YSK before you buy a replacement for your cellphone that has stopped charging, buy the $10 cleaning kits and spend the time deep cleaning the phone's charging port.
People don't try cleaning their charging port before buying a new device? Thats crazy. I really have a hard time believing people don't try cleaning before buying a new device.
Also what kind of kit does op have? A sim card ejector, a metal brush, a q tip thing, half a zip tie, and some adhesive things? Any thin plastic shim will work perfectly, and sometimes even a stiff plastic bristle brush works well.
My in-laws didn't clean the dust out of their PC for almost a decade because when they purchased it, no one told them to clean the filter on the front.
Well yeah because the plate looks dirty and its because you purposefully put food on it.
No one is purposefully throwing dust at their PC, and if someone doesn't know that their PC is pulling in air, they wouldn't know it needs any cleaning besides dusting off like other furniture.
Wood toothpicks worked great on lightning ports, usbc is a little trickier and more fragile so I use a plastic spudger from an old screen replacement kit.
I’d believe it, especially with all the propaganda from big corporations and the fomo they push with new technology. Looking at Apple and their fucking yearly phone cycles.
Don’t forget to consume more! Buy two just in case! Consume! CONSUME!!!!!!
I will admit, this makes sense, up to a point. I have 2 pixel 4a's just sitting in a drawer because the screens got damaged, showing just a black screen. And it was the same price or cheaper to buy another used phone than buy just the screen for it, $120+ in most cases on eBay, when i was looking. So I bought another, newer phone instead of fixing the device, for around the same price.
i found out weed smokers regularly use a glass pipe until it’s clogged and then just throw it away….
also, if you go dumpster diving around the first of the month you can find trash bags full of useful things that people abandon and landlords throw out.
it’s true… i’ve found them like that and my friend told me that’s why….
also i’m in california and everyone smokes weed and glass pipes are cheap and everywhere.
i really hate the “disposable” usb-c rechargeable vapes that can’t be refillable by law….
One of the lads at work was freaking out because he had tickets to a festival on his phone, and it wouldn't charge. I spent three minutes digging in the port with a wooden toothpick and wouldn't you know there was fuck all wrong with his phone.
Cheese and rice theres a lot of responses jumping to accusations of people too lazy but I've never heard someone too lazy to clean a phone port for $1000 savings.
100% of the people im surrounded by in my family/friends would be to afraid of breaking it beyond trade in value towards the new phone. My case was extreme but since the screens got better id have to guess charging issues is up there for one of the biggest reasons people trade their phones in.
Yeah... be incredibly careful about shoving something with metal bristles into your charging port.
Maybe once a year I get a bit of gunk in my port (hey-oh!). Samsung (presumably all usb c androids?) are generally really good about losing their shit and yelling at you to remove the cable immediately and clean your port.
So when I get home? I just get one of my flossers (for teeth) that tend to have a cheap plastic toothpick attached to it. Works perfect, no liquids, and very minimal risk of damaging the port.
Made from cheap soft wood: more likely to deform or destruct against metal than most plastics
Cut with the grain: especially soft to anything raking against the sides (like delicate pins)
The uneven “splintery” sides happen to be pretty good at snagging tiny fibers of lint to pull them out as one big ball, requiring fewer swipes
More techniques:
clean with port facing straight down to get gravity assist
blow across the opening of the port: mild negative pressure + agitation inside cavity vs blowing directly into port (which is generally warned against explicitly)
focus on “pinning” lint up against each of the two corners and holding gentle pressure during extraction: these corners of the port have no exposed pins, and happen to be where lint tends to accumulate anyway
I’m not saying anyone should follow my example, and in fact I’m probably saying no one should follow my example… but I have definitely used a metal glasses screwdriver to clean my charging port before
Shorting isn't the problem as much as metal against metal bending things. Those contacts are fragile. Plastic or wood and being gentle won't hurt anything.
All bristles were nylon-ish material. All plastic no metal. The brushes were held by thin metal wire but so thin it was like throwing a hotdogs down a hallway.
Soft is good because you want the cleaning tool to break before it can apply enough force to break or scratch the contact. Use a cleaning solution to soften the gunk instead. Doesn't have to be a part of a kit, just make sure it's safe for metals, like isopropyl alcohol.
When I cleaned mine out recently it was very clearly dust and skin cells in there, meaning just the crap the builds up on and around anything by existing
i never trust shops to fix a phone after working for one. they will purposefully damage other components or take your OEM screen and put an aftermarket screen.
they take genuine parts from the phone you bring and put in aftermarket or shit ones that are almost on their way out, and they will (especially women) dump any data they can get from the phone.
if you can, try to make friends with someone you can trust to fix your phone, and if you do, anything sensitive, backup and delete from your phone and cloud. if you want me to really be specific, im talking about photos, but i didnt want to sound gross.
they will usually find an excuse to unlock your phone, also, they will have tools to dump what they can as well. they can even do it without unlocking your phone, but good luck proving that.
They will harvest what they can (not talking Louis Rossman types) and then either A)offer either OEM or aftermarket and be honest with the part replacement or put aftermarket and claim it's OEM parts.
Doubtful. This might be an issue in countries that don't require iPhone to use standards or that have terrible anti-consumer laws.
In any case, if that's you, its not impossible. Just need to take it with you the next time you go on a trip overseas to a country that isn't run by corporations
Or better yet don't buy some anti consumer locked down phone that's intentionally made hard to repair by a shitty company, I'm going back to android in the future where something as basic as replacing a port would never be a issue, but with Google fucking with the sideloading in android I'm concerned they are on a path similar to Apple, I wish some truly open source phone OS would be available like Linux so is for PCs
My last phone had this issue that sometimes it wouldn't charge. Tried different cables but it still sometimes wouldn't charge. Bought a pcb with antennas and charging for my phone, replaced it. Sometimes still had this issue but much less. I kept this phone til it couldn't compute anymore. Twice shattered screen, twice replaced.
4 years. Not a flagship, but had a decent hardware. In the end it couldn't do anything. Wifi worked half assed. 5g couldn't connect sometimes. Android Auto would reboot constantly or outright not work. Battery would occasionally begin to loose charge rapidly and even charging with a power bank phone would still lose charge. It almost like I got an update that cut my phone's balls and removed organs. But in the end, 400euro for 4 years - not so much. My new phone is better at less than half price. Hope it'll work next 2-3 years no issues.
Use a knife to thin it. I used to have a box of thin ones, but had to buy larger sturdier round ones, so last time I just sharpened it with a knife and it worked like a charm.
I use a plastic one - the ones that have a floss "D" on one end and a pick on the other. They're very thin and can also be bent to form a bit of a hook.
That is not how Verizon stores work in the US. They dont even fuckin carry Samsung OEM charging blocks at my local Verizon wireless store. They havent done anything tech support related in a very long time. You basically go there for them to use your phone to call their customer/technical support to ultimately tell you to take it to a You Break IT We Fix IT store.
As I told another person with similar reply, the purchase was for the adhesive plugs to prevent this from happening in the future as i prepped to buy a new phine but the plugs happened to come with a jankey cleaning kit and turned my frown upside down. The plugs are as much of the take away as the cleaning the port.
