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by Zinu 1049 days ago
What do you mean? How can the connector in the phone break when it’s just a hole?
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comex 1049 days ago
According to another comment, there are springs that wear out:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36927409

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KerrAvon 1049 days ago
USB mini/micro B ports can break off the PC board when they’re not anchored solidly.
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Fnoord 1048 days ago
This was a flaw on the Nokia N900. Or at least, on some of the devices.

I solved the issue by using TOPK magnetic cables. The magnet would remain in the port (microUSB, lightning, or USB-C, not sure about miniUSB but I got like one device which uses that), and all the cables would work with it. I even leave them connected (the LED does not draw much power and I got solar anyway) which allows me to quickly start or stop charging a device. Which, given I got quite a few, is very useful. Another issue is I keep getting leftover microUSB but need more and more USB-C for which the feature isn't very important (the more USB-C I'd have, the easier it'd be to stop using magnetic cables).

The exception is my MBP as it has a MagSafe (v3, my wife's MBP and my old MBP having v2) but I forgive Apple for that; its very useful and probably where TOPK got their inspiration from.

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