Most of the ear speaker issues were from makeup getting caked up in the mesh screen. And most of the motherboard issues came from people dropping them on the toilet/lake/ocean.
NotSteve_@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I have a friend who dropped his phone into a porta potty at a festival and then fished it out. Apparently he was drunk enough that he forgot about doing it and woke up in the morning wondering why his phone stank.
There is no point to this story
AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 months ago
A teenage boy is getting ready to take his girlfriend to the prom. First he goes to rent a tux, but there’s a long tux line at the shop and it takes forever.
Next, he has to get some flowers, so he heads over to the florist and there’s a huge flower line there. He waits forever but eventually gets the flowers.
Then he heads out to rent a limo. Unfortunately, there’s a large limo line at the rental office, but he’s patient and gets the job done.
Finally, the day of the prom comes. The two are dancing happily and his girlfriend is having a great time. When the song is over, she asks him to get her some punch, so he heads over to the punch table and there’s no punchline.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
On the old iPhones if you got lucky you could cut the power on it, pull the logic board out, and we’d stick it in an old jewelry vibrator filled with 99% rubbing alcohol. Hit it with a heat gun right away to disperse any liquid. Once dry id hook it up to a cheap screen and battery I knew was good before sticking it back in the phone, if that came on. Then work your way backwards replacing anything that needed to be replaced out of the other parts, or hook up to a docking cable to a computer to back up to iTunes, so they could get their data. Slowly apple forced everyone into iCloud backups, so the need dropped more and more for such though.