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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by thatwasunusual on Friday June 16, 2023 @03:29PM (#36362486)
> in my experience, it's the charge port that goes.

I have had this problem on a regular basis with all of the iPhones I have owned, and the problem has never been that the charge port is dead, but that dust and/or lint has gathered in it.

The solution is very simple: use a tootbrush or similar, preferably something plastic that won't break, BUT NOT ANYTHING METALLIC, to dig out the dirty stuff. Problem solved.

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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by MostlyStable on Friday June 16, 2023 @04:20PM (#36363250)
Sometimes it's been lint, and I've been able to clean it out, but eventually cleaning it out stops working.
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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by mnw21cam on Saturday June 17, 2023 @06:11AM (#36368839)
A wooden toothpick works very well.
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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by isleyaardvark on Saturday June 17, 2023 @08:22AM (#36369602)
Compressed air has worked well for me.
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