How To Repair Micro Usp Charging Port

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TL; DR: If you are on the verge of rage-quitting your telephone because y'all think the charging port is cleaved, try this ane weird trick before giving up:CLEAN IT WITH A SEWING NEEDLE! Then commencement periodically cleaning with a reusable air duster and/or using magnetic chargers. 🧲⚡️

I saved Mr. Stuff's Pixel 3 Android phone from the dustbin of discarded devices subsequently he was convinced the USB-C charging port was broken. The charging cable no longer *clicked* when plugged in, headphones didn't piece of work either, and wireless charging was painfully slow. Enter: Me and my disfavor to replacing electronic devices too ofttimes.

The Problem: Over time (in our case, literal years), all manner of dust, lint, and general crap gets stuck and accumulates inside the phone's charging port. The problem is compounded by the fact that each fourth dimension you lot plug in your telephone charger or headphones, you are shoving the crap even farther into the port and packing information technology into an bulletproof Wall of Crap that somewhen physically blocks the USB cable from connecting to the USB charging port.

The Solution: Clean out the crap! Mr. Stuff beginning tried a toothpick and managed to get some crap out, merely not near enough. Air cannisters may also not piece of work at this indicate, if the Wall of Crap is too securely and tightly packed. Alas, this is where Mr. Stuff gave up, only where you, dear Reader, shall persist! Hither are myTiff Tips: 💁🏻‍♀️

👉 Use a sparse, sharp sewing needle + a lot of patience.🧵🧘🏻‍♀️

Be gentle! Have care to not damage any role of the port with the needle. You might also want to plow off your telephone before cleaning.
The needle should exist thin and long plenty so it tin easily fit all the way to the bottom of the port without needing to be jammed in.
Utilize the point of the needle to loosen the Wall of Crap. Be persistent, equally the Wall of Crap may be very densely packed. In one case the crap is sufficiently loose, fish it out with the needle itself or nail it out with a compressed air cannister. Or more than environmentally-friendly, a reusable air squeegee.
Once you think y'all've gotten a bunch of crap out, keep going! There is probably more crap to go! I was continually surprised to notice more crap later on having already gotten out many bunches of crap.
I knew to stop when I could feel the point of the needle gently scraping the lesser of the port all the way around the prong.

Then, enjoy the sugariness satisfaction of feeling the charging cablevision finally and at long terminal *click* back into a clean, crap-free port. 🎉

To go along the port make clean going forward, (i) periodically use a resuable air duster so the crap cannot accumulate, or (ii) start using magnetic charging cables and so the port is always plugged to prevent crap from getting in at all.

And if all that doesn't work, then I am sorry your port might actually be broken. 😕