• Kalash@feddit.ch
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    11 months ago

    I’ve had 3 USB C port failures in 3 years

    Then you must be doing something seriously wrong. Are you jamming scissors in here?

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      11 months ago

      USB-C likes to get full of dust and is impossible to clean out.

      I have dust plugs in mine and just wireless charge because I have also had failures.

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        11 months ago

        Wouldn’t say it’s impossible. I’ve done it pretty often at work (tech support) and at home with sim eject tools, pointy tweezers, knitting needles etc. 5 minutes of patience and the port is like new. Just need to avoid the centre where the contacts are.

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        11 months ago

        impossible to clean out

        Really? How about gently blowing into it?

        Also, do you keep sand in your pocket? Like, just how?

        I have a phone that is almost 4 years old and had USB-C only laptops since 2014. Not once did I have a problem with dust or let alone any kind of failure of an USB-C port. This is just absurd.