I have owned a phone for 3 years. Recently this phone started to not charge on any charger without any support to lift it up. With the help of this video, it finally started to charge. Thank you so so much.
that is such a shitty attitude to have. corporations FEED off those attitudes. The device and the code isn't what's obsolete after 3 years its the branding of the model, and people for some reason believe that they need to upgrade on a yearly basis... Disgusting capitalism. As a writer of code and Computer Science major I can tell you devices usually don't become truly legacy until about a full decade unless technology itself truly surpases it in the case of the iPhone vs the black berry. Just because the new iPhone comes out is it really a new piece of tech or just a fucking software mod in a smaller hunk of plastic?
These instructions are clear, complete, accurate and well thought-out. Advice on performing the operation successfully is valuable and well explained. Photography is excellent, and the actual debris being visible made the methods very clear for me. This gentleman deserves 1-Million+ views. Thank you sir.
Tried this on my Samsung Galaxy S7, as the charging cable wouldn't correctly locate. Got some debris out of the socket but the cable was still not engaging. Looking at it under my wife's sewing lamp/magnifier I could see a wodge of pocket lint in front of the pins. The plastic was too flexy to get hold of it, so after powering down my phone, I loosened it with a needle and then cleared it out with the plastic hook. And now it charges! Great tip!
Plastic dentil pick on the dollar store 90 degree dentil Foss holders is safer. With your wife's nail sander you can shape the pick to get at that last nasty piece of lint. Canned air with that tube attachment helps too. Remember some of those leads are hot, so you are lucky nothing shorted with the needle.
@@mysimplefix hi, thank you for the video I wouldn't be surprised if I do have some dirt in my phone. I've had it for a year. Anyhow, my three-year-old has tripped over my charger and pulled it from my phone a few times. Anything one can do in this situation?
This fixed my husband's phone. He carries his in his pocket at work and he had given up on it and was looking to buy a new phone and i just came over to youtube and searched for the port problem. your video saved us money and i thankyou very much! we don't realize how important it is to keep that rubber cover on our charge port when not charging. i will never remove one again!
Thank you. You just saved me $400. I've had my phone for 5 years and love it! I still have my original battery that holds an amazing charge - 2 days with light use and a full day with heavy use. My apps, widgets, and programs sync me to home devices and my work device, and I've never had an issue with this phone. Lately, the charger kept slipping out, or when charging - it kept blinking in and out of charge mode. One day it took me an hour to jiggle the cable to just the right position in the port to get a charge. Frustrated and realizing my time was more valuable that $400 for a new phone, I begin the tedious search for another phone when I decided why not try to repair my phone myself. I had nothing to lose if I damaged it as it was already a goner in my opinion. I ran across your 3 videos on cleaning charging ports and another video specifying how to use alcohol, too. Even though I religiously use an Otterbox to protect my phone and the port has always been protected, 5 years of use has allowed some dust to sneak in and accumulate. I didn't see any dust/lint with my magnifying glass, but once I cleaned the port with alcohol and used your cleaning method, I was shocked at the quantity of small dust particles that had accumulated and were now falling out with each gentle scrape. I also gently scraped the prongs to remove any kind of build up or corrosion. Ready to test my fate, I plugged in the charger expecting, well - nothing to happen, and to my delighted surprise - I heard that beautiful chirp and saw the blue light signifying it was CHARGING! Again, thank you. *subbed*
I had a bit of fuzz, but it still feels loose. Afraid to scrape too hard. What videos uses the alcohol specifically? I think the removal of fuzz helped a little, but still not brand new or even gently/moderately used status yet.
I'd been staring at the 4 year accumulation of pocket lint clogging the USB jack of my Nexus 5 for a while now, wondering how I was going to get it out without damaging the jack. Having the wireless charger made the problem somewhat less acute, but not being able to use the USB caused problems on long road trips. I just spent a good 30 minutes clearing it out after making a tool like the one shown in your video, and now it's 100% again. Thanks so much for sharing your technique.
Thank you!!! After mining the port for an incredible amount of debris, the charging plug would still pop out on my Samsung Galaxy S4. I modified the tip of the cleaner with a razor to obtain the needle point configuration in your original demo. This cleaned out twice what I pulled out. The charging plug snapped in like brand new. I made the length of the tool a bit longer, crimped a 90 degree tab about the width of the phone, and slid the tool - with the tab covering the charge port- between the back protective cover and the phone. Keeps the fuzz out and makes a quickly available cleaner.
i want to let you know that this video has been extremely helpful to me. I had to adjust my charging cable many times to get the right speed. I tried everything from sewing pin to cleaning alcohol as suggested by other videos, nothing worked becaus I was only cleaning one side of the pin, with your tip of using a plastic cutout i was able to access the other side which has very thin gap. And VOILA!!! it worked instantaneously. I was about to throw my phone away, thank you for saving my money
Was about to replace my port when I found this. 10 minutes later my phone now charges properly. Had to prop the wire on something above the table with the phone on it's face to get any charging this morning, now I can wave it about and it stays charging. Thanks for saving me a lot of time and effort. :)
*PERFECT!* Now my charging cords hold again. I had to use a couple differently shaped "tools" to pull this maneuver off. Thankfully they're easy to make. In my case I noticed that it still isn't quite perfect (I wasn't expecting miracles) so I ordered a new USB charging port for my phone (ebay/$4.53 delivered). But it's perfectly functional again, and now I know what to do. *THANKS!!!!!!!*
I’m 71 years old lady & used a Q-tip, gently going into the USB port then continuing to blow any possible dust out although I visually didn’t see any. Plugged in the usb wired & it worked! So pleased! Thank you sir for your video.
Thank you so so much! I'm having OnePlus 5 and the charging cable got way too loose! I was afraid that I might have to get the charging port changed. Then, I saw this video and cleaned it using a very tiny safety pin. I cleaned it with extreme precautions and moved my hand very firmly and gently. It took about half an hour for me to get all the debris out of the port. With fingers crossed, I plugged the dash cable into the phone's charging port and Voila! It worked!! It immediately made that beep (dash charging) and I got so damn happy after all this hardwork. I just couldn't resist myself from thanking you for this amazing video! Lots of love from India! ♥️ P. S. You just saved me from spending Rs. 1200 ($20). Thank you so much.
