Fix Your Phone Charging Port With a Paperclip

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[SteveNilsen]

oH! Use a toothpick out of plastic. Better than metal, that can do damage

[Dianeth]

OMG, after I purchased portable wireless chargers and this absolutely did the trick. I visited a repair place and they quoted me over $100.00. Thank you so very much.

[patrickfitzgerald]

Thanks Luke. My Galaxy S4 made it five years without this issue, so my pockets must be cleaner than yours! Oh, and as Steve Nilsen also noted, using something other than metal is probably safer.

[offgriddesertgreening]

OMG! You sir are a life saver literally. Thanks from off the grid in west Texas. A resistor tip and safety pin did the trick. I couldn't see the crud either, but after cleaning I could see the back should be silver not black.

[FallNorth]

I don't like seeing metal used for things like this where metal live (?) contacts are around.
As a first go, try the end of one of those disposable dental flossers, a lot of people have them. I've a y shaped one and the other end of it has sort of thin
end covered in teeth that is literally designed for getting stuff out of a thin gap. Some might be a bit too flimsy but some will work.

[christinechisalakapupa]

Thank you so much for this information, let me try

[marouk]

Truee it does work
I’ve done it before!

[magickalplace]

Thank you sooo much! My vape was doing the same thing as your phone so I tried your cleaning method and it worked! 😃❤

[strchillaxin]

Thank you very much. I was in complete disbelief while watching but this DID indeed correct my problem. I used a thumbtack

[Lone_Paladin]

Assuming it's lint and not your jack wearing out in just 7 months. My jack was clean as a whistle when I used a tooth pick.

[athirath]

Cool.. Didnt know this hack. This is useful 👍

[clevelandmodifiedmotor]

the charger jack becomes loose over time if you have it plugged in while you use the phone then it becomes intermittent and eventally wont charge, you can either use another charger cable or you can compress the underside of the jack making it fit tighter on the phones charger jack input, over time the charger jack input wears thinner and no charger cable jack will connect properlly, and youll have a nighmare trying to charge your phone it will say its charging but its actually losing power and will drain to 0, compressing the charger cable jack will work for a while until it doesn't then if you compress the charger jack further it will eventually wreck the metal pins on the phones usb charger jack and the phone will never charge up again rendering it inoperable, sad days

[ireneochoa]

Thank you. I was going to take my phone to be repaired. I used a dental pick - now my phone works like new. 🎉

[Lia_]

Myyyy Thank You so so much it work thank you very much not even words can thank you🥺❤️

[HTVBoxbrazil]

Thank you used a pin to clean it and working great
I wish i had seen this video sooner

[ryanedwards]

Thanks. Worked like a charm ( I used a safety pin)

[kellyfraser]

Thank you for this. It saved me $$$. I was planning on buying a new phone since mine is old but my cheap @$$ hates spending when I don't have too.

[sscalf]

DO NOT use medal you will destroy the phone.

[abbycoon]

You can also buy a case with a charging port cover. Or use it as an excuse to get a new phone🤣🤣🤣🤣

[norman]

I completely cleaned it out. I even removed the cover and sprayed it with contact cleaner, to no avail. What would be my next move??