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Charging problems

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  • 02-09-2020 12:09am
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    alaimacerc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,224 ✭✭✭


    Have a no-name Chinese phone -- well, OK, a Cubot X19 -- and it seems to be getting more and more finnicky about charging. I'm guessing it's either very dirty contacts, or a subtly damaged internal connector (USB-C). I hesitate to take it to the menders only for them to laugh their heads off at a bt of lint and charge me €50+ for the privilege. Anyone have any tips for working out which it's more likely to be?

    And if and when I decide which theory to go with, any recommendations for phone repair in Cork city area, and where to best source a small quantity of electrical contact cleaner? Such as isopropyl alcohol, or whatever a reasonable substitute might be. Without my local pharmacist indulging in even more lavish profit-taking than the other lot!
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    corks finest
    Registered Users Posts: 8,677 ✭✭✭corks finest


    alaimacerc wrote: »
    Have a no-name Chinese phone -- well, OK, a Cubot X19 -- and it seems to be getting more and more finnicky about charging. I'm guessing it's either very dirty contacts, or a subtly damaged internal connector (USB-C). I hesitate to take it to the menders only for them to laugh their heads off at a bt of lint and charge me €50+ for the privilege. Anyone have any tips for working out which it's more likely to be?

    And if and when I decide which theory to go with, any recommendations for phone repair in Cork city area, and where to best source a small quantity of electrical contact cleaner? Such as isopropyl alcohol, or whatever a reasonable substitute might be. Without my local pharmacist indulging in even more lavish profit-taking than the other lot!

    Get a can of compressed air ( wrong terminology:: stuff that you blast your pc with to remove dust etc)


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    JH_raheny
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    corks finest wrote: »
    Get a can of compressed air ( wrong terminology:: stuff that you blast your pc with to remove dust etc)

    For alcohol you could always just get a minibar sized bottle in the off licence


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    alaimacerc
    Registered Users Posts: 7,224 ✭✭✭alaimacerc


    JH_raheny wrote: »
    For alcohol you could always just get a minibar sized bottle in the off licence
    Oh, believe me, I'm not short of 40% ethanol in my household! :o Not a good substitute, is my understanding, too much water, and too many 'impurities'. (Tasty as those are in their proper application.)


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