[mapt]

My phone's USB-C port is worn out, and so now it's a brick if I don't have a wireless charging dock around.

Is it physically impossible to get bandwidth and power out of something as durable as a Magsafe connector, even a larger-scale version?

[gumby]

That’s quite unusual as the connection was specifically designed to sacrifice the cable rather than the port (unfortunately mini-A was the opposite which, when coupled with a small insertion lifetime, was pretty terrible).

I’m sure you’ve tried changing cables so you’ve had bad luck. I’m sorry for you, but you’re unlikely to have this happen again with another device

[m463]

I wonder if you could bond one of those magnetic USB-C cables onto your port.

like:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09P9PNFS6

[__mharrison__]

I generally stick magnetic USB C connectors into things like keyboards, phones, and iPads.

The slight bulge is worth the reduction in insertions. Also is very convenient for snapping when I need to connect.

[wredcoll]

How do you "wear out" a usbc port? Is this phone like 15 years old? My imagination is boggled.

[mapt]

A year of plugging it in once or twice a day to recharge it, and it blew.

Old rectangular USB-A was only rated for 1500 ideal insertions. USB-C is a big improvement at 10,000 ideal insertions. Most insertions are not ideal, and it is relatively common to have some leveraged pressure trying to wedge the port apart; When my phone bridges the gap between the arm of the sofa and the coffee table while plugged in, for example, it's got a bending moment. USB-C is much thinner in the up-down dimension than USB-A, and it is not designed to safely disengage when side-loaded like Magsafe. If you wanted to break it for some reason, I'm pretty sure you could do it in a few seconds while resting your elbows on the table, on grip strength alone.

[wredcoll]

Ok I'm not going to try breaking it but my intuition says it would break the cable first, not the port?

[somat]

It's a narrow connector and sideways force acts like a knife on the shell. blowing out the sides. and then the connector is unreliable. It is better than microusb but worse than usb-a.

So it depends on how you baby it, but a few good accidental tugs can ruin a phone.

I like to run my game controllers wired and ruined one(xbox-one controller) this way when I got a bit agitated during a game, it's replacement(8-bitdo wired) is much better designed where the plug housing goes in a snug inset in the controller. Providing strain relief. I dread having to find a new plug that fits if it goes bad. but a narrow plug should work, granted without the strain relief.

[wredcoll]

> It's a narrow connector and sideways force acts like a knife on the shell. blowing out the sides.

But the port is contained with any the body of the device and the cord is just dangling so wouldn't that kinda thing break the cord first?

I mean, everything breaks with enough use/bad luck/whatever, I've just never seen a usbc port break like that.

The other day I was using a magnetic usbc connector to a headphone and it broke by ripping the part of the connect that inserts into the port away from the body of the plug, but the port itself was fine.

[interloxia]

My old Sony xz2c's USB C port wore out after about three years use. About the same length of time they bothered to update Android. :/