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by saidinesh5 17 days ago
I think my only big complaint with USB C these days is that the sockets wear out quickly.

The charging port on my motorola phone got so loose that I frequently end up with an uncharged phone after a full night of "charging", just because the cable's own weight keeps yanking it out of the phone. The phone is not even 3 years old.

It would be nice to get a user replaceable USB port. Meanwhile, I'm not sure if those magnetic USB cables help this situation any bit or they further damage the port.

2 comments

Have you checked the port for lint? I have found those disposable flossing sticks are an excellently sized, non-conductive edge of plastic you can use to dig in there and remove the bits preventing the cable from getting a good connection.
Are you sure it's not the cable? Theoretically, USB-C is designed in a way to prevent this exact thing from happening, where the springs that help retain the cable are in the _cable_, not the device.

(This is a frequently toted-out argument about USB-C superiority over Lightning.)

It's definitely the port too. I changed the cable and the connection is still loose. Not as bad as the previous cable, but still bad..