JUST did this. My plug was so lose it took some fiddling to get the plug 'just right' for the phone to charge. NOW after cleaning, in engages to the point I can actually dangle the phone by the cord!!! Thanks for the GREAT tip!!!
Oh my goodness, revived my old phone just doing this! That port was so dirty no wonder a cord wouldn't stay plugged in!! Will be sure to remember this! Thanks!
Mine wouldn't plug in properly, sometimes the plug fell out and wouldn't fully charge. Tried this method and cleared out loads of fluff and now it fits like new and charges properly. Thanks for sharing
Holy macaroni! I never thought this would work but gave it a go and voila, my phone is charging again! Such a simple fix, as you pointed out. I didn't have any plastic to hand so used small folded piece of non sticky part of a post it note ie non conductive, folded to make it rigid enough. The little folds acted like small scoop too for finer pieces of lint/dirt. You good sir, are a saint and might I add saving the planet from people having to buy more electrical items they don't really need. I would love to pay you a small thank you on Patreon or similar if you have an account. Thank you very much
Dude! Thank you so very much! I've cleaned out the charge port many a times, but never thought of cleaning out underneath that little tounge in there. Now the charger actually snaps in place like it last did 2 years ago! Thank you and merry christmas!
Worked like a charm. Thank you. I couldn't believe the amount of dirt & link I removed. I used a headlamp to help illuminate the port to be sure I got everything.
"Pocket lint" is the cause of the charge problems mentioned in this video. So, your tablet may have another issue (unless you have been able to somehow carry it in your pocket.)
+Mysimplefix ;( Sadly, it didn't. I could give you all the details of my problem, and the the things that made it still charge, if you want to help me... But please, help me. I really love my tablet, and I wasn't joking when I said my tablet is my only friend. Please sir... I can't afford to lose my tab. :'( Any help would be appreciated. X(
Well, you must keep in mind that the device itself is only one of 3 things that could be causing your charging problem.(device, cable, charge adapter). I am aware that there are some tablets that are known to have charging circuitry issues. BUT, if your charge port in your device is clean, then next, I would try using another charge cable that will fit your device. It must be a good quality one, as cheap ones will not work.
Thank you! Didn't think this would work but gave it a shot and couldn't believe how much dust and fluff came out! Phone has gone from not charging, to fast charging! Thanks again, good luck everyone!
Genius. Thanks for coming up with this custom tool!! Once the grot is loosened it is good to used compressed air to prevent you spitting into the connector if you were to blow with your mouth. The compressed air is much more powerful anyway.
Just watched a video to replace the actual connector on the phone because mine would not stay connected. What I initially thought was a ground connection was a narrow piece of stiff cardboard like material. Making a similar tool, I toggled that piece back and forth a few times and out it came. Thank you so much. Way to easy.
Even if most people know that dust gets stuck in the port and may cause a problem to the connection, this method shed some light on how hard it can be to get it out. I had a problem with my connector as it wouldn't fast charge (only slow charge which takes forever), and I cleaned the port with a small needle (which in hindsight I shouldn't have done at all since the needle is conducting and sharp). However, it didn't really solve the issue. Then I tried this and I managed to remove a lot more dust and grit, which I didn't even know was still there. And now everything works as expected. Thank you!
Warning: This is a great video but bear in mind that if you do this for hours and it doesn't work, it probably means you've got a different problem. Don't get impatient though or you'll break your port, like I just did. I got fed up after a while and used a very thin tweezer (not beauty -- machinists tweezers -- proper ones). Unfortunately by that time I was pissed at Samsung and wiggled too hard, breaking the center tab right off. Now I need a new port. Meanwhile, I had to buy a couple of cheapo spare batteries and an external charger for swapping. Not that big a deal in my case -- low-end phone and I suspect dirt was never the issue, but your phone might be nicer than mine and if it is dirt, this video could save you a lot of money. Just don't lose your temper like I did!
My son works at a dusty factory job. Dirt was impacted into charging port, not dust. Used this method and charge plug now snaps in and works fine. Took a lot of careful scraping around edges but it worked. Thanks!
🙂👍 Glad to hear! My work pants also fill my charge port with debris continuously. I need to clean out my phone's charging port about once every 2 months. The interval will vary depending on what the environment is.
What a perfect tutorial! Precise, detailed, the reasons why are explained, steady camera, highly magnified, well lit- just everything! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your very easy tip! I had problems with charging my mobile phone for quiet a while now and I would have never guessed that it is just dust and a little bit of dirt causing this problem. You helped me very much and kept me from spending too much money for a fix I did in less than 5 minutes :)
I bought a SanDisk iXpand flash drive for my phone but couldn't get it to work. Checked out your video and followed your instructions and removed a massive amount of fluff. Plugged the drive in and lo and behold the flash drive suddenly started working. Amazing. I thought I needed a new lightning connector port. Thanks for this great advice.
Works like charm. I have Zonfone 2 phone. A week ago it suddenly took so long to charging until full, and got worse. I also got trouble to connect my phone to laptop and computers. So I've been suspecting maybe the charging/usb port was the problem, or maybe battery. Luckily I came across this video just when I'm about to go to the mobile phone repair shop. What I did was I used a small needle to clean the port hole, its a lot easier. As you said, there's a thick dust covering the port area. I clean it carefully, then when its done I tried again to charge my phone and it works man. From 15% speed up to 50% just like when its new !!!!! Cannot thank you enough man, you're a lifesaver. THANKS, LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED.
Thank you for this video. My charger plug always stuck out a millimeter or two, even when new, and when it started to fall out, I did try to regularly clean dirt out of the port, by using toothpicks, canned air, waste cardstock, and even a bobby pin or three, but it didn't seem to do very much, so I thought that it was just the port wearing out. Turns out that dirt was just extremely compacted.
Wow! This absolutely worked for me. Pulled enough lint out to knit a sweater for a small child and now the cable fits tight. Also used the tool to clean out my ears and under my fingernails so it has multiple uses. Thanks for the tip!
