I remeber when Vince Made the first couple videos and now seeing him, he has come far. Keep the videos up I love watching the tea break repairs

AFAIK, the extra pins on USB3 are data only. A power bank wouldn't need them. A very nice fix!

Hi Vince, great content. Merry Christmas to all.

Not USB 3 - It's USB 2 - One of the ports operate on the QuickCharge 3 standard outputting 3 3.8V-12V/max.18W, The other is regular USB 5V 2.1A. The DC power jack is dual direction (You can charge the power bank here) and operates on 12V/15V/16,5V/19V/20V/24V 50 Watt continuous / max.65W. I would link to the manual, but the comment keeps getting deleted. 😞

Nice and early upload for me waking up here in New Zealand. Love waking up too your awesome videos!

Superb repair, thank you Vince.

Excellent! Love these quick fixes.

Hi Vince One of our customers came in with his car,,, faulty battery. He bought a new one, plus went on to Ebay and bought one of these lithium car battery jump packs,,,, just in case he was ever stuck again,,, He charged it up and put it in his glove box but never needed to use it. It was in the glove box, forgotten and unused for around a year. When he was driving on the M25 when a loud hissing noise and a load of smoke came out of the glove box. The power pack had gone below it's minimum charge, puffed up and vented, luckily it didn't catch fire straight away, when it was thrown out the window, it burst into flames a few minutes later. So a little warning about lithium, keep them charged.

Thanks Vince brilliant quick fix saves it going down the tip you’ve come along way 😊

WELL DONE VINCE!

Excellent and easy fix for something that can be used for along time! Need more tea now, 11 minutes wasn't long enough!

Nice video. And smooth short fixing there!. Enjoying these short fixes more than the long ones. Aing tlying mate

very good mate, i wonder how many of those have been chucked with the same problem , your vid will save quite a few from the tip i would wager. thanks.

Nice one again Vince, it's the little things that makes it special 😉

What a nice personal item to be fixed sir!!❤

Well done good job

I do love me some tea break fixes 😊❤

I don't comment much but I've been a subscriber of your channel since you were doing all your telephone cable videos. Love to see how far youve come with your electronics diagnostics and soldering skills. Lovely little fix this and looking forward to more content next year including the Roller series. All the best for xmas and the new year to you and your family Vince!

i don't fix yet...show me.i love your videos

8:51 - While you are there, you can push on that outer metal casing for USB, in V shape. It holds tighter USB once inserted.

Great work.

Nice tea break! Perfect for a Friday.

I love how they just put some packing tape on top of the USB ports to prevent the screen from shorting against them.

Good job mate 👍

wooot love this content great vid vince :D

good fix Vince. I'm amazed your usb tester is still going I've had two of those models. and both times it's been the same fault as what you had on your power bank.

Merry Christmas

Nice job vince i'd want to save a power bank like that too

nice quick fix :)

Great Job Vince. Nice easy repair that one! 👍👍👍 pity about the clips, but I'm sure it will be fine.

lovely job :)

Nice one.

nice fix. Even something so simple could result in this finding its way to the bottom drawer and then the local tip

Perfect tea break fix :)

Nice fix, in less time than it took for me to drink my tea!

I am always waiting for your videos, Vince :) However, this video still did not convince my engineer friend of mine to stop using unleaded solder, even after seeing those cold solder joints and loose pins.

5:24 I'm assuming since these USB ports are only providing power the other (data) lines aren't needed. 5:58 I think you should've put the soldering iron tip directly on to the pin and pushed down, then applied the solder to the pin and pad to make a good solid solder joint.

Those black plastic USB connecor parts have security tabs on the back of the metal housing of the ports. You should not forget to push them in to lock those black plastic pieces.

Nice simple fixes like this are my favourite - We need to get you a microscope with hdmi or usb out so you can record what you are doing but not be blocked by the camera. I have a 10.1" one thats fantastic and outputs HDMI.

Nice 😃

Hi Vince, I slipped and fell and dislocated my shoulder. If I send you the X-rays could you take a look to see if you can fix it?

