What holds the USB-C cable end in the phone port without falling out?
My phone port suddenly "changed" (probably damaged but I don't yet know how or why) such that, all of a sudden, every USB-C cable (even brand new USB-C cables which work in other phones) won't "click and stick".
But when I look with a magnifying glass, I can't see anything wrong.
Not dust.
Not bent tabs.
Not a crooked rounded-rectangular enclosure.
Nothing seems wrong (before and after I tried to clean it out with a plastic toothpick and a blast of canned air).
The USB-C cable plug end won't "click & stick" in the phone opening unless I rubber band it (and then it charges the phone without falling out).
What should I look for that holds the USB-C cable end in the phone port?
Is it a friction fit only?
Is there a latch mechanism?
Did I break some secret tiny tab off somewhere?
Surprisingly, good images on the Internet for a closeup of the latch mechanism don't seem to exist. Drawings exist but they don't clearly show the latching mechanism well enough for me to know what to look for to see what must be broken.
Drawings and photos exist of the USB-C port in the phone, but NONE seem to be closeups of the latch mechanism. Is there a latch mechanism?
If not, how does it "click & stick" then?
What is it that makes the USB-C plug "click & stick" inside the phone port?
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http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HimalayaCradleMod
The Modification of the Himalaya Cradle to charge from USB is quite simple:
Underneath the little USB-Connector inside the cradle there is a test-point that carries USB-5V. Scratch the green paint from the pcb trace that carries the testpoint. Solder the scratched surface to get a solderpad. Kolophonium is your friend here.
Solder a Shotty-Diode to the pad. The Anode of the Shottky should be connected to the testpoint. Solder a Bluewire (other colors wont work though from to the Kathode of the Shottky to the internal side of the Fuse which is intended to protect the external 5V-Supply from short circuits.
The Mod was carried out yesterday.
Pictures and a detailed Desciption will follow soon.
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Where can I see the picture for the mod.
I've been meaning to put this up here for a while, it's nothing special really just thought it'd be nice to share.
Basically all I did was open up a USB cable I bought off of amazon and added a resistor (and then later added a jumper).
The cables I purchased are legit data/charging OEM Samsung "U2" cables (the shorter 3ft long cables).
After doing my best to keep the original plastic housing intact while removing it, I then soldered some solid copper wire to the ID and GND connections.
(I used some of the internal copper wires from some cat5e cabling I had lying around.)
I then soldered a resistor between the two wires, carved out some space in the plastic housing for the new wires, snapped the plastic housing back on and applied some heat-shrink tubing to seal it all up.
This proved to be a bad idea.
Having the resistor always attached rendered the cable useless for anything but Download Mode (adb will not function with the resistor attached).
So I fixed that issue by adding a jumper to the resistor.
This allows to force Download Mode with the jumper on, as well as normal USB functionality with the jumper off.
So there you have it... my custom DL mode cable.
I went ahead and made an imgur album that has a few more pics.
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I used some BBCode "hide" tags to hide the excessively large pictures.
Just click "Show Content" to see the images.
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THATS awesome! Legit, really cool!
Very nice!
I've been using a motorola data/charging cable Model:SKN5004A for all of my adb/download mode/everything else. It works great.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda app-developers app
After attaching few times the usb cable to the Nexus 5, I noticed two dents on the plastic on top of the microusb port.
The Nexus 5 usb cable has two big metal teeth on the microusb connector and they are cutting into the soft plastic around the microusb port.
I am worried that after a while the plastic will be complete gone and the connection will get loose.
This never happened to me with any other phone I had!
Do you have a similar problem?
Thanks!
Now might be a good time to consider a wireless charger -- that would help decrease the number of times you plug a USB cable into the phone.
Mine in fine
My phone is fine, i use microusb and plug it in once a day at night.
Though small dents around the microusb port can happen on any phone really if you're not careful
Sounds like you need to be more gentle when plugging it in
or buy a wireless charger.
I've just noticed mine also has very small marks too, very small though. I agree that its time to invest in a wireless charger.
luigig said:
After attaching few times the usb cable to the Nexus 5, I noticed two dents on the plastic on top of the microusb port.
The Nexus 5 usb cable has two big metal teeth on the microusb connector and they are cutting into the soft plastic around the microusb port.
I am worried that after a while the plastic will be complete gone and the connection will get loose.
This never happened to me with any other phone I had!
Do you have a similar problem?
Thanks!
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Yep, I have 3 nicks, plus my nexus 5 is brand new. Is your model black or white?
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Yep, I have 3 nicks, plus my nexus 5 is brand new. Is your model black or white?
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Black.
