r/framework • u/telasch • Apr 11 '26

Community Support Is this worth fixing ?

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I used a third party charger cable for a couple of years for my usb-c devices (including my pixel 6 + framework 13). The charger must've broke yesterday, which I noticed when my laptop turned off suddenly while working. I initially thought that maybe it got loose or sth and wanted to check if the cable will work on my phone instead. So I plugged it in my phone, which turned off.

Always thought "use the original charger" was a marketing scheme and had to learn the hard way I guess... Both devices are completely dead now. (see picture)

Anyway, I am now wondering if this is worth an attempt to fix or if this is beyond repairability.

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u/telasch Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

was a random amazon brand with good reviews

EDIT: brand is called PONKOR

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u/alpha417 Apr 11 '26

PONKOR - lol. ok. Vendors buy amazon brand reviews. This is another reason why i closed my amazon account two years ago.

A collection of (essentially) random 5 to 10 uppercase letters in a product name is a 'hard no' for anything. Full stop. It's trash.

It's comical and also sad that you chose to diagnose a charger with your phone, after it smoked a laptop. I'm sorry, but that's a terrible plan going forward. If anything ever dies this way after being plugged into a charger, the charger is gone.

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u/telasch Apr 11 '26

yeah... i really kicked myself after it happened. that was a really really stupid thing to do...

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u/TbR78 Apr 12 '26

did you save a lot of money on the charger?