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[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Damn this is so boring. I still have my S9 and as long as I don't break the glass or the battery breaks I don't see much need for a new phone, I just to less and less with it which is quite nice.

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was considering getting an upgrade because something has happened to make my charging port difficult to use, but the differences with the newer models are so so minute and the cost so so high...

It just doesn't make a lotta sense. Tho, I bet getting in here to change the port part myself would be very tricky.

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Scratch the compacted pocket lint away from the charging port with a wooden toothpick and it'll be good as new

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Buddy, you just cost Samsung $1.6k in sales in less than fifteen minutes. I hope you're happy!

I know I am, thanks for the tip 😊

[–] Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Glad I could be of assistance!

Legend says that if you smoke what came out you can hear colors.

[–] Stelus42@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I did it myself with my note 9, which I would guess is about the same difficulty level. It was honestly not so bad, you just wanna really take your time and especially have a lot of patience with the screen. The other possibility though is that you have some compressed fluff deep inside the port. The only thing I've ever gotten deep enough to fish that stuff out is a sowing needle.

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is it safe to do that with a needle? I'd imagine I'd want to avoid putting metal in there.

I also wonder if Samsung will fix it for free, but I imagine that's unlikely.

Edit: Another user had a great suggestion of using a wooden toothpick and that worked like a charm!

[–] Zeroxxx@lemmy.my.id 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can justify it all you can, but S23 is miles ahead of your S9 and S24 is even further.

Your phone's screen is terrible nowadays... That is for a simple example.

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 1 points 11 months ago

I never said that a new phone istn't technically ahead. I only said that for what I'm using it for - which is getting less and less - I find those upgrades very boring.

And I'm one of those people who waited in the line when the iPhone 3G started being sold, I almost lost my job for it because I abondened it to be in the line instead ^^