• Fermion@feddit.nl
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    Step 1: clean out the lint from the charging port

    Step 2: make sure you actually got all the lint out and there isn’t any hiding to the side.

    The sim ejector pin that used to come with phones can sometimes just barely fit between the center blade and connector housing. Otherwise a paperclip with a slight hook bent into the end can work well. Flosspicks work well to dig out the lint.

    Also consider getting a wireless charger for nightly charging if your phone supports it.

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      Wireless charging WILL wear out your battery faster.

      For longevity, use a slow wired charger. This will put the least thermal strain on the battery.

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          Magnetic charging loses some energy in the form of heat on both coils.

          Technologies like MagSafe lessen the severity of energy loss via ensuring the coils allign, however there is still some energy lost in the form of heat.

          This is just a limitation of electromagnetic induction.

          It’s a producer of heat placed right next to the battery.

          This inefficiency also makes it take more energy to charge your battery. However, I would imagine it’s a nominal amount.

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            That’s an interesting theory. I’d like to see some numbers because I really doubt that this heating could be anywhere close to the many other kinds of heat produced through normal phone use. Especially considering that you’re unlikely to be stressing the biggest sources of heat in your phone (the screen and the processor) while it’s sitting in a wireless charging cradle. Also, the charging circuits certainly monitor and adjust for this kind of heat dissipation specifically and are able to control it far better than, for example, the sun hitting the screen or a warm pocket.

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              I remember LTT wanting to find out the damage that wireless or fast charging does but found that the way we charge our phones mattered more or something: https://youtu.be/AF2O4l1JprI

              I found the segment and may have summarized it incorrectly but I can’t rewatch the video entirely right now.

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              I can only offer you my experience-based evidence, but three magnetic chargers I’ve used have all made my phone significantly hotter then charging it at the equivalent speed with a cable.

              This has been true across 6 Android devices. Two from Google. Four from Samsung. However, I will also say that because of this trend, I stopped using wireless chargers about a year and a half ago, so it’s quite possible they might have improved since then.

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          I don’t know but anecdotally I’ve experienced this with every single phone I’ve had that’s been wireless charging.

          It just shortens its life somehow. I thought I was crazy. It didn’t make sense unless it does fancy shit with the crystals inside or it heats it badly

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      I prefer a toothpick. Wood won’t scratch the metal or cause a short, but it’s still stiff enough to scrape any lint that’s stuck. And lint sticks a bit to the toothpick, so that helps get it out.

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        Neither will the plastic of a floss pick. And the floss pick is narrower so there is much less risk of deforming the interior parts of the plug. Also, less risk of splinters.

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        Toothpick is absolutely the best solution for this. 3d printed cleaning picks are also usable but aren’t as strong in my experience

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        Sometimes the toothpick tapers too quickly though and I have break it or shave a bit off to make it fit all the way into the port

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      I ended up having to use an actual sewing needle since the lint was compacted and the ejector pin was too wide

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      Everyone raves about usb-c but despite my hating everything Apple, the lightning port’s physical design is so much better.

      Who thought putting a thin circuit board projection inside the port was a good idea?

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          That’s the signal interface like the number of pins and active termination circuitry.

          Physically there’s no reason for USB c to have a male nub inside a larger female jack and the reverse for the male end. It makes it more fragile and harder to keep clean.

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      The port on my old phone broke entirely but it still had wireless charging so I got three more years out of it. Then the display failed and since phones have switched to USB C I figured it was time to upgrade

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        time to upgrade

        They fucking got ya. That’s like a $30 repair and you just threw it in landfill and gave them another grand or more. Weaksauce.

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          Given that the phone didn’t have USB-C that most likely means it was from like 2016, so it’s fair to say that it’s time to upgrade. Phones have gotten so much better since then, especially the cameras.

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            If the connector hadn’t changed I probably would have gotten it repaired. But since there’s not aftermarket port swaps I figured I should bite the bullet.

            Maybe by 2032 I’ll be ready for a new one again.

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          Ouch. Why don’t you remind them that their dog is dead as well. Really lay into them.

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      A comment like this one saved me from giving up on my aging phone.

      No matter how convinced you are you definitely cleaned it, there still could be a little bit more stuck in there.

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      Also electrical contact cleaner if it’s really nasty