It seems that Fairphone will finally end the Fairphone 3 (and 3+) support in August after 7 years.
I am still using my FP3+ daily - the only thing that has gone wrong with it was that I wore out the USB connector with cheap charging cables… so a new bottom connector (and a spare battery, just in case) and I’m all good again…
… which means, I might not be buying another phone for another couple of years yet, let’s see if it’ll make 10 years with LineageOS, etc!
I’m sure there’s other phones still chugging along…
Yeah, I think the USB c port just wears out in general over time. Maybe its worse if you use different cables, like alternating the use, dunno.
Our laptops at work have that issue too, since we plug and and unplug them multiple times between docking stations and meeting rooms, the USB c ports wear out pretty quickly. Then for some reason you can not connect to mic and video in the meeting room, but the big screen connects fine. Totally bizarre, you connect it via USB a and it all works.
In my case it was just dust and clothing fluff that accumulated after having the phone in my pocket. I had to clean with a pointy thing and it clamps again fine. It might have been clap wear but fluff accumulation might be an issue too.