I've had Samsung phones for a few years now, and every single one of them ends up having problems with the USB port after about 2 years.<p>I have to wiggle the cable again and again until I find the one tiny angle at which the phones is willing to charge. I'm not doing anything fancy with the phone, it hasn't been underwater, no heavy rains or anything.<p>Am I just supposed to buy a new one again and again ?...<p>Contactless charging obviously works, but it's slower and not always convenient.
Lint in the usb socket standing off the header from complete insertion? Small metal tools can often get it out, eg, precision tweezer head. Cable itself broken inside?
USB-C ports have a flaw in their physical design. Due to the shape of the port, dust and other gunk slowly gets jammed down into the port and eventually enough builds up that you can't get a good connection anymore. It happens after about two years for me and has happened on every USB-C phone I've had.<p>It's pretty easy to clean. I'll turn off my device, fill the port with rubbing alcohol, and scrub around with a pin of some kind. It takes me about 10 minute and you have to be kind of aggressive with it. I find that by the time I start having issues, the quantity of gunk I remove is about the size of a grain of rice.<p>Here is a short video on it: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIoTlY1Wm4Q" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIoTlY1Wm4Q</a>
While you are trying to fix it, you may also try to charge it wirelessly via Qi [1] standard. It is way less efficient but if you got nothing else, it might be a suitable solution for a while.<p>1: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_(standard)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qi_(standard)</a>
Yes I have this problem. I would assume it's a problem with all USB ports and it's just phones get charged and moved around more than other devices. Last phone the port was like that but I think USB C is more stable?<p>I went for the cheap entry level Samsung and it seems pretty much identical to the top line older phone I had but unfortunately doesn't have wireless charging as a backup!<p>I think cheap leads are a problem, because it can be difficult to buy a genuine charger now, there are so many "fakes". My last lead that I bought from a UK physical store melted while plugged into the car charger port recently, which was a bit of a surprise.<p>I used to use my phone at the beach quite a lot and found that getting sand in the port would often cause it to stop working. Now I always put it in a waterproof case if I take it there to avoid that.
Do you use your phone while it's plugged in? That's the number one killer of both cables and ports in my experience, especially since all phones now have the charging port at the bottom.
I have a friend that works at a cabinetry making shop where they deal with sawdust all day long. Usually, they have a magnetic U.S.B C adapter. and cable for charging. The adapter helps keep the ports clean. Not perfect, but better than stock :)
The cables are also the point of issue. I have changed the charging cable which has resulted in proper charging. And the cleaning of the port. Lint accumulation prevents the contacts being properly connected with the charging pins.<p>Cleaning of the port using a wooden toothpick (shaven to a right size) and changing of the charging cable as almost always helped me across the 25+ of cell phone usage.
100% to all the comments talking about lint/dirt in the usb port socket itself.<p>I've had exactly the same problems, and 10 minutes spent cleaning out the port with a small toothpick or similar works wonders.<p>Problem disappears instantly.<p>There should be a USB FAQ about this with every product sold.
had the same with several phones - it's annoying. Now with a new phone when at home I am charging wireless and barely use the usb-c port. Additionally I am using a dust plug to further protect the port