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Bad mini-usb port, or bad charging cords?

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Duckstyle187

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I apologize in advance for posting a topic I'm sure has been beaten to death, but I wasn't able to find my specific problem anywhere.

Long story short about 2 weeks ago the stock Samsung charging cord stopped working all together while I was away on business, and I relied on my car charger to get by until I had a chance to buy a new one. I replaced it with a cheapo cord I found at Radio Shack that worked great....for about a week. Then it only worked when I would hold it at juuuust the right angle. So I assumed the port was really the culprit and I took it to Verizon, teh tech guy agreed as his cord wouldn't work with it either and was overtightened a replacement. It arrived yesterday and low and behold, none of my cords will work with it either. I even tried a few different coworkers cords that work fine with their respective Razr's and the like. Did I somehow get a replacement with a bad usb as well? Or do I need to buy a brand new stock Samsung cord?
 
Duckstyle187 said:
I apologize in advance for posting a topic I'm sure has been beaten to death, but I wasn't able to find my specific problem anywhere.

Long story short about 2 weeks ago the stock Samsung charging cord stopped working all together while I was away on business, and I relied on my car charger to get by until I had a chance to buy a new one. I replaced it with a cheapo cord I found at Radio Shack that worked great....for about a week. Then it only worked when I would hold it at juuuust the right angle. So I assumed the port was really the culprit and I took it to Verizon, teh tech guy agreed as his cord wouldn't work with it either and was overtightened a replacement. It arrived yesterday and low and behold, none of my cords will work with it either. I even tried a few different coworkers cords that work fine with their respective Razr's and the like. Did I somehow get a replacement with a bad usb as well? Or do I need to buy a brand new stock Samsung cord?
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I have noticed that some of my cheaper usb cords don't work, ie when I switch to a better cord it works. having said that I still had this problem, I fixed it by using some compressed air to clean out the usb port on the phone. haven't had a charging problem since.

Good luck! if it doesn't work, post.
 
I tried the compressed air on my old phone, and although i was amazed at how much crap came out, it didn't change it at all. And obviously the new phone is squeaky clean. I suppose I'll just have to go back to Verizon today and pony up for an expensive cord and see if that does the trick.
 
twflys said:
Veeeeery interdasting.... all 10 of my chargers are screwing up as well. I think the usb ports are flawed.
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They're definitely an Achilles heel. I had to have mine returned to Sammy for repair under warranty, and I'm overly careful with stuff.
 
Went to Verizon on my lunch, and indeed it was another bad charging port. This phone will quite literally last me one day, ridiculous. I'll have a third phone here tomorrow morning(supposedly), and I'll probably buy a new cord, just for the hell of it. I'm just glad I hadn't bothered transferring over my music and videos yet. I wasted an hour or so re-downloading apps etc, but whatever.

Mitch(Dirty Work)- "Note to self: Remember no matter how bad life gets, there is always beer"
 
ive had the same problem. I bought a cable from monoprice, for like $2 that has a gold connector, but I think more importantly, has the lock in type connector. havent had a problem since, its been a couple of months.
 
Duckstyle187 said:
Went to Verizon on my lunch, and indeed it was another bad charging port. This phone will quite literally last me one day, ridiculous. I'll have a third phone here tomorrow morning(supposedly), and I'll probably buy a new cord, just for the hell of it. I'm just glad I hadn't bothered transferring over my music and videos yet. I wasted an hour or so re-downloading apps etc, but whatever.

Mitch(Dirty Work)- "Note to self: Remember no matter how bad life gets, there is always beer"
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Bummer on the phone dood. Hopefully the new one will be proper. excellent quote btw!

bradyapba said:
ive had the same problem. I bought a cable from monoprice, for like $2 that has a gold connector, but I think more importantly, has the lock in type connector. havent had a problem since, its been a couple of months.
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Monoprice is awesome! I'll have to check out the USB cables from them, didn't realize they offered a gold plated option
 
bradyapba said:
ive had the same problem. I bought a cable from monoprice, for like $2 that has a gold connector, but I think more importantly, has the lock in type connector. havent had a problem since, its been a couple of months.
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Do you have a link or an item number? I'm looking at the monoprice site and can't find micro usb cables with a lock in connector.
 
part # 8642. Look at the "more pics", and then the end with the part that connects to the phone. Its got 2 little clips that hold it nice and snug in the phone. The verizon one I got with the phone didnt have these. It seems to have done the trick for me.
 
Brilliant. thank you-I am going to order a few since they are inexpensive and I have a lot of devices that use micro usb.

eta: just looked at my existing cords and they have those little clips. Maybe the ones at Monoprice are a little different.

eta again: my nook cord does not have them. I haven't checked the cords in the car yet.
 
i have a cord or 2 that have them. None of them seem to "lock" in place like the ones i got from mono price. I have had no problems since I got them a few months ago.
 
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