Thank you so much for this video! I was genuinely prepared to just accept that the micro usb port on my phone was broken and it was time to go buy a new phone, but I found your video and tried this and it worked! I never would have thought that so much fuzz and gunk could build up in a micro usb port to the point where the plug just wouldn't go all the way in. You have made my night and have my thanks as I would have been upset if I lost everything on my phone.
Worked! Thanks a ton. I cleaned my phone over a sheet of white paper just to see what was in there.I gently tapped my phone on it after using the tool, lint & dirt was the culprit
I found the perfect pre-made tool for the the USB cell phone charging port at my local dollar store. Yes it's a tool for something else. What you do to find it is go to the dentil section and look for the package of 90 degree dentil floss holders. When you find the right holders they will have a fold out tooth pick as part of the holder handle. The pick is just the right size and non-conducting to do a good job of cleaning out the USB port. As an added bonus you might find that this 90 floss holders makes flossing your teeth easier too. A little canned air after cleaning helps too. For the USB port not not your teeth. Currently I have a Duraforce Pro that has a sealing cap for the USB port and headphone port that eliminates the dust problem. It's like, why not all. Still using the 90 degree flossers for that other task.
I thought it was a broken port on my phone, after watching the video I tried and got a lot of dust, the phone is now working great. Thank you very much! 😊👍🏻
Amazing. I was about to buy a new S5 charging port to solve my charging problem. I decided to fashion a plastic cleaning tool (from a AA battery pack), and I was up and charging after 3 minutes!!!!!! Thank you so much for your insight!! This cleaning method is extremely easy, applicable to many types of technology, and should always be tried before any drastic actions! Cheers pal!
Thanks for a really useful and simple tutorial mate....couldn't believe the amount of crud that came out of my phone port..now it's working just great 👍👍
Thank you VERY much for this video. I was not looking forward to taking my phone apart and replacing the charging board. This simple procedure saved me a lot of grief!
I just pulled a Piece of plastic out of my power port, I could not believe it. I thought I was pulling on something that was attached to my phone and I thought I was breaking my phone. Nope! It was Quite a big huge Piece of plastic. I cannot believe that just worked. Thanks bro, I appreciate it .
Thanks so much for posting this video you saved me a ton from reporting a claim with cell phone insurance. Shined a light in my phone soon as I did I saw a piece of lent right away. Downing a Starbucks drink right now then will commence with operation. Thanks again!
You don't really need a ruler, you can judge it by your eyes. If you are looking for plastic, please return to the planet Earth, it's full of it, from Mt. Everest to the oceans, rivers, litter bins, streets, roads, fridges, food cupboards, shops, etc. A piece of sandpaper may be necessary in which case I'd advise you never to buy from Earthlings again. Their motto is 'Buy a replacement, don't fix it, you cheapskate!'
This worked on an Apple iPhone lightning port (except there isn't a tab to clean around. I was amazed at the amount of gunk that was in my 4 year old phone's charge port. Thank you Mysimplefix!
Spot on!, worked perfectly for me, I was looking to replace the port and battery at the same time, so now need just the battery replacement, so has saved me £60 or so, i used a piece of thin clear plastic, took a few attempts as the plastic was a bit thin, but was amazed at how much compacted dust came out, and now the cable stays in perfectly, so many thanks for posting this
Thank you sooooooommuch phone was on 4% and I needed to use it this really helped me, my phone didn't have dust in the big area but in the tiny area u mentioned thank you so much.
Worked!! I can't believe it, but this worked!! My phone is now charging and it hasn't done that in a loooooooonnnggg time!!! I've had to charge my battery outside the phone in a seperate charging station on my spare battery. But this is great. Now I can charge the alternate and charge my phone at the same time. Sweet!!! Thank you!!
Imagine working in a phone repairing shop, dead phones, some die on your hands sometimes you revive them, sometimes they die one day your phone stops charging properly imagine not feeling anything, its not sad or provocating at all, its just too old and you can safely accept that. Anyways *I WILL FUCKING REPAIR THIS XPERIA M4 EVEN IF IT WILL COST MORE THAN AN IPHONE 13*
Dude, thank you so much. I thought I had to have my phone repaired and port replaced. I saw your video, I tried it with a needle instead. I gently probed with it in the space around the pins and could feel that there was soft lint inside. I just gently dragged it out and tapped the phone for the rest to come out and I could actually see that the plug was clean afterward. It hooked up nicely to my phone and charged perfectly. Very Cool. Thanks again.
use duster next time tho! Yes, this DOES work. The problem? Air we blow out has moisture i.e saliva that can damage the board in the future. using duster from about 3 inches away, quickly is probably safer.
Wow I was about to go try and get this fixed by this worked after a few minutes of cleaning!! Didn’t work right away but I kept cleaning and blowing and now I am charging my phone without propping it up!! Thank you!!!
have tried with a small tooth pick and compressed air many times before with success but not in December 2017 so have been charging my Samsung S6 with wireless charging ever since. Tried your way now and it actually works! why didn't I see this video earlier :( THANK YOU
My charging port went out a month or two after I purchased my phone and I assumed it had to a hardware issue it being that soon. So I've been using a wireless charger for nearly two years now until about 5 minutes ago when this was in my recommend videos lol. I can't believe a small pieces of dirt had been lodged up and keeping it from charging. Thanks a lot !
Amazing. I have a USB C charger on my phone, and a ziptie I had happened to be the perfect thickness, so I cut I small angle on it and tried this trick and now my phone charges without an issue. Thank you so much, I was so annoyed thinking I'd need to replace the port.
The plastic technique didn't work for me, so I tried this with the pin on my Swiss Army knife. Turns out I needed a harder tool to remove the caked on dust - there was an astonishing amount. Thanks for the great video!
Great and simple fix! Now, I can connect and charge my phone again (USB-C plug). It was not obvious by pure visual inspection, there was so much dust coming out of the connection. Many thanks for your help!!!
