Clean your phone charge port 

Holy crap. For years I've been putting my phone in weird angles and spots to get them to charge. I never thought it would be like a belly button, collecting lint. I cut a bread bag tag to a point and cleaned out enough lint to make a sweater. No more problems. Thanks dude.

Dude, Thank you so much. I have had to purchase multiple charging cables to solve this particular problem for a few months now. i Cut out the top of a plastic bag into what you suggested and carefully got all the dirt out. blew some wind on it, connected it to my charging cable. Boom. No more issues having to wiggle the cable anymore. I rely on my phone for my job/communication and you good sir have been such a help.

You are a life saver! Was about to go to the extreme of replacing the charging port myself, but watched this video first and removed the dust that had been sitting there for over a year. Cable went all the way in flush, and was able to connect to laptop to share files.

This is why all new phones should have fast wireless charging.

Your voice is so soothing to me.

dude my phone was literally like that for a year xD i did it with a wooden tooth stick. i bought a new cable because i thought that was the problem. but today i was about to get the charging port changed and now some how i found this lovely video/tutorial... thanks man!!!!!!!

So much anger just left my body, thank you kind sir.

The plastic makeshift tool is a great solution, thank you. Compressed air alone simply doesn't have enough force to scrape out packed-in gunk, and metal tools are too harsh and possibly conductive. I used a bit cut from a coffee cup lid. It didn't completely fix the problem, but I'm sure I'll get a lot more life out of my phone. [edit] LIke you, I did follow up with a straight pin and it made a huge difference. That gunk really gets wedged in there, especially in the corners on each end, and physically blocks the connector from engaging. It's not a tiny bit of dust.

Thank you for your advice on cleaning the charging port. Using a small piece of plastic from an empty milk carton worked effectively. About 5-10 minutes of cleaning was required. I thought the charge port was defective and would have to be repaired - but cleaning resolved the problem. Thanks!

What a genuinely happy fellow. Thanks for the video

OMG!!! I cannot believe this was all I had to do! I literally went nuts trying to figure this out. I was so happy I found your video. You saved my life! I have raved about your video so much that my wife thinks I've got a problem. Thank you!!

RU-vid The gift that keeps on giving. Fixed my phone myself. You are never too old to become a tech wizard. Thanks you sincerely.

This worked like a charm, breathing new life on an old phone. Thanks for the tip!!

Thanks very much for making this help video. I have a Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 and my fast charging stopped about a week ago. Today my phone wouldn't charge at all. I found your video; grabbed an old toothbrush and went to town on the port. I couldn't believe how much debris I got out. And now my Fast charging works like a charm. Brilliant! Cheers from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Also, all cords are not created equal. That was my issue. Cheap cords, poor connectors are everywhere nowadays.

I thought it was a problem with my phone and I'd need to get a new one. I almost bought a new charger until I searched and found your video. I am so grateful you made this video. Now my charger works once more! I didn't seem to get any lint or anything out of my phone, but it may have just been tiny flecks hindering charging. Thank you so much!

GUM brand dental picks have a soft rubber brush like end, they do a great job of cleaning charge ports, especially when used in conjunction with electronic spray or "tech" spray

The crux of this, as you said, is that you have to take a bit of time with it. Just when I thought I had fully cleaned it out (with a plastic toothpick) I came across more dirt at the 'ends' of the port. All connectors are now seating properly. Many thanks, you've saved me €45 for a new charging port.

Dayum my phone even stopped displaying the slow charging message thanks man!

It worked!! You sir are a life saver. Somebody give this man a medal

the dirt that came out of my phone could make a man go blind. damn. worked for me up up up

you know what.. this saved my life in China.. I lost contact with all of my friends.. no communication app would work without phone..I really needed my phone and in desperate search I found your video. I mean I watched many other before but I was afraid to damage my phone permanently, and therefore, I was afraid to use needle...... but your little 'cheating' gave me confidence to push a little harder.. and finally my iPhone is charging now. Love you man!!!!!!

Cheers worked a treat. Thought I was going to have to get the USB port replaced and I'm only on minimum wage! Here's something I thought to stop this happening i.e.simply cover the port hole with a bit of electricians tape to stop dirt getting in.

