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Why does my Droid keep killing Micro USB cables?

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In the timeframe that I've had my Droid Turbo, a year and a half-ish, I have gone through about 10 Micro-USB cables that all died in a month or two. The original one died in about two months, the next one I bought worked for a day (slightly exaggerating), and every one I've had since then has failed. I am now using the charger that came with my very first phone, which takes a solid 4-5 hours to charge from 10% to 100%.

 

Theory One: The Motorola turbo-charger wall wort is defective/damaged and is frying them. The wart does get very hot, as well as the phone (somewhere in the ballpark of 160o F at max!!!).

 

Theory Two: The charging port on the phone is loose and damaging the cables when moved around/Micro-USB just sucks

 

Theory Three: I suck at taking care of stuff?????

 

What do you guys think?                                               

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well im guessing the charger is bad

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1 minute ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

well im guessing the charger is bad

That's pretty much my guess. I'm going to grab a 3rd party one and hope I have better luck with it.

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1 minute ago, steezemageeze said:

That's pretty much my guess. I'm going to grab a 3rd party one and hope I have better luck with it.

probably the right thing to do

I spent $2500 on building my PC and all i do with it is play no games atm & watch anime at 1080p(finally) watch YT and write essays...  nothing, it just sits there collecting dust...

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The Toaster Project! Northern Bee!

 

The original LAN PC build log! (Old, dead and replaced by The Toaster Project & 5.0)

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"Here is some advice that might have gotten lost somewhere along the way in your life. 

 

#1. Treat others as you would like to be treated.

#2. It's best to keep your mouth shut; and appear to be stupid, rather than open it and remove all doubt.

#3. There is nothing "wrong" with being wrong. Learning from a mistake can be more valuable than not making one in the first place.

 

Follow these simple rules in life, and I promise you, things magically get easier. " - MageTank 31-10-2016

 

 

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You should have gotten a replacement cable from Motorola for the defective cable last year while it was still within warranty. 

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2 minutes ago, kurahk7 said:

You should have gotten a replacement cable from Motorola for the defective cable last year while it was still within warranty. 

shoulda, coulda, woulda. It was too short for me anyway, so I would've bought a new one anyway

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