Thank you so much! I almost gave up on my android tablet or bought a new USP charger but than I came across your video and find it very easy and fun to do yes my charging port were full of dirt and full with fuzzy cotton balls looking stuff now my tablet is working like brand new the day I bought it from the store thanks a million to you mahalo 🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🇼🇸🇦🇺🇦🇸
+total_loser you must make sure that the tiny gap between the pin row (tab) and the inner wall of the charge socket has been swept down to the very bottom. Any debris in the gap, and the charge plug will never go in all the way, and will as a result, be loose.
+total_loser one must be VERY careful when sweeping to the bottom.. As shown in the video I believe between 3 and 4 minutes or so, that tiny gap must be cleaned to the bottom. I'm suspecting that there may still be debris hiding in that gap.
Just cleaned in using the tool you showed us!! I used a trumpet cleaning brush to get under the pins. And WD 40 to flood dust it out. Best use the electrical cleaner from home depot to flood/force dust out.
This actually worked on a phone I had, unbelievable. I thought I would give it a shot before replacing the charge port on one of my phones (USB C). I shined a light into the charge port and saw a little piece of something like lint, then I just used the corner of an envelope nearby to push it back. I plugged it in and it started charging, wow. This guy was right, I couldn't blow the lint out. I previously thought it was loose and tried adding paper shims to the plug, you would think the plug would be distorted and ruined from that alone, but here I am charging my phone now because I pushed a little lint out of the way. 👍 Right on dude. You just saved me $10 for a charge board in addition to work time for the charge port lol
Can you pleasa help me? The end of my charger which you put in the charger port, needs to be turned left or right to charge my phone, can you please tell me what causes this and how i can fix this? 😓
Bro, thankyou very much bro i bought sony xperia xzs, then the owner said charger pin was the issue, i saw ur video then i try, then boom its working!! Im about to buy a new charger board, it coast $150 dollars, now i save the money for my family during this trying times, bro thankyou very much! I wish your safety and also for your family bro thankyou very muchhh!!!!!
I watched this, mine didn't look dusty and I'm lazy so I just blew inside of it and plugged it in and it worked. Luckily I didn't have to go find my scissors. Thank you, I really don't want to buy another phone. I've had this one almost 4 years and I fear change.
I didn't think this would work in a million years, just tried it on my son's tablet that wasn't charging. I used the back of a flosser, same concept. But it worked like a charm.
I see that you mention a "standard fork" at 2:07 Is this the standard determined by the International Council of Forks (ICF) in 1968? Or it it the lesser used "standard fork" determined by the Forks United Council of Kazakshsan (FUCK) in 69?
Bro u cant believe how much I love u right now, couple years back, I purchased the most top notch playstation wireless stereo headset of it's time, managed to find it in my drawer, charged and used it. I would even say it works much better than most modern headsets nowadays. After using it a couple times, I found it more difficult to charge it, as I would need to play around with the charger just to get it charging, used ur method, works like a charm 🥴
This didn't make make much of a difference for the charger that came with the phone, but I then, on the off-chance, tried the charger from my work phone which has NEVER worked with my personal mobile and, lo and behold, it's now fast charging again which it hasn't been doing for months! I love this phone and it would be with a very heavy heart that I replaced it, so thank you very much! :-)
I have owned a phone for 3 years. Recently this phone started to not charge on any charger without any support to lift it up. With the help of this video, it finally started to charge. Thank you so so much.
i have the SAME exact problem ! let us know please!!!!
+santi gonzalez let u know what?!? he said it worked
3 year old phone.... LEGACY DEVICE.
hehe.
that is such a shitty attitude to have. corporations FEED off those attitudes. The device and the code isn't what's obsolete after 3 years its the branding of the model, and people for some reason believe that they need to upgrade on a yearly basis... Disgusting capitalism. As a writer of code and Computer Science major I can tell you devices usually don't become truly legacy until about a full decade unless technology itself truly surpases it in the case of the iPhone vs the black berry. Just because the new iPhone comes out is it really a new piece of tech or just a fucking software mod in a smaller hunk of plastic?
Rain Verrev this video is lit
These instructions are clear, complete, accurate and well thought-out. Advice on performing the operation successfully is valuable and well explained. Photography is excellent, and the actual debris being visible made the methods very clear for me. This gentleman deserves 1-Million+ views.
Thank you sir.
Tried this on my Samsung Galaxy S7, as the charging cable wouldn't correctly locate. Got some debris out of the socket but the cable was still not engaging. Looking at it under my wife's sewing lamp/magnifier I could see a wodge of pocket lint in front of the pins. The plastic was too flexy to get hold of it, so after powering down my phone, I loosened it with a needle and then cleared it out with the plastic hook. And now it charges! Great tip!
+Ken Long great!
Plastic dentil pick on the dollar store 90 degree dentil Foss holders is safer. With your wife's nail sander you can shape the pick to get at that last nasty piece of lint. Canned air with that tube attachment helps too. Remember some of those leads are hot, so you are lucky nothing shorted with the needle.
@@mysimplefix hi, thank you for the video I wouldn't be surprised if I do have some dirt in my phone. I've had it for a year. Anyhow, my three-year-old has tripped over my charger and pulled it from my phone a few times. Anything one can do in this situation?
Ken Long u said a whole life story my guy
I have the same phone and I'm gonna try this. Hope my charger is snug again!
This fixed my husband's phone. He carries his in his pocket at work and he had given up on it and was looking to buy a new phone and i just came over to youtube and searched for the port problem. your video saved us money and i thankyou very much! we don't realize how important it is to keep that rubber cover on our charge port when not charging. i will never remove one again!
