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minus-squarebloodfart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·6 months agoI solder new usb connectors and all manner of other connectors on to stuff all the time. I’m at a 100% success rate getting data off stuff that just needs new connectors. If you need data recovered, the literal best case scenario is that it’s just got a bad connector.
minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoSoldering is not the problem, unless its smd or tiny, its getting a non standard usb interface.
minus-squarebloodfart@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·6 months agoyou mean in the case of a dead USB ic or something or do you mean the USB port isnt standard?
I solder new usb connectors and all manner of other connectors on to stuff all the time.
I’m at a 100% success rate getting data off stuff that just needs new connectors.
If you need data recovered, the literal best case scenario is that it’s just got a bad connector.
Soldering is not the problem, unless its smd or tiny, its getting a non standard usb interface.
you mean in the case of a dead USB ic or something or do you mean the USB port isnt standard?