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0 pointsjdiff7mo ago0 comments

My Pixel 8 certainly hasn't gone through 10k cycles and it barely holds on to any USB-C connector I put inside it. They all fall out even when laying still on a flat surface.

There's always outliers, of course, but I had this issue with USB Micro-B on at least one other device and never saw it with a Lightning connector.

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bashkiddie7mo ago· 1 in thread

Your Pixel 8 could be about two years old. The connector performed way under spec and you should send it in for repair (assuming your are in a country with a 2 year warranty period)

jdiffOP7mo ago

Unfortunately we're nearing the anniversary of the warranty's expiration.

nl7mo ago· 1 in thread

My lightning connector on my iPhone 12 is completely unreliable - I need to twist the phone against the cable to get it to change.

Fortunately MagSafe works fine!

stouset7mo ago

This is probably lint buildup. You can scrape it out with any thin and stiff object like a safety pin.

A small amount of lint gets into the hole. You pack it in when you plug in the cable. Repeat a thousand times and now you have a stiff “plug” of lint that prevents the connector from fully entering your device.

vel0city7mo ago

I find it's often lint in the USB-C port. Cleaning it out with a non-conductive tool like a toothpick or a dry toothbrush usually solves it for me when that happenens.

cyberax7mo ago

I've had dozens of devices with USB-C. I've yet to have even a single one that had any problems with them. To be fair, I'm using iPhones mostly for app testing, so I also had very few issues with them.

What do you guys all do with your devices?!?

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