Thank you. You just saved me $400. I've had my phone for 5 years and love it! I still have my original battery that holds an amazing charge - 2 days with light use and a full day with heavy use. My apps, widgets, and programs sync me to home devices and my work device, and I've never had an issue with this phone. Lately, the charger kept slipping out, or when charging - it kept blinking in and out of charge mode. One day it took me an hour to jiggle the cable to just the right position in the port to get a charge. Frustrated and realizing my time was more valuable that $400 for a new phone, I begin the tedious search for another phone when I decided why not try to repair my phone myself. I had nothing to lose if I damaged it as it was already a goner in my opinion. I ran across your 3 videos on cleaning charging ports and another video specifying how to use alcohol, too. Even though I religiously use an Otterbox to protect my phone and the port has always been protected, 5 years of use has allowed some dust to sneak in and accumulate. I didn't see any dust/lint with my magnifying glass, but once I cleaned the port with alcohol and used your cleaning method, I was shocked at the quantity of small dust particles that had accumulated and were now falling out with each gentle scrape. I also gently scraped the prongs to remove any kind of build up or corrosion. Ready to test my fate, I plugged in the charger expecting, well - nothing to happen, and to my delighted surprise - I heard that beautiful chirp and saw the blue light signifying it was CHARGING! Again, thank you. *subbed*
I had a bit of fuzz, but it still feels loose. Afraid to scrape too hard. What videos uses the alcohol specifically? I think the removal of fuzz helped a little, but still not brand new or even gently/moderately used status yet.
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I'd been staring at the 4 year accumulation of pocket lint clogging the USB jack of my Nexus 5 for a while now, wondering how I was going to get it out without damaging the jack. Having the wireless charger made the problem somewhat less acute, but not being able to use the USB caused problems on long road trips. I just spent a good 30 minutes clearing it out after making a tool like the one shown in your video, and now it's 100% again. Thanks so much for sharing your technique.
+vibrolax I'm glad it helped you.
Thank you!!! After mining the port for an incredible amount of debris, the charging plug would still pop out on my Samsung Galaxy S4. I modified the tip of the cleaner with a razor to obtain the needle point configuration in your original demo. This cleaned out twice what I pulled out. The charging plug snapped in like brand new. I made the length of the tool a bit longer, crimped a 90 degree tab about the width of the phone, and slid the tool - with the tab covering the charge port- between the back protective cover and the phone. Keeps the fuzz out and makes a quickly available cleaner.
Very good! Thanks for posting!
i want to let you know that this video has been extremely helpful to me. I had to adjust my charging cable many times to get the right speed. I tried everything from sewing pin to cleaning alcohol as suggested by other videos, nothing worked
becaus I was only cleaning one side of the pin, with your tip of using a plastic cutout i was able to access the other side which has very thin gap. And VOILA!!! it worked instantaneously.
I was about to throw my phone away, thank you for saving my money
Was about to replace my port when I found this. 10 minutes later my phone now charges properly. Had to prop the wire on something above the table with the phone on it's face to get any charging this morning, now I can wave it about and it stays charging. Thanks for saving me a lot of time and effort. :)
*PERFECT!* Now my charging cords hold again. I had to use a couple differently shaped "tools" to pull this maneuver off. Thankfully they're easy to make.
In my case I noticed that it still isn't quite perfect (I wasn't expecting miracles) so I ordered a new USB charging port for my phone (ebay/$4.53 delivered).
But it's perfectly functional again, and now I know what to do. *THANKS!!!!!!!*
omg when he took out the dirt from the phone it looked so satisfying thooo
So satisfying like removing bellybutton fluff and giving it a good sniff after.
hmartinspliff OH GOD PLS DONT SAY IT ;-;
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true
hmartinspliff No joke
I’m 71 years old lady & used a Q-tip, gently going into the USB port then continuing to blow any possible dust out although I visually didn’t see any. Plugged in the usb wired & it worked! So pleased! Thank you sir for your video.
PS used this method on sharper image Cool Blaster. Now it works.
Thank you so so much!
I'm having OnePlus 5 and the charging cable got way too loose! I was afraid that I might have to get the charging port changed. Then, I saw this video and cleaned it using a very tiny safety pin. I cleaned it with extreme precautions and moved my hand very firmly and gently. It took about half an hour for me to get all the debris out of the port. With fingers crossed, I plugged the dash cable into the phone's charging port and Voila! It worked!! It immediately made that beep (dash charging) and I got so damn happy after all this hardwork.
I just couldn't resist myself from thanking you for this amazing video!
Lots of love from India! ♥️
P. S. You just saved me from spending Rs. 1200 ($20).
Thank you so much.
JUST did this. My plug was so lose it took some fiddling to get the plug 'just right' for the phone to charge.
NOW after cleaning, in engages to the point I can actually dangle the phone by the cord!!! Thanks for the GREAT tip!!!
5%left, my final minutes guys.. See you in the afterlife😭
@@mariashylashahdad man stfu lmao y u so rude
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Oh my goodness, revived my old phone just doing this! That port was so dirty no wonder a cord wouldn't stay plugged in!! Will be sure to remember this! Thanks!
Mine wouldn't plug in properly, sometimes the plug fell out and wouldn't fully charge. Tried this method and cleared out loads of fluff and now it fits like new and charges properly. Thanks for sharing
Holy macaroni! I never thought this would work but gave it a go and voila, my phone is charging again! Such a simple fix, as you pointed out. I didn't have any plastic to hand so used small folded piece of non sticky part of a post it note ie non conductive, folded to make it rigid enough. The little folds acted like small scoop too for finer pieces of lint/dirt.
You good sir, are a saint and might I add saving the planet from people having to buy more electrical items they don't really need. I would love to pay you a small thank you on Patreon or similar if you have an account. Thank you very much
Dude! Thank you so very much! I've cleaned out the charge port many a times, but never thought of cleaning out underneath that little tounge in there. Now the charger actually snaps in place like it last did 2 years ago! Thank you and merry christmas!
Worked like a charm. Thank you. I couldn't believe the amount of dirt & link I removed. I used a headlamp to help illuminate the port to be sure I got everything.
I hope this works... My tablet is my only friend. :'(
"Pocket lint" is the cause of the charge problems mentioned in this video. So, your tablet may have another issue (unless you have been able to somehow carry it in your pocket.)
+Mysimplefix I do carry it on my bag. And it somehow gets dusty... :/
+Blazeo Kun oh yes, ok then. Hopefully this does help you then!
