Comment on When something still uses micro USB in 2025
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 day agoI’ve had many micro cables get broken, requiring the perfect angle, but never the ports themselves as far as I could tell. I’ve never had a C port fail either and rarely have cable issues. However, any time the C ports require a specific angle to work, I have found they’re packed with lint. It goes with the “click” getting weak as well. Paperclip, Sim card pick, compressed air, a good cheek puff, usually all good after.
quokka1@mastodon.au 1 day ago
@XeroxCool @Entitle9294 I often read of people claiming to have broken many ports and/or cables. I can't understand how they do it.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Micro was weak and largely people’s first experience with frequent-use plugging. Cheap cables don’t last long. Car use is abusive, even using the phone while charging is harsh. Moving the phone by the wire. Hard cable angles to keep the phone upright in stands, cup holders, cups, whatever. Rolling the cable tight for storage or travel. Pulling by the cable to unplug instead of by the head. Accidentally tripping on cables or otherwise yanking them. It’s death by 1,000 papercuts for the cable. Shit happens.