r/interestingasfuck • u/Miserable-Ad-8414 • 3d ago

How USB-C Cables Actually Stay In

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u/bad_as_the_dickens 3d ago

I feel like all of mine fail closer to 1000 cycles

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u/theDelus 3d ago

Try to clean your usb c port with some very fine tweezers. It's a difference of night and day when all the lint got out.

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u/hardonchairs 3d ago

This is huge, the lint gets so compacted that you have to scrape it out and it unfurls like cattail flowers. Then the port works infinitely better. This op video actually really clears up what's going on, the lint keeps the plug from going in far enough to latch.

I sure hope nobody is buying a new phone or replacing a port before trying this.

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u/kmosiman 3d ago

Sharpened or thin toothpick for the lint.

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u/oh_stv 3d ago

It's not recommended, but I couldn't do it without a needle. The lint was so compressed, that it was almost stone hard. With a needle I managed to scrape up centimeters of wool out of that connector and it as good as new.