XPost: sci.electronics.design, sci.electronics.equipment, sci.el   
   ctronics.repair   
   From: ham789@netzero.net   
      
   On 7/6/2016 12:16 PM, sms wrote:   
   > On 7/4/2016 7:16 PM, DaveC wrote:   
   >> A new cable works wonderfully. For maybe 6 weeks. Then when I use the   
   >> Samsung   
   >> phone while charging... "Beep-boop, beep-boop”, charge indicator on, off,   
   >> on, off. Over and over.   
   >>   
   >> Replace cable, all is well.   
   >>   
   >> Rinse, repeat.   
   >>   
   >> Buying a new cable every month is not expensive but also not something   
   >> one   
   >> should have to do.   
   >>   
   >> Yes, I've cleaned out the phone's connector of lint and debris.   
   >>   
   >> I've seen instructions re. fixing the cable connector by bending the   
   >> tension   
   >> pins (external, bottom-side) but there are several types of tensioning   
   >> designs; not all are repairable, IME.   
   >>   
   >> Anyone find a long-term fix, or quality cable that avoids this problem   
   >> altogether?   
   >   
   > The highest quality cables I've found are the Fujitsu cables.   
   > Unfortunately they are quite expensive, $1.80 each if you buy a lot of   
   > 10, once you pay shipping.   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > These are pretty large diameter cables because they use AWG 22 wire. The   
   > sub-$1 cables use either all AWG 28, or use AWG 28 for D+ and D-, and   
   > AWG 26 for power and ground.   
   >   
   Thanks for the link.   
   The large plastic on the small end may mean that they're less   
   susceptible to being torqued sideways in the socket.   
      
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