I wouldn't use metal to clean it. A sewing needle is surely hard enough to scratch the coating on the pins. Plastic or wood would be less destructive for repeated use.
Kinda, you really want to use a soft brush and 90% isopropyl. A tooth pick is only useful if you are EXTREMELY gentle. Otherwise you might cause more damage.
I've been using magnetic USB cables and adapters on my devices for years. I occasionally need to clean their connection, but otherwise they work well. Found one I liked and purchased a bunch of them. Now the car, house, office, etc. all have one of the magnetic cables nearby.
They charge a little slower, but that's better for my battery long-term anyway.
you could get a magnetizer and run it through that a few times. even something cheap like this should do the trick: https://ebay.us/m/18o4zx
magnets just lose their strength over time and repeated use. the Samsung flip phones use magnets to detect when it's open or closed, and a lot of the time they'll lose strength and the phone won't detect that's it been opened or closed. I have pretty much that exact magnetizer and I run the magnets through that a time or two and everything starts working again lol. I assume the same concept should work for you.
I use the [N. NETDOT Gen 10 Magnetic Charging Cable] (https://a.co/d/ijM37pD). I have thrown away a few of the magnetic tips that physically broke from abuse, but for me that's cheaper than a device repair.
When they stop connecting properly, I usually clean them with a toothpick (or other good suggestions from this thread).
I used to use these, but I think they contributed to my charging port failing, so I just try to use wireless for everything. I've read of other people that had the same issue. I think the cause was electrical arcs when attaching and detaching. Or maybe ferreous shavings getting in the pins. Whatever it was, it damaged in the charging circuit.
The power pins (VCC) on your phone’s USB-C port aren’t “live” at all times, the standard requires communication over CC1 and CC2 to negotiate which side is receiving power and at what voltage. Otherwise, a specific value of resistor needs to be in place between those pins and GND to get “dumb” charging at the original 5V usb standard.
The ideal tool is going to be thin and rigid so that you can get to the base of the port and free up impacted dust/lint. Small enough plastics are going to be to flexible to be effective, anything too thick is going to increase the working time and risk putting pressure against the center tab, potentially damaging it.
I fix consumer electronics for a living, my tool of choice is a pair of ultrasharp tweezers I use for microsoldering. Far as household items are concerned, a real small sewing needle is definitely it. The eye can even be used to catch and pull out fluff.
Sure. But that's intended to detect shorts caused by water, and water is a much worse electrical conductor than a piece of metal, and so less damaging in the time it takes to detect a short.
Even if phones have some level of protection, why risk damage when you could use something wooden or plastic and just not risk it at all?
That is probably the correct way. But I just collect the dust at the bottom with the needle. Only plastic there. Sure, the side of the needle may come in contact with the pins, but it's round so not likeley to snag on a pin.
I would not use metal simply because its hardness is going to be similar or higher than the hardness of the contacts themselves, which means there's a chance it could scratch or break the contact entirely.
I came into the comments to say this. I keep one in my drawer, trimmed down a bit so it can go all the way around inside a usb-c port. They're perfect since they're very narrow and since they are soft you won't damage the port.
Lol you just saying that made me nervous. Using a staple would make it easy to accidentally break a contact off entirely, and I'm not sure if there are any consequences for shorting any of the USB pins to each other. Even a twist tie would be better, since it has another material to do the rubbing and the metal is less stiff than a staple.
Edit: there's another comment further down saying the risk of a short isn't an issue, but I'd still avoid using a staple just because of the hardness probably being higher than the contact.
Or magnetic USB-C adapters. Keeps the gunk out of the charging port while still retaining functionality (including fast charging). There's also charge-only adapters, which are handy for travel when you don't trust the port the phone is connected to.
For whoever isn't aware, you can just add wireless charging to a device. It's a paper thin cord and a pad that goes under whatever case you have. You won't even notice it's there under your case. They work well.
So you missed the part where I explained I need it for my constant glucose monitor which perpetually drains my phone battery creating the whole battle of the port?
Or you saying im not being a risky enough diabetic leaving my phone out of Bluetooth range for the 8 or more hours it takes to charge a zfold5 on a wireless charging pad? Cuz say the word and ill go hypo-g right the fuck meow, son. /s couldnt pass on good diabeeetus joke lol
You posted this as a "You Should Know" clean your port before getting a new phone. Just because you have a need for constant charging, does not mean that wireless charging is an invalid option for the audience you're taking to.
By all means try a tooth pick and pure alcohol, if that doesn't work a professional might get you set straight.
Repair shops can do a better job cleaning than a home option. I had a data and charge problem, bought a kit and tried 3x times; it didn't work . Bought new cables just in case that was the issue. Brought it in for repair fully expecting to pay for a port repair. Repair shop did a through cleaning charged me $15 and sent me on my way with everything working.
Gotta be careful as well with USB-C ports. I managed to break off the middle section while cleaning a couple of times. Not a good thing, luckily phone battery was already dying at the time.
My phone is a Galaxy Z-Fold5, not new but not old enough for me to replace since the Fold7 just shipped.
Was hell bent sure the issue causing my phone to begin not accepting charging cables* was something Samsung was doing with their software updates. (*It charged fine with contactless chargers if youre ok with it taking 10-14 hours to charge)
It was too much of a coincidence that the phone charged 100% fine with any and all cables. Download a software update (not android update, this was samsung delivered update) phone doesnt charge with a cable after that for 2-3 weeks. Im T1Diabetic who uses wifi connected glucose monitor, so it fuckin drains battery juice 24/7 with very little setting controls to mitigate it. So I spent 2-3 weeks battling with it to charge on charging pads.
Didn't change a thing with what I was doing and BAM another Samsung update, weirdly close to the last update and fuck me running if the phone didnt start charging very very tenderly with charging cables again.
Eventually figured fuck it, if its hard to do the phone is broke if its easy enough to do then maybe it will help and bought a pack of adhesive rubber type C port plugs from Amazon that came with a super cheap cleaning kit. It wasnt anything special. It came with the picture pointed and spaded q-tips, a flexible wire brush, then I used my own zip tie that I shaped, a sim card tool and a cloth for cleaning glasses. AND WENT TO FUCKING TOWN.
Everytime you plug in your charger to your phone, any dust that is in there is getting buttfucked into the back of the phone's charging port like its a muzzleloaded gunpowder. Lol a bit hyperbplic but you get the point.
Finished cleaning the port. Plugged it in. First fuckin try, no fighting it, no switching chargers, no "charging but not fast charging" bullshit, no more voids in guessing my blood sugar, no more watching tv holding charger into phone. AND $1,000+ THAT IS STILL IN MY FUCKING ACCOUNT.
I gotta assume this is the #1 driver for phones needing to be replaced ever since the screens stopped shattering everytime you sneezed. The adhesive rubber plug is amazing. It is hardly noticeable and stays in the charging port even with my opening and closing of screens. It never pops out.
Honestly the smartest $10 I think I may have ever spent.
TLDR: Phone not charging? Buy $10 type C cleaning kit from amazon, watch 5min video on tips for cleaning, clean charging port for night and day results. Not difficult, very hard to fuck up your phone unless you jackhammer the port cleaning it. Saves you the cost of a new phone.
