Is your phone not charging? Try this simple fix before paying for a repair

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I don’t seem to have much luck with USB-C, and the tech gods have been especially unforgiving lately, with both my smartphone and tablet recently refusing to charge properly with the little omnidirectional connector.

With my phone in particular, a USB-C cable just wouldn’t sit right in the port anymore. It always ended up at an odd angle and would fall out after a little while, making charging a real nightmare. I could still charge my phone with some older USB-A to USB-C cables, so I knew it still worked, but fast-charging was just out of the question. You might have experienced something similar, either with the newer USB-C connector or back in the old days of microUSB-powered gadgets.