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I take very good care of my things. The plug on my phone should not require daily maintenance though. I have had cell phones since the late 90s and USB-C is the

by donatj 3y ago

I take very good care of my things. The plug on my phone should not require daily maintenance though. I have had cell phones since the late 90s and USB-C is the only plug that has given me trouble. USB-C over a pretty short period collects lint. It gets compressed into the connector little by little every time you seat the cable and eventually your cable won't seat anymore. You then find a very solid plug in the bottom of the port that no amount of brushing will get it out. You basically have to use a very fine needle to scrape the bottom. I am guessing you have never had a USB-C phone before.

catchnear4321 3y ago
had to do this with my iphone a few years ago. used a plastic toothpick (rather than metal, of course) to extract the lint. what you describe happened to the lightning port.
- wokwokwok 3y ago
  Me too… but have you used a usb-c phone? I can only tell you my personal experience, but I can say with total confidence that the usb-c slot is significantly more irritating. The lightning slot is physically almost exactly the same size, but the usb-c one has a huge damn tab in the middle that makes cleaning the slot out a) more of a pain in the ass, b) harder to see what you’re doing, and c) requires a physically smaller tool to do it. /shrug Yes, lightning isn’t magically immune to lint. …but usb-c is harder clean, and seems more prone to collecting lint in my experience.
globular-toast 3y ago
I've had a USB-C phone for 7 years. I did indeed have to use a needle to remove the lint that built up one time. One time in seven years. I enjoyed it. It was so satisfying and it's a shame I've never needed to do it again. It's really not a big deal. It's just a needle. An incredibly common tool found in most households. The advantages easily outweigh this one small downside. The main advantage is ubiquity. You can thank Apple for Lightning not having that. They could have made USB-C redundant, but of course that just isn't the Apple way.
- zapdrive 3y ago
  What kind of linty clothes are you guys wearing? I have had usb-c phones for what seems like forever now.. Never had any issues or had to clean it even once.
  - globular-toast 3y ago
    Jeans. I think the reason I don't have to do it much any more is I work from home now so don't have my phone in my pocket almost every day. For PCs, laptops, tablets, e-readers etc I can't see this ever being a problem. It's not just phones, remember.
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  - 2143 3y ago
    I was wondering the same thing. This is the first time I'm hearing of lint-inside-port situation. Was I living under a rock?! This has never been a problem for me for both USB-C or lightning ports. But apparently — judging by comments here — this is a common complaint. About the ports themselves I don't care either way. I have no strong opinions about USB-C or lightning.
    - Eldandan 3y ago
      You and I have been living under a lint-free rock, apparently.
MaKey 3y ago
> The plug on my phone should not require daily maintenance though. That's an absurd exaggeration.

by donatj 3y ago

catchnear4321 3y ago

had to do this with my iphone a few years ago. used a plastic toothpick (rather than metal, of course) to extract the lint. what you describe happened to the lightning port.

wokwokwok 3y ago
Me too… but have you used a usb-c phone? I can only tell you my personal experience, but I can say with total confidence that the usb-c slot is significantly more irritating. The lightning slot is physically almost exactly the same size, but the usb-c one has a huge damn tab in the middle that makes cleaning the slot out a) more of a pain in the ass, b) harder to see what you’re doing, and c) requires a physically smaller tool to do it. /shrug Yes, lightning isn’t magically immune to lint. …but usb-c is harder clean, and seems more prone to collecting lint in my experience.

globular-toast 3y ago

I've had a USB-C phone for 7 years. I did indeed have to use a needle to remove the lint that built up one time. One time in seven years. I enjoyed it. It was so satisfying and it's a shame I've never needed to do it again. It's really not a big deal. It's just a needle. An incredibly common tool found in most households. The advantages easily outweigh this one small downside. The main advantage is ubiquity. You can thank Apple for Lightning not having that. They could have made USB-C redundant, but of course that just isn't the Apple way.

zapdrive 3y ago
What kind of linty clothes are you guys wearing? I have had usb-c phones for what seems like forever now.. Never had any issues or had to clean it even once.
- globular-toast 3y ago
  Jeans. I think the reason I don't have to do it much any more is I work from home now so don't have my phone in my pocket almost every day. For PCs, laptops, tablets, e-readers etc I can't see this ever being a problem. It's not just phones, remember.
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- 2143 3y ago
  I was wondering the same thing. This is the first time I'm hearing of lint-inside-port situation. Was I living under a rock?! This has never been a problem for me for both USB-C or lightning ports. But apparently — judging by comments here — this is a common complaint. About the ports themselves I don't care either way. I have no strong opinions about USB-C or lightning.
  - Eldandan 3y ago
    You and I have been living under a lint-free rock, apparently.

MaKey 3y ago

> The plug on my phone should not require daily maintenance though. That's an absurd exaggeration.