And obviously this isnt a fix all for all charging issues.
Get a magnetic charge cord. There’ll be a tiny dongle that you plug in once, then the complementary cable has a magnet end that snaps to.
They’re cheap and easy, though not all of them are interchangeable with each other, so figure out how many device you want to use and in how many places, and buy everything at once.
This is the ebay listing for some I bought, that I like the best. These are popwer only, no data, just two contacts. The magnetic part is circular, so it'll rotate, and the 90 degree hinge in the cable is loose so it won't bind up. When I bought these, you could buy all sorts of cable lengths and all sorts of dongle ends in pretty much any quantities you want. I'd bet you can find this at the same seller's store or elsewhere.
This but I prefer using a dedicated brush. Call me paranoid but what if an old toothbrush has bits of food stuck in it, wouldn't want that to get into the phone.
Hey thanks for all the tips in the comments, I've got these brand new stiff-ish cleaning brushes and this one worked really well to clean out my charging port and now there's no more beach sand grinding noise when I shove my cable into the charging port.
You don't want to be too rough on it. There's electrical contacts that can get blocked by dust, lint, and crap, so cleaning helps, but the contacts themselves aren't that thick, so you don't want to wear them down too much while cleaning. A cleaning solution helps loosen up everything with less force and a softer brush/pad is less likely to knock bits of contact off.
So just be careful because that brush might be like blowing in nintendo cartridges (clearing dust but leaving saliva specs that would wear the contacts), where it helps in the short term but makes things worse in the long term (resulting in more blowing and an acceleration of the process).
As an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure I recommend those tiny rubber stoppers you see in the photo. They have a peel and stick part that goes under your case which retains the plug on a strip of rubber. That strip might wear out in a few years and rip, but they cost almost nothing to replace (and in fact come in packs).
Phones used to have these things built in, then they stopped in the smartphone era because they didn't look as sleek and futuristic I guess. Now, if you have a case, it once again makes hardly any difference to the appearance.
That was also when a single charge lasted for days or a week. Now we use our phones too much and multiple charges a day isn't uncommon for people. I couldn't imagine having to remove a little plug to charge my phone as often as I do.
Wireless chargers as your bedside charger will also reduce wear on your charge port so if thats the weak point of your phone that will help it last longer
I always use wireless charging, and have a silicone plug in my phone's USB port to stop dirt getting in there. Very similar to these: https://a.co/d/aFWuSI3 (just standalone plugs with no adhesive). I see some in the photo with adhesive to stick them to the phone, but that seems like it'd look ugly.
In the rare case that I need to plug something into it, the port is completely clean.
The specs of saliva that go along with blowing corrode the contacts over time, so it is actually better to find an alternative with a soft brush and non/less-acidic cleaning solution.
Nintendo sold cartridge cleaning kits in the 90s (maybe even the 80s).
My charging port died and I'm so pissed. 2 year old Google pixel. Never buying pixel again. I looked up how to desolder the charging port and it's a pain in the ass. It has this like weird shield over it and I have no idea how to desolder this thing. Why can't it be straight forward
Shouldn't a Pixel that new support wireless charging? I'm surprised at how many people still rely on plugging their phones in to charge them these days. At the very least, it's a workaround for a broken port.
It has wireless charging but I have a few on call situations and diabetes that I prefer a plugged in charge just in case I accidently knock the phone off the charger at night.
You sure its dead? My 2 year old pixel was also having issues charging, but I simply used SIM tray tool to poke around the charging port and got A LOT of lint out of it and its as good as new
Just get a bit of plastic packaging or something similar. Cut thin long rectangle. Then cut a small chunk out near the tip to form a small hook. Scrape along the bottom of the port in all directions. Pull out fluff, then repeat until no more fluff comes out. Then go again as you won't have got it all out even if it looks like it
So the amazon purchase was for the silicon plugs on a flap that adheres to your phone so it's always plugged. As preparation to buy a new phone. It just happened to come with this lanky little cleaning kit. But the plugs are just as big of a takeaway as the cleaning.
Dare I say a classic 1-2-punch with corrective maintenence followed by pr3ventative maintenence!
Genuine curious question (assuming you are from the west): Why do you guys use toilet paper to clean your butt instead of a jet spray like we do in the east?
I have a cheap pack of plastic Walgreens tooth picks that are perfect for this. My phone case has a rubber cover for the port so I don't have to do this often.
The last few phones I've had to replace, the little bit of PCB that connects to the USB-C charger snapped off. A cleaning kit won't help that. 😔
Not one USB C cable I've seen has teeth or grooves like a microUSB connector has to keep the cable from jiggling around when connected, and I am pretty sure this is what weakens the thing inside the phone.
The top two stick to the back of the phone and provide a rubber cover for the USB c port. Everything else either scrapes away debris or wipes the port clean with isopropyl alcohol. Bottom right appears to be fashioned from a zip tie and probably didn't come in the kit.
i paid a repair shop for the swapping. ($15 includes everything, battery itself is around $10 port is around $2). Whole swap took around 20 mins. though this is a third world country, so double or triple that.
but for my device, there was full repair guide available online (ifixit). the only reason I did not repair my self is because I am kinda scared doing anything battery (it was partially swollen, and i do not want lithium fire). Other major reason is I do not have screw driver bits for phone. I can do laptop repairs myself, but phone screws are even smaller, and use fancy heads, so I can not use a pointed knife's edge to unscrew.
If your device has a ifixit guide, that would be the easiest way, they hand hold all the way through. If not, find replacement parts, see what it would cost, and maybe ask a repair shop for a price. if their quotation is within reason, then they can do a good job and you would not even need any other tools.
In fact, if I would have done it myself, I would have not repaired the port, as that required a bit more work than battery.
I mean I cant speak for the fancy new oil-less compressors but dont you lubricate your compressor and run oil thru the lines to protect your tools and prevent broken airlines?
Plus the chance of forgetting to lower the psi before spraying the port cuz I've never done that ever before 🤣 idk man, id prolly test it first on an old broken screen phones before I started blasting phone holes lol.
Ohhhhhhh shit your talking about the aerosol cans of compressed air hahahaha fuck im an idiot lol
Waterproofing hasn't been relevant to batteries since they were made internal.
I just checked, and a replacement battery for my 2024 HMD Skyline goes for $15.62 plus another $3.25 for the consumable adhesive pad and whatever shipping ends up being [0]. In practice, you might also need to buy tools, which can further drive up the cost.
Finding that source took a bit of knowledge. If you go by what HMD tells it's US users, you would look on iFixit, which would be $30 for an entire kit, which includes the battery, adhesive, and tools (Just the battery and adhesive would run you about $28).
Solid tools to have in any case. I wouldn't buy a kit as I already have all that from other projects.
Just now got the USB port covers! Have a crappy light on my little .22, lost the cover immediately. Put on of those on and have hiked for miles, banged in around, wiped it off during general cleaning several times, still perfectly stuck. Little finicky getting it seated, well worth it for the perfect seal. $.86/ea. on eBay.