Hi Vince, love the vids! My son has a DualSense controller with a broken USB connector. I’ve contacted a couple of repair shops but they don’t seem to keen. Do you fancy trying to repair it in one of your future vids?

Great job =D Regards the "hidden pins" - charge ports dont need them as far as I understand. Litterally just the same 4 pins that USB 2.0 and less used. And in actual fact, you will probably find the middle two pins do nothing there. It's probably just the +ve and gnd connection used.

My power bank has one broken port and the port feels loose so likely the same problem. Like yours it's clipped together which would make getting it apart a pain.

Why i feel you are using your old cam to record this video, btw awesome as always!

I've had the same fix on a charging port from a Nintendo DSi... thought the charging port needed replacement, but all it needed was a reflow on its pins

Are you still able to buy same type of power bank with variable voltage output?

USB 3.0 has 9 pins and is usually colored blue. There is no point in having additional 5 pins anyway, as those are for data transfer only, so would be useless in a powerbank.

I love you

I had that same issue with one of my anker powerbank but only one port requires wiggling

It might not be a bad idea to have some thick rubber pushing down on the USB connectors itself againstthe cover.

I wish these power banks were easier to take apart … the QC and PD protocol is over the USB 2.0 data pins - these USB ports don’t seem to be of the 3.0 type as your charging cable is a normal one too

Are you using let three.

Since it is just a charger maybe not all pins need to be soldered / present?

Now, I have very little realworld experience with soldering, but it seemed to me that there was very little solder on the pads from the factory. I mean, the pins were basically just on top of the sodler, not in it.

Lead free solder strikes again....

I think 7:50 Vince, It might just be secure lol...

My e-bike battery has the same problem. I am leery to take it apart as it is a big boy 1kw/hr

Can you design your own circuits

at 8:50, I agree, should be working (My drunken commentary peeps)!!

buy some guitar picks for open plastic housings please :D

I don't think they will be USB 3.0 ports as the extra pins are for data so just for power they wouldn't be needed

For a good power bank, how did the USB connections so miserably fail? I think that's a brand I will definitely avoid!

You really should discharge batteries / powernbanks before you open them!

Plus you now know you can change the lithium batteries out if it fails to hold a charge in the future

lead free solder is brittle so breaks easily

Power. Bank. Broken USB. Port. Repair. Tea. Break fix

As this is a power bank , maybe you wouldn’t have additional pins as no data is present here. Just QC 2.0 etc.

What's model on powerbank ?

That isn't USB 3, Its just a regular USB A socket, USB 3 is only useful for data transfer and not power delivery, all the conductors on USB 3 are on the same side as well in two rows, 5 at the back and 4 at the front.

hi those are not usb 3 sockets because usb 3 has 5 pins at the end of the connector and the extra pins would serve no purpose for a charger

Can we get a new MacBook trying to fix video ??❤

@5:47 Just as you should with your pants or your trousers. However, make sure you put your socks on after (under)pants, because socks before pants makes a man look a bit scary, like a chicken.

5:27 Those are just regular USB 2.0 port. USB 3 wouldn't make sense in a power bank

There's no need for USB 3.0 in power banks, so it's USB 2.0 with 4 pins. Why did you decide that there USB 3.0?

It says USB2 right on the board, so mystery solved there

How much did you pay for it ?

They make everything with clips couse its cheaper and for items to not be as well closed when they are fixed, is just another example of planned obsolescence, anyway those solder joints from factory were garbage, planned obsolescence as well, if it breaks sooner people will buy new products sooner, i dont understand why a expensive product can have plastic clips and those trash solder joints...

the usb 3.0 specification must have been a joke. clearly just a usb 2.0 port.

looking inside makes me think old laptop battery's could be repurposed too power banks?? gl

I was first but everyone jumped the queue 😢

Omg it’s not usb 3!

Vince I miss the joystick Xbox ps4 switch fixes please bring them back

I don't think any of those ports are USB 3, no point of USB 3 on such powerbank.

I think i would have done the anchor points , they are what give the ports strength . It looked like the board was taking a lot of heat away from the pins , might have needed a higher temp setting . And just for that my power has just gone 😂😂, bloody Russians 😡😡