Why do I have to keep replacing my charger every 4 – 6 months because of this? 👆
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If you’re changing the cord every 6 months you’re most likely the problem. You also most likely have an iPhone. Buy Anker and they’ll last alot longer.
There’s 2 reasons for this.
1) cable degradation. If you pinch a wire too much it’ll break and there will be no connection. So try to not bend your wires at too hard an angle.
2) lint gets in the charging slot. It can often seem as if the cable you’re using doesn’t work but what’s actually going in is impacted lint is keeping the cable from contacting the right spots. To fix that, take a bobby pin and gently scrape out the lint until you’ve removed it all.
When the cords get bent and twisted all up they eventually breakdown inside. The electrical stuff inside becomes disconnected so you need to bend them to “reconnect” them.
If you were to take care of the cord then they’d last a lot longer. I’ve been using some of the same charging cords for years now.
I always had this problem with micro USB. My issue arose from the shitty little clips that are supposed to hold it in. They would eventually give up on life, and the cord would need to be leveraged at an angle in order to make it charge.
That issue entirely disappeared with USB-C.
Try connecting and disconnecting by grabbing the head, instead of pulling on the wire. That will help extend the life of the product significantly
Most mobile phone cable designs don’t really have any attempt at strain relief IMO. They are made to break so you buy another.
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