100% did the same thing on the charging port for my infrared scope after the rubber connecting it to the scope, snapped. $1,300 scope saved by a tiny rubber plug you prolly cant even buy one at a time anymore now that the penny is gone lol (not that you ever could just saying they could be more than a penny each to make.)
I'm surprised the glue has held this long for such a cheapo product!
So, what's the scope? I got a couple of cheapies off Amazon and eBay, thought my cheapness was the problem. Posted on lemmy asking about options and it seems no matter the price, the FOV is going to suck, even for the $50,000 military models.
Got some 9V-battery powered infrared strobes for cheap, to be used as trail markers. Super neat and super cheap! But I have to point directly at them to pick them up. All I want is a monocular I can walk around with.
My problem is that my battery case has stopped charging along with my phone. Phone only charges with high wattage chargers, and phone case only charges with low wattage ones. Still get like 3 days charge on the case, but now takes like 16 hours to fully charge. Also, taking the phone case off so much eventually opened the back of my S20fe. Fixed that with S7000.
Cleaning can still help if it only slow charges (if you mean it used to be able to use high wattage ones).
Gunk prevents a strong connection, which can mess with the handshake. Charger will say, "yeah, I can fast charge, check out these amps!" but not all of it gets through and the case will decide the charger is a liar and just go with slow charging. Don't assume that something getting through at all means the connection is fine because USB has fallback options when conditions are sub-optimal.
I work in a kitchen. There is a lot of flour dust. Phone goes in my pocket port up. After a year the build up is enough to warrant a cleaning due to issues.
I even have my phone upside down in my pocket so the charging port is facing up.
This is probably the difference, people who put their phone in with the port facing down in their pocket have lots of opportunity to pickup lint as the phone is going into the pocket on the way down, and then also as you're moving, any lint collected in the bottom of your pocket can enter the port. Unless you have super baggy pants, debris won't be randomly entering your pocket from the top and getting into the charging port if you have the phone upside down with the charging port facing up.
I mean I feel like your response says more to the polarity of lifestyles between the two of us than anything. Your go to top of the head way of getting dirt in a phone's port was rolling in the mud? Lol
How about sawdust from sanding 1,200 feet of cedar. Or literal piles of dirt amd leaves covering stored acorns when im brushing off the seat of my tree stand for the 1st time in the past 9-10 months. Or flipping a breaker in my basement that was built in 1890 and basically a hole in the ground. Thats all happ3ned in the past week and a half or so. Extrapolate that over 1 to 3 years and you have yourself a good collection of dust particles getting compacted down with each time it gets plugged in.
AFAIK it's easier on the battery as it's still a lower Watt charge than Power Delivery that everyone likes so much these days. Overaggressive charging can damage batteries too.
People don't try cleaning their charging port before buying a new device? Thats crazy. I really have a hard time believing people don't try cleaning before buying a new device.
Some people are just absurdly lazy.
Also what kind of kit does op have? A sim card ejector, a metal brush, a q tip thing, half a zip tie, and some adhesive things? Any thin plastic shim will work perfectly, and sometimes even a stiff plastic bristle brush works well.
Not all are lazy, some just don't know.
My in-laws didn't clean the dust out of their PC for almost a decade because when they purchased it, no one told them to clean the filter on the front.
He said "some people," not "all people."
I don’t think plate manufacturers have to tell you to do the dishes. Everything needs cleaning, how do people not know this?
Well yeah because the plate looks dirty and its because you purposefully put food on it.
No one is purposefully throwing dust at their PC, and if someone doesn't know that their PC is pulling in air, they wouldn't know it needs any cleaning besides dusting off like other furniture.
I wouldn’t put anything conductive in there.
Wood toothpicks worked great on lightning ports, usbc is a little trickier and more fragile so I use a plastic spudger from an old screen replacement kit.
Most people buy a new cell phone long before the charger stops working.
I'm weird. I've had my cell phone since 2020. But MOST people buy one every 2-3 years. Just because the newest latest and greatest just came out.
My 5 year old phone still has no issue charging. And when the battery starts dying, MY battery is user replaceable.
Don't believe this person, they've clearly lost their mind.
I mean, it's one phone, paper_moon. What could it cost? $1000?
I’d believe it, especially with all the propaganda from big corporations and the fomo they push with new technology. Looking at Apple and their fucking yearly phone cycles.
Don’t forget to consume more! Buy two just in case! Consume! CONSUME!!!!!!
I replaced a damaged USB C port (module) and degraded battery instead of replacing the whole device.
Those people must have a lot of disposable income.
I will admit, this makes sense, up to a point. I have 2 pixel 4a's just sitting in a drawer because the screens got damaged, showing just a black screen. And it was the same price or cheaper to buy another used phone than buy just the screen for it, $120+ in most cases on eBay, when i was looking. So I bought another, newer phone instead of fixing the device, for around the same price.
That's one reason why we really need right to repair. A screen shouldn't be the same price as the entire device.
Sounds like you haven't met very many people.
i found out weed smokers regularly use a glass pipe until it’s clogged and then just throw it away….
also, if you go dumpster diving around the first of the month you can find trash bags full of useful things that people abandon and landlords throw out.
Lol this one is truly unbelievable to me. Its glass! Soak it in soapy water, vinegar or bleach, for gods sake...
it’s true… i’ve found them like that and my friend told me that’s why….
also i’m in california and everyone smokes weed and glass pipes are cheap and everywhere.
i really hate the “disposable” usb-c rechargeable vapes that can’t be refillable by law….
One of the lads at work was freaking out because he had tickets to a festival on his phone, and it wouldn't charge. I spent three minutes digging in the port with a wooden toothpick and wouldn't you know there was fuck all wrong with his phone.
They just need an excuse to buy a new phone.
Cheese and rice theres a lot of responses jumping to accusations of people too lazy but I've never heard someone too lazy to clean a phone port for $1000 savings.
100% of the people im surrounded by in my family/friends would be to afraid of breaking it beyond trade in value towards the new phone. My case was extreme but since the screens got better id have to guess charging issues is up there for one of the biggest reasons people trade their phones in.
A 1¢ toothpick works 99% of the time.
For the missing 1% use isopropanol.
YSK that OP is now mad at wasting $9.99
Who's wasting money on 1 cent toothpicks?
LOL, that’s the value of them—not the price of them.
Yeah... be incredibly careful about shoving something with metal bristles into your charging port.
Maybe once a year I get a bit of gunk in my port (hey-oh!). Samsung (presumably all usb c androids?) are generally really good about losing their shit and yelling at you to remove the cable immediately and clean your port.
So when I get home? I just get one of my flossers (for teeth) that tend to have a cheap plastic toothpick attached to it. Works perfect, no liquids, and very minimal risk of damaging the port.
I’ve always used wooden toothpicks because
More techniques:
I’m not saying anyone should follow my example, and in fact I’m probably saying no one should follow my example… but I have definitely used a metal glasses screwdriver to clean my charging port before
I use a scalpel.
A push pin is my go-to.
This is all very horrifying when reading with the childish mindset of what "charging-port" can be an euphemism of.
Your phone's charging circuit almost certainly has short protection built in.
