Comment on YSK before you buy a replacement for your cellphone that has stopped charging, buy the $10 cleaning kits and spend the time deep cleaning the phone's charging port.

nathanjent@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• hesdeadjim@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I came into the comments to say this. I keep one in my drawer, trimmed down a bit so it can go all the way around inside a usb-c port. They’re perfect since they’re very narrow and since they are soft you won’t damage the port.

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• Kaerkob@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I came here to say this. I bought a cleaning kit but all the tools were too thick. The plastic dental pick was perfect. I used a drop of 90% rubbing alcohol to loosen the lint first.

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• BanMe@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I can only get a bent staple into the USB-C port on mine, which makes me nervous but does the job. Will have to see if a pick works.

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  • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Lol you just saying that made me nervous. Using a staple would make it easy to accidentally break a contact off entirely, and I’m not sure if there are any consequences for shorting any of the USB pins to each other. Even a twist tie would be better, since it has another material to do the rubbing and the metal is less stiff than a staple.

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