+Mysimplefix ;( Sadly, it didn't. I could give you all the details of my problem, and the the things that made it still charge, if you want to help me... But please, help me. I really love my tablet, and I wasn't joking when I said my tablet is my only friend. Please sir... I can't afford to lose my tab. :'( Any help would be appreciated. X(
Well, you must keep in mind that the device itself is only one of 3 things that could be causing your charging problem.(device, cable, charge adapter). I am aware that there are some tablets that are known to have charging circuitry issues. BUT, if your charge port in your device is clean, then next, I would try using another charge cable that will fit your device. It must be a good quality one, as cheap ones will not work.
"The size is not critical but the thickness is."
I've been telling my wife this exact thing for many years now :P
lmao +1
That's what she said
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CouchMan heard that somewhere b4!
Thank you! Didn't think this would work but gave it a shot and couldn't believe how much dust and fluff came out! Phone has gone from not charging, to fast charging! Thanks again, good luck everyone!
Genius.
Thanks for coming up with this custom tool!!
Once the grot is loosened it is good to used compressed air to prevent you spitting into the connector if you were to blow with your mouth. The compressed air is much more powerful anyway.
Just watched a video to replace the actual connector on the phone because mine would not stay connected. What I initially thought was a ground connection was a narrow piece of stiff cardboard like material. Making a similar tool, I toggled that piece back and forth a few times and out it came.
Thank you so much. Way to easy.
I can't believe this worked, I'm actually holding my phone and charging it at the same time. Thanks so much!
Even if most people know that dust gets stuck in the port and may cause a problem to the connection, this method shed some light on how hard it can be to get it out.
I had a problem with my connector as it wouldn't fast charge (only slow charge which takes forever), and I cleaned the port with a small needle (which in hindsight I shouldn't have done at all since the needle is conducting and sharp). However, it didn't really solve the issue. Then I tried this and I managed to remove a lot more dust and grit, which I didn't even know was still there. And now everything works as expected. Thank you!
Warning: This is a great video but bear in mind that if you do this for hours and it doesn't work, it probably means you've got a different problem. Don't get impatient though or you'll break your port, like I just did. I got fed up after a while and used a very thin tweezer (not beauty -- machinists tweezers -- proper ones). Unfortunately by that time I was pissed at Samsung and wiggled too hard, breaking the center tab right off. Now I need a new port. Meanwhile, I had to buy a couple of cheapo spare batteries and an external charger for swapping. Not that big a deal in my case -- low-end phone and I suspect dirt was never the issue, but your phone might be nicer than mine and if it is dirt, this video could save you a lot of money. Just don't lose your temper like I did!
My son works at a dusty factory job. Dirt was impacted into charging port, not dust. Used this method and charge plug now snaps in and works fine. Took a lot of careful scraping around edges but it worked. Thanks!
🙂👍 Glad to hear! My work pants also fill my charge port with debris continuously. I need to clean out my phone's charging port about once every 2 months. The interval will vary depending on what the environment is.
What a perfect tutorial! Precise, detailed, the reasons why are explained, steady camera, highly magnified, well lit- just everything! Thank you so much!
Once I cleaned my charge port immediately was fitting tighter and wasn't falling out. Immediately started charging. Thumbs up.
Thank you so much for your very easy tip! I had problems with charging my mobile phone for quiet a while now and I would have never guessed that it is just dust and a little bit of dirt causing this problem. You helped me very much and kept me from spending too much money for a fix I did in less than 5 minutes :)
I bought a SanDisk iXpand flash drive for my phone but couldn't get it to work. Checked out your video and followed your instructions and removed a massive amount of fluff. Plugged the drive in and lo and behold the flash drive suddenly started working. Amazing. I thought I needed a new lightning connector port. Thanks for this great advice.
Brilliantly simple & effective! Many thanks! Frustrating problem solved!
Works like charm. I have Zonfone 2 phone. A week ago it suddenly took so long to charging until full, and got worse. I also got trouble to connect my phone to laptop and computers. So I've been suspecting maybe the charging/usb port was the problem, or maybe battery. Luckily I came across this video just when I'm about to go to the mobile phone repair shop. What I did was I used a small needle to clean the port hole, its a lot easier. As you said, there's a thick dust covering the port area. I clean it carefully, then when its done I tried again to charge my phone and it works man. From 15% speed up to 50% just like when its new !!!!! Cannot thank you enough man, you're a lifesaver. THANKS, LIKED AND SUBSCRIBED.
OMG!! Thank you, thank you, thank you, a million times thank you! I almost bought a new phone but this completely fixed the problem.
Thank you it works!! My phone would not charge all day; I thought I had to buy a new phone. Thank you for sharing ! God bless and be safe.🙏🏿
Thank you for this video.
My charger plug always stuck out a millimeter or two, even when new, and when it started to fall out, I did try to regularly clean dirt out of the port, by using toothpicks, canned air, waste cardstock, and even a bobby pin or three, but it didn't seem to do very much, so I thought that it was just the port wearing out.
Turns out that dirt was just extremely compacted.
Wow! This absolutely worked for me. Pulled enough lint out to knit a sweater for a small child and now the cable fits tight. Also used the tool to clean out my ears and under my fingernails so it has multiple uses. Thanks for the tip!
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Worked for me! Thanks a lot. Much easier than disassembling and replcing the USB flex
Thank you so much for this video! I was genuinely prepared to just accept that the micro usb port on my phone was broken and it was time to go buy a new phone, but I found your video and tried this and it worked! I never would have thought that so much fuzz and gunk could build up in a micro usb port to the point where the plug just wouldn't go all the way in. You have made my night and have my thanks as I would have been upset if I lost everything on my phone.
@Dylan Cornell You can go to a shop to change its charging port i changed my charging port 7x already
I honestly feel very idiot for not realizing this solution on my own. Thank you very much sir for saving me another $400.
Same here lol..
400$ on what? New original USB port is about 7$
@@Mateusz-ci1dl I get mine from dollar tree lmao
Thank you very much. I just cleaned out my charging port and it's working great. I've been dealing with this for months. God bless you.
I'm glad to help you. Thank you for posting.
seems to be effective only if the charging port is not clean enough.