Shorting isn't the problem as much as metal against metal bending things. Those contacts are fragile. Plastic or wood and being gentle won't hurt anything.
All bristles were nylon-ish material. All plastic no metal. The brushes were held by thin metal wire but so thin it was like throwing a hotdogs down a hallway.
No need to waste money on a "kit" for such a basic task.
Yeah, a toothpick or even a toothbrush will do the trick if you're careful. And without creating unnecessary waste.
It needs to be a hard material though. Soft plastic or wood can sometimes bend and break before getting anywhere.
You can loosen up the dust with the bristles and then pull it out with the toothpick. I wouldn't recommend using metal tools.
Soft is good because you want the cleaning tool to break before it can apply enough force to break or scratch the contact. Use a cleaning solution to soften the gunk instead. Doesn't have to be a part of a kit, just make sure it's safe for metals, like isopropyl alcohol.
"I'm rich and people who touch dirt for work are poor low lives"
"And those poor low lives should stop being poor"
When I cleaned mine out recently it was very clearly dust and skin cells in there, meaning just the crap the builds up on and around anything by existing
The plugs homie. I bought the plugs. They came with the jankey cleaning kit that changed my life hahah
We seem to have very different lives.
And if that doesn't work, take it to a shop to replace the port.
Don't thow out a perfectly good phone just because the port stops working..
i never trust shops to fix a phone after working for one. they will purposefully damage other components or take your OEM screen and put an aftermarket screen.
If you have tech-savvy friend, try ask them a good repair shop.
Sometimes, Google review or any online review are not helpful as most of the reviewer are casual users that might be get tricked by the shop.
i am tech-savvy. and again, after working for a phone repair shop, i would never trust one to fix my phone.
Why would that be? Getting parts replaced and/or broken? Or would it be a matter of trust with your phone/data?
they take genuine parts from the phone you bring and put in aftermarket or shit ones that are almost on their way out, and they will (especially women) dump any data they can get from the phone.
Really good to know. Thanks for the quick response!
if you can, try to make friends with someone you can trust to fix your phone, and if you do, anything sensitive, backup and delete from your phone and cloud. if you want me to really be specific, im talking about photos, but i didnt want to sound gross.
Also, how come they need to unlock the phone to replace the battery ... like, I guess they're running diagnostics?
But like, can do that without getting access to bloody everything on my phone?
they will usually find an excuse to unlock your phone, also, they will have tools to dump what they can as well. they can even do it without unlocking your phone, but good luck proving that.
Yeah :/ my password manager and everything is accessible! I have no defenses!
The thing is my phone is already in a dire state by the time they get it. I can't pre-emptively wipe my phone :(
hmm fair. what model is your phone?
Oh, the last one I took to the shop was my Pixel 7 with water damage. I traded it for a Pixel 10 now.
Oh perfect there are repair guides for that. So if you ever need to fix it, you can get all the tools yourself and fix it!
I don't understand how it could be worse than a phone that you can't turn on?
They will harvest what they can (not talking Louis Rossman types) and then either A)offer either OEM or aftermarket and be honest with the part replacement or put aftermarket and claim it's OEM parts.
Impossible for iPhone users
Doubtful. This might be an issue in countries that don't require iPhone to use standards or that have terrible anti-consumer laws.
In any case, if that's you, its not impossible. Just need to take it with you the next time you go on a trip overseas to a country that isn't run by corporations
Or better yet don't buy some anti consumer locked down phone that's intentionally made hard to repair by a shitty company, I'm going back to android in the future where something as basic as replacing a port would never be a issue, but with Google fucking with the sideloading in android I'm concerned they are on a path similar to Apple, I wish some truly open source phone OS would be available like Linux so is for PCs
Google's fuckery is impotent against phones without Google.
Just install your own OS and don't jnstall gappa (by default its absent) and Google can't stop you from installing apps from third party app stores.
My last phone had this issue that sometimes it wouldn't charge. Tried different cables but it still sometimes wouldn't charge. Bought a pcb with antennas and charging for my phone, replaced it. Sometimes still had this issue but much less. I kept this phone til it couldn't compute anymore. Twice shattered screen, twice replaced.
4 years. Not a flagship, but had a decent hardware. In the end it couldn't do anything. Wifi worked half assed. 5g couldn't connect sometimes. Android Auto would reboot constantly or outright not work. Battery would occasionally begin to loose charge rapidly and even charging with a power bank phone would still lose charge. It almost like I got an update that cut my phone's balls and removed organs. But in the end, 400euro for 4 years - not so much. My new phone is better at less than half price. Hope it'll work next 2-3 years no issues.
When wifi stops working, that's a reasonable reason to retire a phone.
But not screen or port breakages
10 USD??? I justo walk into a phone repair shop and ask them if they can clean it. they do it in under a minute for free
Walk into a store? I just use a toothpick or a needle
My toothpicks are not that thin.
I usually pass various phone shops on my way to buy groceries, so it's not an inconvenience
Use a knife to thin it. I used to have a box of thin ones, but had to buy larger sturdier round ones, so last time I just sharpened it with a knife and it worked like a charm.
I use a plastic one - the ones that have a floss "D" on one end and a pick on the other. They're very thin and can also be bent to form a bit of a hook.
Last time I used a needle I caused a short. Cost me 120 euros to have it fixed
That is not how Verizon stores work in the US. They dont even fuckin carry Samsung OEM charging blocks at my local Verizon wireless store. They havent done anything tech support related in a very long time. You basically go there for them to use your phone to call their customer/technical support to ultimately tell you to take it to a You Break IT We Fix IT store.
I used to shock and amaze people when I'd pull out half a cottonballs worth of pocket lint and get their phones working again.
And don't waste $10 on a kit. A toothpick and canned air does everything you need.
As I told another person with similar reply, the purchase was for the adhesive plugs to prevent this from happening in the future as i prepped to buy a new phine but the plugs happened to come with a jankey cleaning kit and turned my frown upside down. The plugs are as much of the take away as the cleaning the port.
Alternatively, just grab a free toothpick from a restaurant and use that to clean the port.
Toothpicks are WAY too thick. A sewing needle did the job for me though
I wouldn't use metal to clean it. A sewing needle is surely hard enough to scratch the coating on the pins. Plastic or wood would be less destructive for repeated use.
The old Reddit trope
The real LPT is in the comments
Kinda, you really want to use a soft brush and 90% isopropyl. A tooth pick is only useful if you are EXTREMELY gentle. Otherwise you might cause more damage.
Are a worrying amount of people going at the charger port hammer and tong?
Lemmings really don't have a lot of common sense do they
At the very least get a toothpick and get the lint out. Like, come on Jamal, there's a reason your charging cable doesn't go all the way in anymore.
I've been using magnetic USB cables and adapters on my devices for years. I occasionally need to clean their connection, but otherwise they work well. Found one I liked and purchased a bunch of them. Now the car, house, office, etc. all have one of the magnetic cables nearby.
They charge a little slower, but that's better for my battery long-term anyway.
I did this but the magnets started to lose their "magnet-ness?" They didn't snap in right and would look plugged in but not charging.
Felt like I traded one quirky cord not going in, for another.
Do you have a preferred brand?
Fucking magnets. How could they stop working???
