Bad charge connection

[Guest EazyDuz]

My Blade seems to only charge if i position the charge lead perfectly. Ive tried it with my car charger and another charger i bought for the phone and its the same with all of them.

Tried cleaning the port with some WD40 on a q tip and some dirt came off, but its still pretty bad.

It will charge fine once ive fiddled with it, but it used to plug in much tighter and had a more solid connection.

Two of my friends have the same issue with their android phones (not blades) is this just a bad design for Android charge ports?

Thanks

[Guest JudasLucifer]

I think a quality cable is pretty important, as the original cable "wore out".

However if you've tried this and sure there is no other alternative, you might want to try soldering it in place (though I've never opened my blade up myself, others have)

I wouldn't think its a design flaw as such, it's usb standard, though the componants might be cheaper than in other handsets (though only marginally, think profit margins)

[Guest WAWA72]

Jump to the body means and if the board is exposed, press the USB something together. This sits the charging cable tighter and has little leeway.

Edited February 16, 2012 by WAWA72