No shit
Worked! Thanks a ton. I cleaned my phone over a sheet of white paper just to see what was in there.I gently tapped my phone on it after using the tool, lint & dirt was the culprit
I found the perfect pre-made tool for the the USB cell phone charging port at my local dollar store. Yes it's a tool for something else. What you do to find it is go to the dentil section and look for the package of 90 degree dentil floss holders. When you find the right holders they will have a fold out tooth pick as part of the holder handle. The pick is just the right size and non-conducting to do a good job of cleaning out the USB port. As an added bonus you might find that this 90 floss holders makes flossing your teeth easier too. A little canned air after cleaning helps too. For the USB port not not your teeth.
Currently I have a Duraforce Pro that has a sealing cap for the USB port and headphone port that eliminates the dust problem. It's like, why not all. Still using the 90 degree flossers for that other task.
I thought it was a broken port on my phone, after watching the video I tried and got a lot of dust, the phone is now working great. Thank you very much! 😊👍🏻
I'm on 0 percent for some reason and still going strong I apoli
Loool😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that was funny!!!:))))) Keep going strong my bro!!!!!;)))
Tho your last word tell , your phone's dead
2 2 did the vid work out
Haha very funny. Your phone hits post before it dies? That could be handy
i know whats happening 😂😂 its staying at the same percentage thats good cuz ur gonna stay alive forever tbhhh
Amazing. I was about to buy a new S5 charging port to solve my charging problem. I decided to fashion a plastic cleaning tool (from a AA battery pack), and I was up and charging after 3 minutes!!!!!! Thank you so much for your insight!!
This cleaning method is extremely easy, applicable to many types of technology, and should always be tried before any drastic actions! Cheers pal!
Thanks for a really useful and simple tutorial mate....couldn't believe the amount of crud that came out of my phone port..now it's working just great 👍👍
Thank you VERY much for this video. I was not looking forward to taking my phone apart and replacing the charging board. This simple procedure saved me a lot of grief!
I just pulled a Piece of plastic out of my power port, I could not believe it. I thought I was pulling on something that was attached to my phone and I thought I was breaking my phone. Nope! It was Quite a big huge Piece of plastic. I cannot believe that just worked. Thanks bro, I appreciate it .
Thanks so much for posting this video you saved me a ton from reporting a claim with cell phone insurance. Shined a light in my phone soon as I did I saw a piece of lent right away. Downing a Starbucks drink right now then will commence with operation. Thanks again!
"All you'll need is a pair of scissors" proceeds to show Ruler, thin plastic, etc
To cut the plastic...
You don't really need a ruler, you can judge it by your eyes.
If you are looking for plastic, please return to the planet Earth, it's full of it, from Mt. Everest to the oceans, rivers, litter bins, streets, roads, fridges, food cupboards, shops, etc.
A piece of sandpaper may be necessary in which case I'd advise you never to buy from Earthlings again. Their motto is 'Buy a replacement, don't fix it, you cheapskate!'
lmao ruler
This worked on an Apple iPhone lightning port (except there isn't a tab to clean around. I was amazed at the amount of gunk that was in my 4 year old phone's charge port. Thank you Mysimplefix!
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Spot on!, worked perfectly for me, I was looking to replace the port and battery at the same time, so now need just the battery replacement, so has saved me £60 or so, i used a piece of thin clear plastic, took a few attempts as the plastic was a bit thin, but was amazed at how much compacted dust came out, and now the cable stays in perfectly, so many thanks for posting this
Thank you sooooooommuch phone was on 4% and I needed to use it this really helped me, my phone didn't have dust in the big area but in the tiny area u mentioned thank you so much.
My phone was only 1 month old so I was so worried.
That's great! I'm glad this helped you.
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Worked!! I can't believe it, but this worked!! My phone is now charging and it hasn't done that in a loooooooonnnggg time!!! I've had to charge my battery outside the phone in a seperate charging station on my spare battery. But this is great. Now I can charge the alternate and charge my phone at the same time. Sweet!!! Thank you!!
You have a big Polynesian friend now in hawaii. 😀😂😆
Mahalo and aloha
Man you're a genius! It worked for my Huawei Nova 4! I thought it was broken and had to repair it. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Mexico!
This is the end. It's been nice having this phone. Goodbye.
Imagine working in a phone repairing shop, dead phones, some die on your hands sometimes you revive them, sometimes they die
one day your phone stops charging properly
imagine not feeling anything, its not sad or provocating at all, its just too old and you can safely accept that.
Anyways
*I WILL FUCKING REPAIR THIS XPERIA M4 EVEN IF IT WILL COST MORE THAN AN IPHONE 13*
Dude, thank you so much. I thought I had to have my phone repaired and port replaced. I saw your video, I tried it with a needle instead. I gently probed with it in the space around the pins and could feel that there was soft lint inside. I just gently dragged it out and tapped the phone for the rest to come out and I could actually see that the plug was clean afterward. It hooked up nicely to my phone and charged perfectly. Very Cool. Thanks again.
I just blew in mine really hard and it worked
that's so fucking rude dude... you don't know her, or how old she is... disgusting and rude.
use duster next time tho! Yes, this DOES work. The problem? Air we blow out has moisture i.e saliva that can damage the board in the future. using duster from about 3 inches away, quickly is probably safer.
J'mar DDM Canned air will mess it up too
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Vayne Solidor whats wrong with cod, it is back to its glory
Wow I was about to go try and get this fixed by this worked after a few minutes of cleaning!! Didn’t work right away but I kept cleaning and blowing and now I am charging my phone without propping it up!! Thank you!!!
Destroyed my phone Jack in lockdown the most depressing thing 😶
Sorry bro
Atleast you hp speaker still working....right?
Same
Same bro and no shops are open during lockdown
Depression lvl extreme
have tried with a small tooth pick and compressed air many times before with success but not in December 2017 so have been charging my Samsung S6 with wireless charging ever since.
Tried your way now and it actually works! why didn't I see this video earlier :(
THANK YOU
"for those of you in the metric world" you mean: "for those of you, outside of Liberia, Myanmar and the US".
Cry harder.
