Bad mini-usb port, or bad charging cords?

Duckstyle187 · Jul 17, 2012

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?

drbugsmn · Jul 17, 2012

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?

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.

Duckstyle187 · Jul 17, 2012

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 · Jul 17, 2012

Veeeeery interdasting.... all 10 of my chargers are screwing up as well. I think the usb ports are flawed.

hunta · Jul 17, 2012

twflys said:
Veeeeery interdasting.... all 10 of my chargers are screwing up as well. I think the usb ports are flawed.

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.

Duckstyle187 · Jul 17, 2012

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"

bradyapba · Jul 18, 2012

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.

drbugsmn · Jul 18, 2012

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"

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.

Monoprice is awesome! I'll have to check out the USB cables from them, didn't realize they offered a gold plated option

gale65 · Jul 18, 2012

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.

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.

bradyapba · Jul 20, 2012

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.

gale65 · Jul 20, 2012

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.

bradyapba · Jul 20, 2012

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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