I have this iphone since 2017 and one month ago the charger stopped working. I changed like 6 or seven chargers.. all of them(all new) stopped working after a few days and recently after only a few hours . I started to look online for solutions and saw your video. The charging port had indeed some lint inside.. i cleaned it and now works just fine. Thank you very much!

Omg thank you for making this video i have been going crazy over this issue for weeks panicking that i may need a repair. When all it needed was a good clean. Your awesome

100 videos pop up and YOURS is the one that solves it. Thank you my man

The needle and an air spray is what helped get the lint out, after months of having this problem, thanks for the advice! Blessings.

Thanks for this, should have been able to figure this out on my own but oh well haha. You have a very pleasant voice by the way :)

I did your method of cleaning (with a toothpick, not a needle) and it worked perfectly. Sooo much dirt came out of that little port. Now my phone keeps connected no matter how much I move it around. Thank you!

God damn I feel like an idiot spending so much time thinking which phone to get next, when it took only 5 minutes to solve the charging problem.

You are my hero! For the past few months I would have to play that game to get it to charge and then a couple weeks ago it stopped charging completely unless I played with the cord forever. I tried so many other things, compressed air, a toothpick, even got a new charger, and none of it worked. I could still see the dirt and dust in there preventing it from charging. But after your video, I spent like 10 minutes with a cut piece of plastic and fished out two giant pieces of lint and for the first time in a long time, my phone started charging right away when I first plugged it in.

thank you so much, im trying this tomorrow, I have this exact problem and when it charges it charges super slowly

Thanks for the advice. I had an idea and took a wooden toothpick and whittled down enough of the fat part with an exacto knife towards the tip to fit down inside the charging port. I cleaned out a lot of lint and bam good as new

Thanks so much for making this video, I thought my phone was totaled and I would have to buy a new one. It just wasn't charging at all. Instead of plastic I used a soft wood toothpick to clean out the plug, both on the phone and on the charger. The phone is now charging again. Thanks so much!

Thanks!! Just using plastic and re cutting the point as it bent worked just fine for me. Industrial construction took a real toll on my port and works perfect now

Plastic tooth floss end.....

Legend, my P20 Pro's port has not been exactly welcoming to be charged. I haven't had supercharging for ages, it's been a struggle to keep phone charged. Saw this video and it was perfect, cleaned the port out and now I have supercharging back! Thank you.

You are a genius. My problem solved after watching your video, timeline@ 2:11. Thanks

Huge shout out to you for helping me out! I dropped my phone at Kings Island, and it wouldn't charge anymore, so I thought I ended up breaking something internally. Time went on as I tried to charge my phone, and it refused to charge. It would constantly stay at 0% and would flash a red plug at me, turn green for a split second, charge for half a second, turn on the phone, shut-off and repeat. I've heard Google Pixel 2 XL's have had charging issues, and I've tried all of their troubleshooting guides, but nothing seemed to work. Then, I searched up my issues on RU-vid, found you, spent 20 minutes cleaning out my charger port (Even though the charger would go in securely) and it starts to charge flawlessly. I never knew something as easy as this would help, even though the issues I was having seemed to be more than just dirt and lint in my charger port. Anyways, I can't thank you enough!

you saved me like $50+ dollars thank you!!!

At last someone who can actually explain what to do with the port. The others are a waste of time so make sure you check this guy out. Cheers Mate. Great video.

Doar not use a metal needle. IT Will scrach the gold of the charghing pins.

Just saved me £40 as I thought my phone needed a new charging port. YOU SIR ARE A LEGEND

if you are at Asia maybe you can use a wooden toothpick or if you have a victorinox multi tool you are highly likely to have a plastic toothpick should be able to do the job :)

For God's Sake, I just had my 2nd Samsung S8, with the exact same problem. I was so proud of the brand so far, until this happened to my second device of the same brand and make, and I thought it really is the make. I have tried the plastic bottle trick and it literally worked. I had so much dust in there. After I have carefully cleaned it up, it started charging properly at the first insert. Thank you so much mate, this really was of big help!!!