I hear that happens when they get wet.
And don't even get me started on the sharks.
Word you're looking for is magnetism or polarity.
you could get a magnetizer and run it through that a few times. even something cheap like this should do the trick: https://ebay.us/m/18o4zx
magnets just lose their strength over time and repeated use. the Samsung flip phones use magnets to detect when it's open or closed, and a lot of the time they'll lose strength and the phone won't detect that's it been opened or closed. I have pretty much that exact magnetizer and I run the magnets through that a time or two and everything starts working again lol. I assume the same concept should work for you.
I use the [N. NETDOT Gen 10 Magnetic Charging Cable] (https://a.co/d/ijM37pD). I have thrown away a few of the magnetic tips that physically broke from abuse, but for me that's cheaper than a device repair.
When they stop connecting properly, I usually clean them with a toothpick (or other good suggestions from this thread).
I had no idea these existed and they look amazing!
Where do you buy these that isn't under boycott?
I used to use these, but I think they contributed to my charging port failing, so I just try to use wireless for everything. I've read of other people that had the same issue. I think the cause was electrical arcs when attaching and detaching. Or maybe ferreous shavings getting in the pins. Whatever it was, it damaged in the charging circuit.
a simple sewing needle does the job
I use a toothpick as the metal could potentially short something
You’re not going to short anything.
The power pins (VCC) on your phone’s USB-C port aren’t “live” at all times, the standard requires communication over CC1 and CC2 to negotiate which side is receiving power and at what voltage. Otherwise, a specific value of resistor needs to be in place between those pins and GND to get “dumb” charging at the original 5V usb standard.
The ideal tool is going to be thin and rigid so that you can get to the base of the port and free up impacted dust/lint. Small enough plastics are going to be to flexible to be effective, anything too thick is going to increase the working time and risk putting pressure against the center tab, potentially damaging it.
I fix consumer electronics for a living, my tool of choice is a pair of ultrasharp tweezers I use for microsoldering. Far as household items are concerned, a real small sewing needle is definitely it. The eye can even be used to catch and pull out fluff.
The port should detect shorts and stop working, atleast on waterproof phones
Sure. But that's intended to detect shorts caused by water, and water is a much worse electrical conductor than a piece of metal, and so less damaging in the time it takes to detect a short.
Even if phones have some level of protection, why risk damage when you could use something wooden or plastic and just not risk it at all?
Also, metal needles or equivalent can raise contacts and do their damage. I cut the toothpicks with a cutter so that they are wedge shaped.
That is probably the correct way. But I just collect the dust at the bottom with the needle. Only plastic there. Sure, the side of the needle may come in contact with the pins, but it's round so not likeley to snag on a pin.
Because fuck it.
In all seriousness, my toothpicks didn't fit the last time I tried so I just grabbed a needle and has worked fine for me, just be a bit careful
flat wood toothpicks are a thing.
You really won't short something, and wooden toothpicks are at risk of splintering and leaving more behind than getting out if you're not careful.
I would not use metal simply because its hardness is going to be similar or higher than the hardness of the contacts themselves, which means there's a chance it could scratch or break the contact entirely.
You generally won't be touching the contacts much, since most gunk like lint can just be scooped out. Just be a bit gentle and you'll be fine.
I use the pick side from one of those dental flossers to clean mine. Works great and easy to replace.
I came into the comments to say this. I keep one in my drawer, trimmed down a bit so it can go all the way around inside a usb-c port. They're perfect since they're very narrow and since they are soft you won't damage the port.
I can only get a bent staple into the USB-C port on mine, which makes me nervous but does the job. Will have to see if a pick works.
Lol you just saying that made me nervous. Using a staple would make it easy to accidentally break a contact off entirely, and I'm not sure if there are any consequences for shorting any of the USB pins to each other. Even a twist tie would be better, since it has another material to do the rubbing and the metal is less stiff than a staple.
Edit: there's another comment further down saying the risk of a short isn't an issue, but I'd still avoid using a staple just because of the hardness probably being higher than the contact.
You could also set up wireless charging and put the phone down for a bit.
Or magnetic USB-C adapters. Keeps the gunk out of the charging port while still retaining functionality (including fast charging). There's also charge-only adapters, which are handy for travel when you don't trust the port the phone is connected to.
This is the answer.
I've used them for close to 10 years. Started because one phone had a touchy port. Glued the adapter in the right position and never had a problem.
Heathen!!!
I had a phone that I put the charging cable in backwards, and the port was completely broken. Bought a wireless charger and never had any problems.
(Whoever decided to standardize phone chargers on that connector should be put into prison.)
For whoever isn't aware, you can just add wireless charging to a device. It's a paper thin cord and a pad that goes under whatever case you have. You won't even notice it's there under your case. They work well.
The last time I plugged my phone in to charge was ... Well, never with this one.
It has a 3.5mm and a Qi charging and sharing rig. I wish I could have this phone forever.
So you missed the part where I explained I need it for my constant glucose monitor which perpetually drains my phone battery creating the whole battle of the port?
Or you saying im not being a risky enough diabetic leaving my phone out of Bluetooth range for the 8 or more hours it takes to charge a zfold5 on a wireless charging pad? Cuz say the word and ill go hypo-g right the fuck meow, son. /s couldnt pass on good diabeeetus joke lol
You posted this as a "You Should Know" clean your port before getting a new phone. Just because you have a need for constant charging, does not mean that wireless charging is an invalid option for the audience you're taking to.
By all means try a tooth pick and pure alcohol, if that doesn't work a professional might get you set straight.
Repair shops can do a better job cleaning than a home option. I had a data and charge problem, bought a kit and tried 3x times; it didn't work . Bought new cables just in case that was the issue. Brought it in for repair fully expecting to pay for a port repair. Repair shop did a through cleaning charged me $15 and sent me on my way with everything working.
Please, not just any alcohol. Go with isopropanol, ethanol or methanol.
Shit. I used Baileys. Is that bad?
Depends, were you drinking it from a shoe?
Not as bad as cholesterol.
Gotta be careful as well with USB-C ports. I managed to break off the middle section while cleaning a couple of times. Not a good thing, luckily phone battery was already dying at the time.
My phone is a Galaxy Z-Fold5, not new but not old enough for me to replace since the Fold7 just shipped.
Was hell bent sure the issue causing my phone to begin not accepting charging cables* was something Samsung was doing with their software updates. (*It charged fine with contactless chargers if youre ok with it taking 10-14 hours to charge)
It was too much of a coincidence that the phone charged 100% fine with any and all cables. Download a software update (not android update, this was samsung delivered update) phone doesnt charge with a cable after that for 2-3 weeks. Im T1Diabetic who uses wifi connected glucose monitor, so it fuckin drains battery juice 24/7 with very little setting controls to mitigate it. So I spent 2-3 weeks battling with it to charge on charging pads.
Didn't change a thing with what I was doing and BAM another Samsung update, weirdly close to the last update and fuck me running if the phone didnt start charging very very tenderly with charging cables again.
