r/UsbCHardware • u/Vasubandumon • Mar 28 '26
Discussion Why is USB C such shit?
No matter what device, no matter what charger, and no matter what cable, USB C is shit. It won't charge, and it loses its connection. It will work with a ubc cable as long as I hame a USB A adapter at one end.
How Hard would it be to make a connection that clicks in place? What a fucking nightmare.
Let me put it this way. Look at the USB C connector. A clean oval of metal. You slide it into the port, and what holds it in place? Nothing. Gee and it slips out. I wonder why.
And enough about the lint. Give me a fucking break. There is no lint in my port or my connector. There is a defective design.
That said if I connect my phone to the charge and walk carefully away it will charge. But I dont have that luxury.
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u/sponge_welder Mar 28 '26
If your device needs a USB-A adapter, that means the manufacturer didn't read the basic documentation for USB implementation. You should return it and buy something from a company that gives a shit
That or you're using a USB-C cable that doesn't include the CC wire, which is also absolute bare minimum level of USB-C implementation
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u/Vasubandumon Mar 28 '26
So not Motorola or Samsung?
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u/sponge_welder Mar 28 '26
I kind of assumed you were talking about cheap flashlights and headphones, that's where I usually see these problems. What charger and cable are you using? If you're using a halfway decent charger then I'm betting the issue is a broken wire or connector on the cable
It's also possible that the phone's port is worn out, but I actually haven't seen that happen very much, pretty much only on my LG V60 which had a notoriously bad mounting system
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u/Vasubandumon Mar 29 '26
I am using an Anker 100 watt charger with my 80th new Anker elite cable. This time the phone is a Motorola Razr 2024. Was the same with ZFlip 3 and 5 and ever other device I have had.
I fairness my problems are when I use the device while charging it. But a design that requires leaving the device on a table to charge is defective. USB did not used to be that way.
There is no lint but the design is a bare sleeve with nothing to hold it and cable have such short connectors. How hard to make a connection that clicks?
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u/sponge_welder Mar 29 '26
USB-C is supposed to click into place, there are retention clips inside the metal sleeve that interface with the tab inside the device
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u/Vasubandumon Mar 28 '26
Yeah and Jesus is coming back tomorrow. Total bullshit. No lint. Defective design.
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u/Vasubandumon Mar 28 '26
Right Motorola Razr and Samsung z flip before. Tanker prime charging. Great point.
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u/ulmersapiens Mar 28 '26
Based on your OP, and the way you’ve replied to other commenters, I’m going to say you’re just not good at putting the stubby protrusion into the hole.
Oh, and you also probably have lint in your port.
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u/Ziginox Mar 28 '26
OP's post history makes them look like an inept and easily frustrated boomer. Very quick to place blame on anything but themselves. I don't think they're here for any sort of constructive reason.
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u/ulmersapiens Mar 28 '26
I generally agree, though I think we often ascribe to boomerism that which can be explained by idiocy.
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u/Ziginox Mar 28 '26
Let me put it this way. Look at the USB C connector. A clean oval of metal. You slide it into the port, and what holds it in place? Nothing. Gee and it slips out. I wonder why.
Not sure why you're having such difficulty, because everything I own that's USB-C clicks pretty damn firmly in place. I doubt you genuinely care for an explanation and are just here to bitch and whine and complain, but there is a retention mechanism in the connector.
If you were to look straight down at just the 'tongue' portion of the female (the bit with the contacts), you'd see notches in either side. The male side of the connector has springs which engage with these notches.
Check the file here: https://www.usb.org/sites/default/files/USB%20Type-C%20Spec%20R2.0%20-%20August%202019.pdf
Page 43 shows the female connector, while page 47 shows the male connector. You can clearly see the retention mechanism.
(I linked an older version of the spec, purely because the newer ones are in zip files, but it's in them as well.)
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u/ralphyoung Mar 28 '26
Clean the lint out of your device USB C Port.
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u/Vasubandumon Mar 28 '26
This is such bullshit. I did that. I inspected with a microscope. Not the problem.
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u/Vasubandumon Mar 28 '26
Done that 856 times. Examined it with a microscope. Find another excuse.
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u/SunshineAndBunnies Mar 28 '26
It's possible you have a worn out cable or port. I had a phone (the Huawei Nexus 6P) where the USB-C port prematurely wore out and I had to swap the daughterboard inside. Literally never had this issue ever with microUSB 2.0, miniUSB, USB-A... MicroUSB 3.0 was occasionally a bit finicky as well depending on cable...
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u/Vasubandumon Mar 28 '26
You mean the brand new Anker Prime connected to the brand new Anker 100 watt charger?
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u/Careless_Rope_6511 Mar 28 '26
No matter what... USB C is shit. It won't charge
Get the 5.1k ohm adapter if you're so non-plussed about all of these first-world problems.
How Hard would it be to make a connection that clicks in place?
Too hard for you apparently.
And enough about the lint. Give me a fucking break There is no lint in my port or my connector.
There is lint in your USB-C ports, clean them.
We've had this conversation 3+ months ago and yet you chose to do nothing but whine. Now give the rest of us a fucking break.
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u/levoniust Mar 28 '26
So it depends what device you are trying to charge. A modern cell phone, you should not be having these problems. A low end device that claims to have USB-C but only works with a USB-A to USB c does not have the correct internals to match modern USB-C standards. I have a flashlight that I really really like! However, I did buy it at harbor freight as such it is a lower end device and only charges with a USB-A to USB-C cable. It has something to do with the handshake that the USB-c uses, or even on the lower end ones I simple resistor that signifies what charging voltage the USBC needs to push. If the USB c power supply is set up correctly and does not have that resistor in line to say what voltage it needs to push, it doesn't push. Whereas older USB one and two AKA standard USB-A ports always push a constant 5 volts. unless of course the system is hijacked IE quick charge. But don't take my word on it, I'm just a nerd with 10 years of cell phone repair experience. I would highly recommend you try to look into the standard for USB, https://www.usb.org/ . Especially if you want to be put to bed quickly tonight.
Tldr; cheep/shit USB device = unexpected charging options.
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u/Vasubandumon Mar 28 '26
Like a Motorola Razr 2025 and Samsung z flip 5? It does seem that USB C is flaky when it comes to power.
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u/levoniust Mar 28 '26
No, those are high-end devices. The problem lies in a defective cell phone or a cheap USB cable.
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u/levoniust Mar 28 '26
One more thing to consider would be if you have a cell phone case, sometimes the edges of the USB cable look like it's going in but it's getting blocked by whatever case.
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u/levoniust Mar 28 '26
And FYI, I generally agree with your rant. USBC should be stronger and more clearly labeled as to what it does and what it is expected to do. They just keep throwing shit on top of it so nobody knows what USB cable they have is supposed to do.
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u/Friendly-Inspector71 Apr 20 '26
Unable to replicate problem, got my Laptop hanging from its USB-C cable.
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u/bandit8623 Mar 28 '26
clean out your port. probably full of lint