Doesn't using a compressed air keyboard cleaner after the picking around in there make sense too? Just wondering......... :)

Wow, I didn't really think this was going to work, but I used a cable tie as shown in the video, tapped the phone to let anything drop out, blew into it a few times, plugged in the charger and shazam, it works! I didn't see anything come out, no fuzz or bits or anything. But I 'm not complaining. Thanks, Gadget Addict.

awesome!! thank you so much :-)

Dude this was amazing, my phone had stopped charging entirely and out of sheer anger I started to find solutions and yours was the first one that worked. No only did my phone started to charge again but it also began the "dash charge" which I hadn't seen my phone do in a long long time. Thanks a ton.

I have an LGG5 and my port is VERY loose, is that perhaps the same problem?

I never would have imagined dust, dirt, fuzz, lint would be the reason for my phone suddenly not charging - so thanks for this illuminating info. However, I thought why not try using the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner - and it worked for me in seconds.

Yeah I just damaged my cellphone.

This is exactly what was wrong with my port. I used a plastic flossing stick that is made of firm plastic - one end holds the floss, the other end has a shart point on it. I thought for certain that I would either need to tear apart my phone (probably wrecking it in the process) or just buy yet another phone. Thank you for this great tip.

Is it a good or a bad idea to vacuum it?

Thanks for sharing. Worked perfectly for me. I've had dirt and dust and lint in my charging port for over a year, thought my charging port was loose and defective. This solved the problem in 5 minutes. Thanks again!

Very pleasant explanation 👍great accent

this seems like a really obvious solution, but the tool you use to clean it makes a world of difference.

or you could wash it out with rubbing alcohol as it wont damage anythink

This has been an ongoing issue for months now. Glad I found this video before looking to replace my phone

OM MA GOD THANK YOU SO MUCH I LOVE YOU YOU SAVED MY PHONE 😂😂

Worked for me. Galaxy s8 active. Had lost my fast charging for about 7 months. Was a real pain. I used a plastic fork and broke off one of the prongs. Shaved it with scissors to make it sharper. Thank you !

I used a piece of a paper plate and it worked too!

I had tried to check for lint with a flashlight, I tried blowing compressed air and no results. The plastic was a great tip! I couldn't see any debris or lint but after abit of scraping with the plastic i was able to remove a fair bit of debris. Now I get a clean connection in the port.

i have 1 problem for some reason there is something sticky in my charge port how do i get it out?

Thanks so much! I've been fighting that stupid charge port/cable for a couple months, wiggling it to be in the port "just right" to charge. Can't believe how much lint I got out of there (with a toothpick) works like a charm again!

You saved my life, I love you man

I just used a sticky note with the sticky side folded out into a 45 degree point to collect the dust. I use an 8x loupe mounted on glasses frames to see what I'm doing. I'm hoping that the adhesive by nature does not like to come off on other surfaces (seems to be the fundamental design feature of that post-it note adhesive).

My phones new tho and it's getting activated today my parents will be pissed

Glad I found this Video. Thought I'd already tried to clean the port before... Was almost certain it was a damaged USB port. Since it would still Slow Charge overnight (if placed just right) figured it'd just have to do. Battery Life often lasts 1-2 days so a trickle charge is OK. Tonight it got left out in a freezing Cold Vehicle and the Battery went to Zero. "Charging" apparently wasn't working anymore... So time to clean it before I attempt to crack open the case. Thanks again... The simplest answer/solution finally worked.

OMG its work Thank you so much

Someone may have mentioned this but....firstly your tip worked like a charm. Secondly, an excellent probe to use is on of the plastic dental pics (the ones with a small bit of floss on one end and a picture on the other). It fit perfectly into the port and had nice strong structure to get the gunk out.

VERIZON recommends using ONLY A TOOTHBRUSH !!!(obviously a dry one).

I just cleaned my Galaxy S8 charging port for the first time since i got the phone in April 2017. And this trick worked flawlessly! I stuck with the plastic cup and added a bit of condense air to blow all the loose dust remaining out. It legit looks like day 1 clean in my charging port now!

Thanks a lot Gadget Addict. Grrreat tip ! I had found a video where a toothpick was used to scrape out the fuzz. But, I found that even a toothpick was too thick. So, used a sharp knife to cut slivers off the toothpick and make it really pointed sharp and that did it. Got all the grubby stuff outof the port and now have a snug fit.