Eventually figured fuck it, if its hard to do the phone is broke if its easy enough to do then maybe it will help and bought a pack of adhesive rubber type C port plugs from Amazon that came with a super cheap cleaning kit. It wasnt anything special. It came with the picture pointed and spaded q-tips, a flexible wire brush, then I used my own zip tie that I shaped, a sim card tool and a cloth for cleaning glasses. AND WENT TO FUCKING TOWN.
Everytime you plug in your charger to your phone, any dust that is in there is getting buttfucked into the back of the phone's charging port like its a muzzleloaded gunpowder. Lol a bit hyperbplic but you get the point.
Finished cleaning the port. Plugged it in. First fuckin try, no fighting it, no switching chargers, no "charging but not fast charging" bullshit, no more voids in guessing my blood sugar, no more watching tv holding charger into phone. AND $1,000+ THAT IS STILL IN MY FUCKING ACCOUNT.
I gotta assume this is the #1 driver for phones needing to be replaced ever since the screens stopped shattering everytime you sneezed. The adhesive rubber plug is amazing. It is hardly noticeable and stays in the charging port even with my opening and closing of screens. It never pops out.
Honestly the smartest $10 I think I may have ever spent.
TLDR: Phone not charging? Buy $10 type C cleaning kit from amazon, watch 5min video on tips for cleaning, clean charging port for night and day results. Not difficult, very hard to fuck up your phone unless you jackhammer the port cleaning it. Saves you the cost of a new phone.
And obviously this isnt a fix all for all charging issues.
Get a magnetic charge cord. There’ll be a tiny dongle that you plug in once, then the complementary cable has a magnet end that snaps to.
They’re cheap and easy, though not all of them are interchangeable with each other, so figure out how many device you want to use and in how many places, and buy everything at once.
Hollllllly fuck why is this the first time im hearing about this. It makes soooo much sense.
This is the ebay listing for some I bought, that I like the best. These are popwer only, no data, just two contacts. The magnetic part is circular, so it'll rotate, and the 90 degree hinge in the cable is loose so it won't bind up. When I bought these, you could buy all sorts of cable lengths and all sorts of dongle ends in pretty much any quantities you want. I'd bet you can find this at the same seller's store or elsewhere.
Could you please link the kit you bought?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKKKK5KB
An old toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol works fine.
This but I prefer using a dedicated brush. Call me paranoid but what if an old toothbrush has bits of food stuck in it, wouldn't want that to get into the phone.
Hey thanks for all the tips in the comments, I've got these brand new stiff-ish cleaning brushes and this one worked really well to clean out my charging port and now there's no more beach sand grinding noise when I shove my cable into the charging port.
You don't want to be too rough on it. There's electrical contacts that can get blocked by dust, lint, and crap, so cleaning helps, but the contacts themselves aren't that thick, so you don't want to wear them down too much while cleaning. A cleaning solution helps loosen up everything with less force and a softer brush/pad is less likely to knock bits of contact off.
So just be careful because that brush might be like blowing in nintendo cartridges (clearing dust but leaving saliva specs that would wear the contacts), where it helps in the short term but makes things worse in the long term (resulting in more blowing and an acceleration of the process).
I use a toothpick.
Literally just use one of those toothpick flosser things. The end is usually a plastic pick, which is perfect.
As an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure I recommend those tiny rubber stoppers you see in the photo. They have a peel and stick part that goes under your case which retains the plug on a strip of rubber. That strip might wear out in a few years and rip, but they cost almost nothing to replace (and in fact come in packs).
Phones used to have these things built in, then they stopped in the smartphone era because they didn't look as sleek and futuristic I guess. Now, if you have a case, it once again makes hardly any difference to the appearance.
That was also when a single charge lasted for days or a week. Now we use our phones too much and multiple charges a day isn't uncommon for people. I couldn't imagine having to remove a little plug to charge my phone as often as I do.
Wireless chargers as your bedside charger will also reduce wear on your charge port so if thats the weak point of your phone that will help it last longer
I always use wireless charging, and have a silicone plug in my phone's USB port to stop dirt getting in there. Very similar to these: https://a.co/d/aFWuSI3 (just standalone plugs with no adhesive). I see some in the photo with adhesive to stick them to the phone, but that seems like it'd look ugly.
In the rare case that I need to plug something into it, the port is completely clean.
If we had Atari cartridges in 2025 kids would be buying kits to clean them and blow into them.
The specs of saliva that go along with blowing corrode the contacts over time, so it is actually better to find an alternative with a soft brush and non/less-acidic cleaning solution.
Nintendo sold cartridge cleaning kits in the 90s (maybe even the 80s).
No one bought those. By the time any corrosion occured, you mastered the game.
My charging port died and I'm so pissed. 2 year old Google pixel. Never buying pixel again. I looked up how to desolder the charging port and it's a pain in the ass. It has this like weird shield over it and I have no idea how to desolder this thing. Why can't it be straight forward
Why the fuck would they solder the charging part to the main board? That’s just actively malicious.
It's not just soldered there's like a shield with anchor pins surrounding it that makes it hard to desolder
Shouldn't a Pixel that new support wireless charging? I'm surprised at how many people still rely on plugging their phones in to charge them these days. At the very least, it's a workaround for a broken port.
Android has had wireless charging for like 10 years. I can't remember the last time I plugged in my phone (for charging)
It has wireless charging but I have a few on call situations and diabetes that I prefer a plugged in charge just in case I accidently knock the phone off the charger at night.
You sure its dead? My 2 year old pixel was also having issues charging, but I simply used SIM tray tool to poke around the charging port and got A LOT of lint out of it and its as good as new
I tried that. It didn't help. I even cleaned it when I had the phone apart with some 99% alcohol. No luck
Just get a bit of plastic packaging or something similar. Cut thin long rectangle. Then cut a small chunk out near the tip to form a small hook. Scrape along the bottom of the port in all directions. Pull out fluff, then repeat until no more fluff comes out. Then go again as you won't have got it all out even if it looks like it
So the amazon purchase was for the silicon plugs on a flap that adheres to your phone so it's always plugged. As preparation to buy a new phone. It just happened to come with this lanky little cleaning kit. But the plugs are just as big of a takeaway as the cleaning.
Dare I say a classic 1-2-punch with corrective maintenence followed by pr3ventative maintenence!
Do the same with your butthole. Thank me later
Genuine curious question (assuming you are from the west): Why do you guys use toilet paper to clean your butt instead of a jet spray like we do in the east?
Jet spray. Toilet paper is just for drying off afterwards. Or dressing like a mummy
A filed down toothpick is really good at cleaning that USB port.
I gave mine a good blow out like a Nintendo cartridge
I was scaping compacted sawdust off the bottom of the port with force using the Mcguyver'ed zip tie tool lol
You must appease the Machine Spirit. You have to chant the prayers to the Omnissiah, burn the holy incense, and rub the phone in purified oils.
The Machine Spirit must be appeased.
I have a cheap pack of plastic Walgreens tooth picks that are perfect for this. My phone case has a rubber cover for the port so I don't have to do this often.
The last few phones I've had to replace, the little bit of PCB that connects to the USB-C charger snapped off. A cleaning kit won't help that. 😔
Not one USB C cable I've seen has teeth or grooves like a microUSB connector has to keep the cable from jiggling around when connected, and I am pretty sure this is what weakens the thing inside the phone.