Lol
My charging port went out a month or two after I purchased my phone and I assumed it had to a hardware issue it being that soon. So I've been using a wireless charger for nearly two years now until about 5 minutes ago when this was in my recommend videos lol. I can't believe a small pieces of dirt had been lodged up and keeping it from charging. Thanks a lot !
Worked for me, thank you so much! *subbed*
Thanks!
Amazing.
I have a USB C charger on my phone, and a ziptie I had happened to be the perfect thickness, so I cut I small angle on it and tried this trick and now my phone charges without an issue. Thank you so much, I was so annoyed thinking I'd need to replace the port.
I don't have dirt in it. It's just loose plugging in. Falls out. How do I fix that?
I didn't think I had dirt in mine, either. I did what he said and the lint was rolling out of there.
Same:/ I have no dirt
The plastic technique didn't work for me, so I tried this with the pin on my Swiss Army knife. Turns out I needed a harder tool to remove the caked on dust - there was an astonishing amount. Thanks for the great video!
Excellent video, explained very well.
Thank you!
Great and simple fix! Now, I can connect and charge my phone again (USB-C plug). It was not obvious by pure visual inspection, there was so much dust coming out of the connection.
Many thanks for your help!!!
Glad this helps you!🙂
@@mysimplefix 👍
yess it works thank you very much.
i just blow it and done it works ! :)
thank you very much :D 1000X
Thank you so much! I almost gave up on my android tablet or bought a new USP charger but than I came across your video and find it very easy and fun to do yes my charging port were full of dirt and full with fuzzy cotton balls looking stuff now my tablet is working like brand new the day I bought it from the store thanks a million to you mahalo 🤘🏿🤘🏿🤘🏿🇼🇸🇦🇺🇦🇸
what if it's still loose even after I've removed the dust?
+total_loser you must make sure that the tiny gap between the pin row (tab) and the inner wall of the charge socket has been swept down to the very bottom. Any debris in the gap, and the charge plug will never go in all the way, and will as a result, be loose.
+Mysimplefix I made sure I got it all but it's still very loose. :(
+total_loser try the charge cord end in another device that's the same fit. Is it also loose, or is it firm?
+Mysimplefix It's firm in the other device.
+total_loser one must be VERY careful when sweeping to the bottom.. As shown in the video I believe between 3 and 4 minutes or so, that tiny gap must be cleaned to the bottom. I'm suspecting that there may still be debris hiding in that gap.
Just cleaned in using the tool you showed us!! I used a trumpet cleaning brush to get under the pins. And WD 40 to flood dust it out. Best use the electrical cleaner from home depot to flood/force dust out.
He made it sound so simple, then made it complicated
This actually worked on a phone I had, unbelievable. I thought I would give it a shot before replacing the charge port on one of my phones (USB C). I shined a light into the charge port and saw a little piece of something like lint, then I just used the corner of an envelope nearby to push it back. I plugged it in and it started charging, wow. This guy was right, I couldn't blow the lint out. I previously thought it was loose and tried adding paper shims to the plug, you would think the plug would be distorted and ruined from that alone, but here I am charging my phone now because I pushed a little lint out of the way. 👍 Right on dude. You just saved me $10 for a charge board in addition to work time for the charge port lol
Can you pleasa help me? The end of my charger which you put in the charger port, needs to be turned left or right to charge my phone, can you please tell me what causes this and how i can fix this? 😓
Same
It means you need a new charger. There is a short in the wire.
@@theatomicjelly9334 need a new charger
I thought my charging port was damaged, but I tried cleaning it and it works perfectly fine. Thank you so much and pardon my English.
i have the same problem.......
but no dust hellllppp 4℅ 😩😢😢😢
looks like you have 0% now
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You Probably got your Phone replaced by Now. lol
I know~
Bro, thankyou very much bro i bought sony xperia xzs, then the owner said charger pin was the issue, i saw ur video then i try, then boom its working!! Im about to buy a new charger board, it coast $150 dollars, now i save the money for my family during this trying times, bro thankyou very much! I wish your safety and also for your family bro thankyou very muchhh!!!!!
It f ing worked i cannot believe i saved money
I watched this, mine didn't look dusty and I'm lazy so I just blew inside of it and plugged it in and it worked. Luckily I didn't have to go find my scissors. Thank you, I really don't want to buy another phone. I've had this one almost 4 years and I fear change.
I just sucked the dust using a straw and it works lol
What a great idea!
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My mainstay always finishes listening to the tutorial...from Indonesia is here
"For those of you in the metric world" that is the rest of the world outside of the USA. :)
I didn't think this would work in a million years, just tried it on my son's tablet that wasn't charging. I used the back of a flosser, same concept. But it worked like a charm.
I see that you mention a "standard fork" at 2:07 Is this the standard determined by the International Council of Forks (ICF) in 1968? Or it it the lesser used "standard fork" determined by the Forks United Council of Kazakshsan (FUCK) in 69?
This video will resolve any fork confusion you may have.
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Bro u cant believe how much I love u right now, couple years back, I purchased the most top notch playstation wireless stereo headset of it's time, managed to find it in my drawer, charged and used it. I would even say it works much better than most modern headsets nowadays.
After using it a couple times, I found it more difficult to charge it, as I would need to play around with the charger just to get it charging, used ur method, works like a charm 🥴
This video so old it makes my phone battery die quickly.
Lol
This didn't make make much of a difference for the charger that came with the phone, but I then, on the off-chance, tried the charger from my work phone which has NEVER worked with my personal mobile and, lo and behold, it's now fast charging again which it hasn't been doing for months! I love this phone and it would be with a very heavy heart that I replaced it, so thank you very much! :-)
Couldn't you just use a sewing needle, or plastic toothpick?.....why go thru all that extra stuff....
Using metal can short out the pins...risky..use plastic toothpick or small dental brush is probably a better option.. good luck!
@@carlaballou5743 as im jamming a hair pin in there.. omg total noob move. oop.
sooperlikesonic switching of phone may be useful while using metals. Still better use use something non conducting..
OM goodness, sir. You are a legend! Had to comment 7 years after cause I bumped into your video and this literally fixed my phone. woah
My phone only charges when I push down on the charging cable
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I thought I broke my charge dock, but you saved my life sir!!!