Dell Venue 8 7840 Charging Issue

[CoolaxGaming]

Hello Everyone, long time no see ^-^

Anyways, straight to the problem. I have a Dell Venue 8 7840 tablet. The tablet works fine, but it has one BIG problem.

The charging port, is well, broken or something. If I plug in the charger normally, the tablet does not charge. At first I assumed the tablet was dead, then I found out a way to get around this problem.

If I keep a lot of pressure on the charging port by pushing the wire into the charging port constantly, the tablet starts to charge. A bit of wiggling while the pressure is applied is required for the tablet to charge. So I have to put a lot of pressure on the port, then wiggle it around till it catches a charge.

Not very convenient, before, I could just plug in the charger and it would start charging, like normal.

Now i have to constantly push the charger into the port to keep it charging.

Any ideas what is wrong or how to fix?

[thekeemo]

The port has probably just been worn or the cable has gotten worn.

[CoolaxGaming]

1 minute ago, thekeemo said:

The port has probably just been worn or the cable has gotten worn.

Tried different cables, so probably the port

[GreezyJeezy]

get a vice grip 

[CoolaxGaming]

2 minutes ago, GreezyJeezy said:

get a vice grip 

How will that help?

I dont want to worsen my situation anymore then it already is ;-;

[GreezyJeezy]

Just now, CoolaxGaming said:

How will that help?

I dont want to worsen my situation anymore then it already is ;-;

to apply pressure for you