I know this may be obvious to most in this community, but it saved me $1,000+ and wanted to let everyone know that it is in fact worth your time, effort, and hassle ordering the tools, watching or reading a quick tutorial or 2 and spending the time to clean you phone-s charging port.
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[–] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

I've been using magnetic USB cables and adapters on my devices for years. I occasionally need to clean their connection, but otherwise they work well. Found one I liked and purchased a bunch of them. Now the car, house, office, etc. all have one of the magnetic cables nearby.

They charge a little slower, but that's better for my battery long-term anyway.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    I did this but the magnets started to lose their "magnet-ness?" They didn't snap in right and would look plugged in but not charging.

    Felt like I traded one quirky cord not going in, for another.

    Do you have a preferred brand?

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  • you could get a magnetizer and run it through that a few times. even something cheap like this should do the trick: https://ebay.us/m/18o4zx

    magnets just lose their strength over time and repeated use. the Samsung flip phones use magnets to detect when it's open or closed, and a lot of the time they'll lose strength and the phone won't detect that's it been opened or closed. I have pretty much that exact magnetizer and I run the magnets through that a time or two and everything starts working again lol. I assume the same concept should work for you.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I use the [N. NETDOT Gen 10 Magnetic Charging Cable] (https://a.co/d/ijM37pD). I have thrown away a few of the magnetic tips that physically broke from abuse, but for me that's cheaper than a device repair.

    When they stop connecting properly, I usually clean them with a toothpick (or other good suggestions from this thread).

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I used to use these, but I think they contributed to my charging port failing, so I just try to use wireless for everything. I've read of other people that had the same issue. I think the cause was electrical arcs when attaching and detaching. Or maybe ferreous shavings getting in the pins. Whatever it was, it damaged in the charging circuit.

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