I use a magnetic charger adapter for mine. I can see how these could break over time but the magnet has never failed me.
I have a friend that went through 3 remarkables due to failures, I didnt dig into the root cause but I suspect you might be right on the USB-C port since they all "stopped charging".
Re:ReMarkable Paper Pro Move
by whatevertrevor on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @08:51PM
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They also have the USB C charging quirk/cheap-out that if they're completely drained they will only charge with a low powered trickle charger until the device gets to some minimal level of charge, and then you can use a higher power source.
It is TERRIBLE IDIOTIC INANE design: https://photos.app.goo.gl/eu4P8fnaNtV9vhMo7
the video in there, via microscope, you can see how the contacts peeled off. Larger photos show the PCB and how the connector is "affixed". Final photo is after it was fixed, but before the epoxy
Hilarious. Especially compared to the USB-C connector on an iPhone, which is secured by 6 (!!!) screws to the frame.
When I bought mine, I appreciated that they seemed to be pricing it to make a profit as a product, not as a loss-leading foothold for future subscription revenue. How naive I was to think they wouldn't do both.
Re:ReMarkable Paper Pro Move
by benji_is_me on Wednesday September 03, 2025 @08:34PM
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Another hardware issue they have is the tip of the Marker Plus. It has a thin collar around the nib that (in my experience) is brittle and breaks off, at which point the marker becomes useless because the nib flexes. There are lots of posts on Reddit complaining about the same issue.
They replaced mine the first time this happened. Now my replacement broke and they aren't replacing it :(.
With that being said, I'm still very happy with my RM2. I purchased a "V-Pen" as a replacement and it's working okay. I'm lucky enough to have a free connect subscription for life because I purchased it early enough.
Two separate reasons.
One: they design hardware very poorly, and when advised and shown do not fix it. This has been the cause of a lot of broken USB C ports on remarkable2. I have documented this extensively with photos on multiple devices. No sane person places a port that will interact with the real user on the very very edge of a very, very thin PCB, without affixing it to something else as well. I have photos. Let me know if you want to see them.
Two: they took features that were part of the original very expensive product and locked them behind pay walls of monthly service months after purchase. Crippling products post facto is something that should never be rewarded. Companies that do that should fail.