Had the same charging problem and my phone wouldn't connect to another device (PC, car, etc) through the USB cable. Tried different cables to no avail. Scraped the lint from the port with a wooden toothpick and it works great again. Thanks for the fix

Thank You. Removing the lint build up accumulated from Note 8 being in pants pocket was the problem.

Literally saved my life. Lol it's time to go to bed here and my phone wouldnt charge with 16% left and I work in the morning. I appreciate you man

Your an actual LEGEND bro, I threw out 3 chargers thinking they were broke...but there was some dust and dirt in the port

This dude just saved my life. Big shout out to this dude

I love the understated nature of your videos. Saved me a lot of cash buying a new phone. Top man.

Cutting up a piece of the plastic cup was a great tip. THANK YOU!!!

Wow! My s9 plus wasn't charging. I bought two new cords, switched out charging blocks, took it to T-Mobile, watched a dozen different videos, ran around the block yelling with my phone tapped to the side of my head... Nothing worked until I watched this video. Took me literally 15 seconds(counting time to cut plastic water bottle). I removed two tiny particles of dirt, with the little sword thing I cut out, and my phone charges like new now! Thank you for a great video!

Worked great, thanks! Pulled out a piece of lint and a small wood splinter. Charging cable snaps into place normally again!

Thank you! My fast charging on S8 has been broken for weeks, my charging port looked clear but this was my final option. Ended up getting a bunch of lint out and it finally works!

Hi... great tip. Thanks! Before I started w/ the little plastic tool I took the vacuum cleaner to the port to try sucking out the dirt first. Then I dabbed the tip of the plastic 'back scratcher' with Isopropyl alcohol. Working fine now.

Thanks for that simple idea dude! I actually used a toothpick and it worked just fine. I was ready to take my phone in and probably be charged for a new port when this is all it needed.

CLEAN! Bamboo toothpicks are good tools Paper Q-Tip sticks cut in half flattened to fit port. Clear Ammonia Denatured Alcohol Find a Snug fitting USB cord. Retired Camera Repairman here.. A needle like dental pick A similar dissecting tool For stubborn cases.. Luck! J.C.

To my surprise.. it did work for my iphone. I was skeptical to use the trick and was thinking to order a new charger instead as I have only one phone with me. Thank you so very much!

Brilliant little video.I have this problem regularly and get stung for a tenner at the phone shop.But no more! Many thanks ,most gratefu.

Cutting the plastic cup is genius thank you sir.

wow after having an error on my S8 saying that my charge port was wet for 3 months I clean some lint out of my phone and within 2 minutes it's gone away. I couldn't find anything small enough to have a proper root around, but the plastic trick worked great thanks!

Great video even 6 years later!

Wow, it worked with my 4 days old pixel 2 xl. Purchased the phone, went on a road trip and it stopped charging while returning. Got home, saw your video and found a thread thing which might have entered from inside my pocket. Thanks a lot.

Hey this was actually exactly what I needed. I tried a vacuum and those cans of compressed air you use to clean keyboards, before coming to the conclusion my charging port was damaged. Nope! Just a chunk of lint! Came right out!

I can't thankyou enough! Just successfully repaired my OnePlus 7 Pro thanks to your advice! Had been plaguing me for months!

Thanks for the tips - It worked!. Tried a toothpick but it broke. Then turned phone completely off and used a needle. Not much lint come out, but it made all the difference.

Your video had a light bulb go off in my head. I got one of those GUM brush picks - yes, for your teeth - they're made of plastic and have those tiny brushes. I'd been having the same intermittent problems with my phone and thought I'd cleaned it out when I used a pin but it really didn't. The brush pick brought up a piece of really tiny debris (and I think dog hair) and sure enough, my original charger is working again. You definitely helped. Thank you.

Thank you! At first, I didn't think this was my problem. Then, I started scraping off the caked-in lint and it came out in dusty bunches. Very-much appreciated!

Thanks for the simple but extremely effective solution. I managed to get the dirts out.

You sir, are wonderful. The lint in mine was jammed in pretty deep because of my attempts to plug the charger in, so I needed a tougher bit of plastic, but I was encouraged by your video to find the right non-metal tool and with a bit of patience was able to get it all out!!!! Thank you!!!!