Repairing A Loose Phone Charger Cable USB-C

This did not work for me but heres what I did to fix my loose type C android charger cord ...I took the end that connects to the android phone charging port and placed the (silver part only) on the edge of my wood shelf ( a flat 90° edge) and gently tapped on it with a metal padlock ...turning the cord over and tapping on this side also. The cord will fit snug into the charger port. At first it will feel like it wont fit but be patient while connecting it..it will work. When I did this...I heard it click into place. I was able to hold the cord with my phone connected and like MAGIC it did not become disconnected. I hope this helps

For people who want to fix the normal usb end (opposite end): bend the middle of the usb a bit by pushing it between your fingers. Now it sits stiffer inside the charging adapter.

Everybody talks about lint in the socket but my usb-c is clean and the connection is still hit and miss. I've come to the conclusion that a usb-c connector is just very poorly designed.

This is the majority of video on Youtube dirt in the female end of the device but what happens when you clean it out and it still doesn't work then it would be the cable itself right? and no one has a vid for that. cleaned it thoroughly and still have the same problem but when I get a new cable it clicks in well.

I want to tighten my charging port not dirt

Every video mentions dust/dirt in the port. I cleaned it out and there was a little but did not make any difference . My charger just falls out easily and I cant find any other advice other than cleaning it. Am I just screwed ?

Thank you for your great demonstration. IU cleaned the port but it didn't help much. It's looking like bad oxidized contacts in the phone side connector.

My port is clean and works with a new charging cord. Can I do anything to make the cord itself work again or are they just throw away items?

I bought some covers on amazon. I used a plastic toothpick with alcohol. Blew it out with a can compressed air cleaner for keyboards. Now it connects good and does not fall out.

Dude this 100% helped me I was 1 more dead phone in the morning away from throwing the phone at a wall

Thanks a lot brother. 🤟 its working 100%. i was thinking about to change my charging jack. thanks for saving my money. love from india

Heheh... "you can put it in both ways"

I did this and thought it was clean, so tried sticking the cable in there. But it still wouldn't go in all the way and it still didn't keep connection if I wiggled the chord from side to side. I then tried some more with the toothpick and was able to remove 2 teenie weenie chunks of lint and that did it. So apparently it takes veeeery small amounts of lint for it to cause this issue. Now it plugs all the way in and doesn't lose connection. :) I used a "Plackers" toothpick. The plastic one that has a little string of dental floss on the other end (shaped almost like a y). The pointy end of this type of toothpick was already thin enough for me to be able to get all the way in there without having to carve on it with a knife.

I used one of those flat toothpick flossers from the dollar store.. they come like 50-100 in a pack.. worked great for me!!

OMG-just ordered new lead, was gonna get a new phone, then read this an an you saved my life-how much do we depend on these phones! -HUGE THANKS

Just that simple way and it works great! I´m wondering why I didn´t found it by myself. So its a tiny little shame on me ;-) . Thanks man! Greetz from Germany

Cleaning the ports is a must for any device but what I've done to get a better connection is to take a very thin strip of tape of almost any kind and wrap it around the base of the tip that goes into the device. Some trial and error may happen to find the right fit. You may have to discard the tape and cut a different sized piece a couple of times but I've found it to work every time I've attempted once I get the right size piece of tape and everything fits snug

Talks for ages then says "I'm not gonna drag this out" at 1.40 🤣🤣

Mine's clean but still loose. Dealing with dirt is the obvious part. What makes it loose even when it's clean?

i like your southern "Gone With the Wind" accent.. notch it up with a wider smile.. keep positive, you have great potential.. best wishes :-)