So I have been using the phone for 2 months now and charging everyday with the original cable. The metal surrounding the charging port has few scratches with the paint chipped away. I always made sure to insert the type c head slowly and carefully.
I just wished zte would have put a plastic gasket fitting into the charging port like the nexus 6p. https://cdn2.pcadvisor.co.uk/cmsdata/reviews/3626455/google_nexus_6p-1236.jpg
I was wondering how everyone charging port looks like after few months of usage.
I will update with pics of my charging port when I get a camera.
edit http://i.imgur.com/0avTbrz.jpg the lower right side has scratches
My port looks like day one to be honest.
Why would it scratch if you insert the cable "slowly and carefully"?
I got scratches trying to put it in a VR headset. Other than than no scratches anywhere else but charging port.
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just a quick question guys
when you plug your charger into ur X10, is the plug slightly lose?
mine wiggles a bit and *i think* when it was new, it was tight
maybe im just imagining things, i just wanted to check with everyone
Mine wiggles a bit ever since it was brand new.
Mine got loose too.. Just bend the connector out a bit (the side without the pins) you can use a fingernail
or just buy a new cable
And after wiggling, it is broken...
It seems that the port on the DHD no longer has that firm grip on the cable as it once had, as the cable falls out way too easily (at the slightest touch).
Any engineering ideas as to how to remedy this without hosing the connection?
Thanks...
Pocket Lint - magnifying glass and a very thin piece of wire or something that will reach up inside the socket and pick the lint out. Have had to do this several times
Yeah, after a year my cable became very loose, just buy a new cable from eBay... lol it costed me £0.99/ or $1.50 lol it grips fine now
BadLar said:
Pocket Lint - magnifying glass and a very thin piece of wire or something that will reach up inside the socket and pick the lint out. Have had to do this several times
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Thanks. That did the trick. It's not quite as grippy as I would have liked, but much better nonetheless.
I couldn't help but notice your join date in 2008 and that this is your one and only post about pocket lint. You were just chomping at the bit to answer this, weren't you.
what I did was use a thin needle and get all the stuff out on both sides of the thing inside the socket (toke a while) and it was good as new
I just ordered a new charger as mine was doing the same. Just cleaned it with a paper clip and my old one works fine now. Doh!
Felt a funny smell, like copper melting. Some smoke was coming out of the charge port so I withdrew the cable and the plastic around the connector had partly melted and there were burn marks on the metal parts. Hopefully it is only the cable, my guess is that years of packing and unpacking finally broke the cable and caused a short. With luck I might just need to replace the cable and the charge port will still be ok.
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Typically the issue on our phones is that the magnetic port pulls out after a lot of use. I had this and I superglued that sucker back in. Now, I have a whole new issue. One of the little nubs with the metal contact completely came off! I seriously have no idea how they could have happened. It's hard to describe but I'll take a picture when I can to show this. The annoying thing is that I superglued this one in very well. I would have to seriously risk breaking more things to pry this one off to replace it! Despite no update to marshmallow (D6616) and these crazy build issues I still don't see a compelling new phone to replace this one -_-.
Pics. Initially, the little metal circle was gone. I scraped away the rest of the little black circle to expose the little bit of metal that is still sticking out. I can still use the magnetic charging port as long as I carefully attach it in a way that the little metal piece makes contact with the charger.
Please make a photo of your magnetic cable connector too
When the microphone of my z3 broke, the service changed all the frame of my mobile.
i was so happy, my old magnetic charging port was very worn out (almost like your picture)
I blame users using cheap magnetic cables bought from ebay and amazon because of this. Magnets can be super strong, strong, medium, and weak. Mine has been fine since owning the phone Dec 2014. I use the Sony magnetic dock and always charge on it. The only problem I have is that it needs a backbone to charge because DUE TO MY FAULT, when the phone dropped, it bent the trim area of the magnetic port.
People always need to point fingers at everyone besides themselves.
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Pics. Initially, the little metal circle was gone. I scraped away the rest of the little black circle to expose the little bit of metal that is still sticking out. I can still use the magnetic charging port as long as I carefully attach it in a way that the little metal piece makes contact with the charger.
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By the condition of your phone from the pics you posted I'm not surprised. I have 2 magnetic chargers and non have this issue. The magnets are relatively weak - just strong enough to hold the cable to th phone while moving it around - and I've not experienced any issues although my charging port doesn't look near as haggard as the ops.
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I use the magnector connector which is what initially caused my magnetic port to pull out. My magnetic port looks all jacked up because I superglued the port back in but got messy with the glue and had to scrape some off. Anyways despite how messed up my magnetic port looks, the rest of my phone is actually pretty much in new condition. I have had it in a case all its life and a glass screen protector.
Hi there.
A few months ago I dropped my refurbed, less than 2 month old, N4 on a chair leg and the housing around the charger port broke. I was told the motherboard was screwed, hence why the charge wasn't lasting. I decided the phone was too good to get rid of so I kept with it. The other day the official charger lead cable charger USB plug snapped. I put it down to being squashed by a chair. However, another cable did the exact same thing (and wasn't squashed by a chair). Could it be as a result of going into this bent housing? What is the solution.
Thanks
A bit difficult to ascertain what's actually going on without something to look at.. Would you mind posting a few pics of the housing around the charging port and the snapped cables.
On a lighter note, Looks like your N4 doesn't quite like being around furniture (chairs, specifically )