Comment on YSK before you buy a replacement for your cellphone that has stopped charging, buy the $10 cleaning kits and spend the time deep cleaning the phone's charging port.

• Romkslrqusz@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  You’re not going to short anything.

  The power pins (VCC) on your phone’s USB-C port aren’t “live” at all times, the standard requires communication over CC1 and CC2 to negotiate which side is receiving power and at what voltage. Otherwise, a specific value of resistor needs to be in place between those pins and GND to get “dumb” charging at the original 5V usb standard.

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• EddoWagt@feddit.nl ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The port should detect shorts and stop working, atleast on waterproof phones

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  • tiramichu@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Sure. But that’s intended to detect shorts caused by water, and water is a much worse electrical conductor than a piece of metal, and so less damaging in the time it takes to detect a short.

    Even if phones have some level of protection, why risk damage when you could use something wooden and just not risk it at all?

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    • EddoWagt@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      why risk damage when you could use something wooden or plastic and just not risk it at all?

      Because fuck it.

      In all seriousness, my toothpicks didn’t fit the last time I tried so I just grabbed a needle and has worked fine for me, just be a bit careful

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    • elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Also, metal needles or equivalent can raise contacts and do their damage. I cut the toothpicks with a cutter so that they are wedge shaped.

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      • Defectus@lemmy.world ⁨24⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        That is probably the correct way. But I just collect the dust at the bottom with the needle. Only plastic there. Sure, the side of the needle may come in contact with the pins, but it’s round so not likeley to snag on a pin.

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