04-04-2024, 03:15 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-04-2024, 03:16 PM by Zebulon Walton.)
Wow, this just happened to me! I had driven to a doctor's appointment (regular checkup) this morning and used the phone before going in, hooked up to a USB port in the car. Everything was working fine. The phone powered up as usual when the USB power was plugged in and Mobian Phosh's charge indicator was on.
A little later after the appointment was done I needed to use the phone again, so hooked it up to a live USB port but this time the phone didn't power up automatically as usual. I thought maybe there was a problem with the port or the cord. The power button did turn the phone on and it worked OK but there was no charging indicator.
I tried a different USB cord and different port but that didn't help. However I then noticed that the cord was getting very hot where it plugged into the phone and the phone was heating up in that area as well. Remembering the "melting" post here I quickly disconnected the USB cable. As far as I can tell nothing got hot enough to melt or otherwise be damaged.
I have a spare USB-C board that has a bad vibration motor but otherwise worked when removed. So I will install that for now and just live without the tactile feedback. It looks like replacement boards are in stock in the Pine64 store so I'll order another to return the phone to full functionality.
A little later after the appointment was done I needed to use the phone again, so hooked it up to a live USB port but this time the phone didn't power up automatically as usual. I thought maybe there was a problem with the port or the cord. The power button did turn the phone on and it worked OK but there was no charging indicator.
I tried a different USB cord and different port but that didn't help. However I then noticed that the cord was getting very hot where it plugged into the phone and the phone was heating up in that area as well. Remembering the "melting" post here I quickly disconnected the USB cable. As far as I can tell nothing got hot enough to melt or otherwise be damaged.
I have a spare USB-C board that has a bad vibration motor but otherwise worked when removed. So I will install that for now and just live without the tactile feedback. It looks like replacement boards are in stock in the Pine64 store so I'll order another to return the phone to full functionality.