Hey guys I recently googled and made my own otg cable. Actually a few and the procedure that I found were very solder intensive. I dont mind soldering tiny things but its not easy and it is so easy to mess it up. I got an easier way for those who enjoy building rather then buying. These cables are not expensive but its more rewarding to say I made that.
Here goes:
Get a regular micro usb cord. I got mine for a buck at dollor store. Make sure it has 5 contacts inside the phone end and try to get the hard plastic ends not the solid ends. They are much easier to work with.
Crack the phone end open carefully with a knife along the seam. You should be left with the metal tip and wires exposed.
The phone end is made up of a few parts and if you carefully pull the plastic peice closest to the wires out of the metal housing you will have all 5 contacts exposed. Keep ever part. You will need them.
This is the only soldering you have to do. Use a match book or a peice of thin card and insert it between the 3rd and 4th pin. Count from the red wire side. Should be right after the green wire contact. You are soldering the black wire pin to the next one. I bend my card in half and tape the end down to the table so it doesnt move. Very carefully and with very little solder and some acid paste flux to help it stick solder the last 2 contact prongs together. Just a tiny bit about 3 mm from the plastic on wire end will do. Dont put to much on or go to far to the end of the contacts. Make sure that only the 4 and 5 pin are soldered.
Gentally slide the contacts back into the metal housing. Use a flashlight to look inside and make sure they are all evenly spaced and back wherebthey were. Put the plastic cover back on and glue or tape it tight.
Go back to dollor store (cause why screw up a expensive cord. Practice on this first.) And get a female to female conector and you are done!
Plug your new otg cable into phone with the female to female conector on usb end and plug in your ext hard drive, flash drive, keyboard, mouse, etc into the female connector and your laughin'
It still works as a charger ( mine is plugged in now charging) and you have a otg cable aswell.
This worked very well for me but I caution you to be really carefull. If you fry your phone I won't send you a new one
Good luck!
Hi,
I've got my OnePlus 6 for 6 months and USB type C became loose. When I plug in original OnePlus 6 cable It just sticks rather fine, you can wiggle it for a little in a port. But sometimes when you move it slightly to the right Fast Charging changes into Regular Charging. But the best part comes when I try other cables than stock one. When I plug in non stock cable it charges fine (regular charge) but when you move it slightly it just pops out on its own. Additionally sometimes it pops out from its own after some time of charging. When I plug it in into a computer, phone just charges so I have to bend it to the right for OnePlus to pick up USB connection (Stock one works fine).
I'm worried, because stock cable is becoming loose too.
I've never charged it in my bag, pocket, etc. Just laying on a flat surface without any cable bending.
I'm worried that OnePlus 6 has low quality connector (Cuz it's not normal to start failing after 6 months). I can repair it on my own by buying new port, but It shouldn't be the case with new half year flagship phone
Cables tested:
Stock OP Cable
2x Unitek USB-C 1.0m
Skross USB-C 1.0m
(They work and stick great to other phones with USB-C cables (Testd on Oneplus 5t and Huawei p20 pro so it's problem with Oneplus 6 Port).
Do you have similar problems? Or should I just return my OP6?
No issues here, don't do it yourself. Send in for repair.
Maybe there are some dirt and dust inside or the pocket things, try to clean is with a toothpick or something non metal
I'm suffering from the same issue. Cleaned it out as best as I could and seems a bit better, but loose nonetheless.
Okay, fixed it
Checked again USB-C port (I was cleaning it recently, like 2 ago) aaaannddd while in fact both sides of USB-C port were clean (I mean sides separated with this thin inside connector thingy) , but in a very bright light I saw that places where are curves were gunked up badly.
It was a little pain in the *** to remove dirt and dust from curves, because there's no much room there (Was using flat, plastic toothpick which fortunately could flex into this spot)
And cleaned the curves
Now for the very first time all of my USB-C Cables clip nicely into the port and stick in very hard (Now I kinda have problem to plug out cable XD).
Thank you all for your support! I think we can close thread now.
Protip for future: Check curves in the port in a very bright light
I know this is old, but it came up at the and I thought I'd chime in. I spent 30 minutes+ removing the lint which was compressed very deeply in my OP6. That's the problem, it's so compact it's almost solid.
You need to (carefully) shave a toothpick right down with a knife and a wooden board so it's as thin as you can get it. I also used a shaved plastic tooth flosser, as it had a little hook.
For satisfaction, I suggest putting that lint onto a surface so you can see the workings of a huge bundle appear, and understand what really happens.
Oh also, using a phone with a good camera/zoom and a torch also helps to see just how bad/excessive it looks. Or a magnifying glass and a torch.