@Hank G ☑️ @fne8w2ah It appears to be due to a combination of spark erosion of the centre pin, as lightning is prone to, ironically, arcing on connection and disconnection, as well as electrolysis over time, with the pin eroding and electroplating the connector inside the phone.
The first problem can be rectified by never hot plugging, but if you live in a humid climate, there’s nothing you can do about the second.
Indeed, while the ports last longer than the cables, they eventually fail from being coated with all that crap. Before I switched almost entirely to inductive charging and wireless CarPlay, an iPhone’s lightning port for me rarely made it to two years before dying.
@Michael Vogel @Sarah Brown I am an Apple user since day 1. The Lightning connector is the worst. The cables are breaking in around 3-6 months (apple original). 3rd party cable are far more reliable. But the worst is, that lightning ports gets clogged with dust.
@heluecht It must be VERY climate specific or people specific. I’ve never had one fail from the connector. Ever. Occasionally they start to wear at the rear of the plug and a bit of sugru fixes that. I’ve cut up and thrown usb a/b cables and usb c cables but never a lightning cable. And all the connectors in all the phones I’ve and still work too!
@Michael Vogel @fne8w2ah This always seems to come up in response, but googling for “burned out lightning connector” or similar always yields a lot of results. It’s a very widespread problem.
@heluecht I have a draw full of good ones because every new gadget came with one and the only time I went for a new one was switch from one with a USB-A connector to one with a USB-C connector due to a new Mac.
#Apples #Lightning Connector was shit from day 1 and had 0 reasons to exist - unlike the original #DockConnector, but even then the #iPod could've used #MiniUSB or #MicroUSB + #AV-Chinch and #MHL to do Audio & Video.
Sarah Brown
Unbekannter Ursprungsbeitrag • • •@Hank G ☑️ @fne8w2ah It appears to be due to a combination of spark erosion of the centre pin, as lightning is prone to, ironically, arcing on connection and disconnection, as well as electrolysis over time, with the pin eroding and electroplating the connector inside the phone.
The first problem can be rectified by never hot plugging, but if you live in a humid climate, there’s nothing you can do about the second.
Indeed, while the ports last longer than the cables, they eventually fail from being coated with all that crap. Before I switched almost entirely to inductive charging and wireless CarPlay, an iPhone’s lightning port for me rarely made it to two years before dying.
Sarah Brown
Unbekannter Ursprungsbeitrag • • •Raroun
Unbekannter Ursprungsbeitrag • •I am an Apple user since day 1.
The Lightning connector is the worst.
The cables are breaking in around 3-6 months (apple original).
3rd party cable are far more reliable.
But the worst is, that lightning ports gets clogged with dust.
Sarah Brown mag das.
Cyberspice
Unbekannter Ursprungsbeitrag • • •Sarah Brown
Unbekannter Ursprungsbeitrag • • •Cyberspice
Unbekannter Ursprungsbeitrag • • •Sarah Brown
Als Antwort auf Cyberspice • • •@Cyberspice @Michael Vogel @fne8w2ah I've never had one last more than a couple of months regular use.
Record is 8 hours from brand new to dead.
Raroun mag das.
Cyberspice
Als Antwort auf Cyberspice • • •Sarah Brown
Als Antwort auf Cyberspice • • •Mélani (Melanie) Bjornsdottir (she, ŝi)
Als Antwort auf Sarah Brown • • •Cyberspice
Als Antwort auf Sarah Brown • • •Cyberspice
Als Antwort auf Cyberspice • • •Cyberspice
Als Antwort auf Cyberspice • • •Sarah Brown
Als Antwort auf Cyberspice • • •@Cyberspice @Michael Vogel @fne8w2ah Can just see it starting to rub through to the circuit board in a spot.
That’s about a fortnight use for one of mine.
Kevin Karhan
Als Antwort auf Sarah Brown • • •#Apples #Lightning Connector was shit from day 1 and had 0 reasons to exist - unlike the original #DockConnector, but even then the #iPod could've used #MiniUSB or #MicroUSB + #AV-Chinch and #MHL to do Audio & Video.
#MagSafe is also another #proprietary #SingleVendor solution when #Qi+ existed for over a decade.
Cyberspice
Als Antwort auf Sarah Brown • • •Sarah Brown
Als Antwort auf Cyberspice • • •Sarah Brown
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