Never mind those, where do I get those cool rear view mirrors for my phone?
Huh? Lol I dont get it. What you calling rear view mirrors for a phone? or are you joking about wishing you had hindsight? 😂
I've used electrical contact cleaner while the phone is off, usually works
I see seven things in that photo. Please explain what each one is and what they do.
The two butt plugs should be self explanatory
Instructions unclear. Phone is now stuck. Please advise.
The top two stick to the back of the phone and provide a rubber cover for the USB c port. Everything else either scrapes away debris or wipes the port clean with isopropyl alcohol. Bottom right appears to be fashioned from a zip tie and probably didn't come in the kit.
Also, replacing the battery is pretty cheap compared to buying a new phone.
What are the black sticky things for?
Looks like a cover for the port
I see it now! Thanks for helping my autistic dumb ass.
I recently got a replacement battery and also the usb c circuitry. Got it replaced for $15 (everything included). Phone is effectively new now.
Can you share any instructional material you used to learn how to change the battery and charging port?
i paid a repair shop for the swapping. ($15 includes everything, battery itself is around $10 port is around $2). Whole swap took around 20 mins. though this is a third world country, so double or triple that.
but for my device, there was full repair guide available online (ifixit). the only reason I did not repair my self is because I am kinda scared doing anything battery (it was partially swollen, and i do not want lithium fire). Other major reason is I do not have screw driver bits for phone. I can do laptop repairs myself, but phone screws are even smaller, and use fancy heads, so I can not use a pointed knife's edge to unscrew.
If your device has a ifixit guide, that would be the easiest way, they hand hold all the way through. If not, find replacement parts, see what it would cost, and maybe ask a repair shop for a price. if their quotation is within reason, then they can do a good job and you would not even need any other tools.
In fact, if I would have done it myself, I would have not repaired the port, as that required a bit more work than battery.
You can regularly blast the port with compressed air to minimise the build up of crud which necessitates this, but the time comes to all.
I mean I cant speak for the fancy new oil-less compressors but dont you lubricate your compressor and run oil thru the lines to protect your tools and prevent broken airlines?Plus the chance of forgetting to lower the psi before spraying the port cuz I've never done that ever before 🤣 idk man, id prolly test it first on an old broken screen phones before I started blasting phone holes lol.Ohhhhhhh shit your talking about the aerosol cans of compressed air hahahaha fuck im an idiot lol
If that doesn't work it's probably the battery, which is also about $15
LOL. That’s just bullshit. It might be 15$ for a very old low tier phone. Not for anything that is waterproof, newer or even slightly above low tier.
Waterproofing hasn't been relevant to batteries since they were made internal.
I just checked, and a replacement battery for my 2024 HMD Skyline goes for $15.62 plus another $3.25 for the consumable adhesive pad and whatever shipping ends up being [0]. In practice, you might also need to buy tools, which can further drive up the cost.
Finding that source took a bit of knowledge. If you go by what HMD tells it's US users, you would look on iFixit, which would be $30 for an entire kit, which includes the battery, adhesive, and tools (Just the battery and adhesive would run you about $28).
[0] https://gsmnet.com/products/hmd-skyline-battery-hba4633aa-service-pack-hq71101001dt2?srsltid=AfmBOor1-PdyDMT6TX5X--CtmlTm60kOFti1fr5gGnjsOMCX3pOcKZlw
https://gsmnet.com/products/hmd-skyline-battery-adhesive-service-pack-hq25804001fj0?_pos=1&_sid=1311a3ad0&_ss=r
[1] https://www.ifixit.com/Parts/HMD_Skyline
Battery is $15, not phone.
Solid tools to have in any case. I wouldn't buy a kit as I already have all that from other projects.
Just now got the USB port covers! Have a crappy light on my little .22, lost the cover immediately. Put on of those on and have hiked for miles, banged in around, wiped it off during general cleaning several times, still perfectly stuck. Little finicky getting it seated, well worth it for the perfect seal. $.86/ea. on eBay.
100% did the same thing on the charging port for my infrared scope after the rubber connecting it to the scope, snapped. $1,300 scope saved by a tiny rubber plug you prolly cant even buy one at a time anymore now that the penny is gone lol (not that you ever could just saying they could be more than a penny each to make.)
I'm surprised the glue has held this long for such a cheapo product!
So, what's the scope? I got a couple of cheapies off Amazon and eBay, thought my cheapness was the problem. Posted on lemmy asking about options and it seems no matter the price, the FOV is going to suck, even for the $50,000 military models.
Got some 9V-battery powered infrared strobes for cheap, to be used as trail markers. Super neat and super cheap! But I have to point directly at them to pick them up. All I want is a monocular I can walk around with.
My problem is that my battery case has stopped charging along with my phone. Phone only charges with high wattage chargers, and phone case only charges with low wattage ones. Still get like 3 days charge on the case, but now takes like 16 hours to fully charge. Also, taking the phone case off so much eventually opened the back of my S20fe. Fixed that with S7000.
Cleaning can still help if it only slow charges (if you mean it used to be able to use high wattage ones).
Gunk prevents a strong connection, which can mess with the handshake. Charger will say, "yeah, I can fast charge, check out these amps!" but not all of it gets through and the case will decide the charger is a liar and just go with slow charging. Don't assume that something getting through at all means the connection is fine because USB has fallback options when conditions are sub-optimal.
I work in a kitchen. There is a lot of flour dust. Phone goes in my pocket port up. After a year the build up is enough to warrant a cleaning due to issues.
Lol, a year!
That's kind of telling about what it takes to cause a problem.
Im the same, port up so I can pull it out one handed and use it.
I'm stomping around the backwoods of NW Florida, occasionally crawling under bushes, no issues. Pixels suck at getting wet though, never again.
This is probably the difference, people who put their phone in with the port facing down in their pocket have lots of opportunity to pickup lint as the phone is going into the pocket on the way down, and then also as you're moving, any lint collected in the bottom of your pocket can enter the port. Unless you have super baggy pants, debris won't be randomly entering your pocket from the top and getting into the charging port if you have the phone upside down with the charging port facing up.
I mean I feel like your response says more to the polarity of lifestyles between the two of us than anything. Your go to top of the head way of getting dirt in a phone's port was rolling in the mud? Lol
How about sawdust from sanding 1,200 feet of cedar. Or literal piles of dirt amd leaves covering stored acorns when im brushing off the seat of my tree stand for the 1st time in the past 9-10 months. Or flipping a breaker in my basement that was built in 1890 and basically a hole in the ground. Thats all happ3ned in the past week and a half or so. Extrapolate that over 1 to 3 years and you have yourself a good collection of dust particles getting compacted down with each time it gets plugged in.
Ir take your phone to your regular phone store and let them clean it for you for free.
YSK if you stick to wireless charging you'll massively reduce the wear on the port.
That wears the battery out faster, no?
Yea, the worst enemy of a charging battery is heat.
AFAIK it's easier on the battery as it's still a lower Watt charge than Power Delivery that everyone likes so much these days. Overaggressive charging can damage batteries too.
So slow charging over cable?