Little tip - it's usually because of pocket lint. Take a small piece of plastic or a toothpick and clean it out. 9 times out of 10, that's all you need.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Alternatively, get yourself a bulk pack of compressed air cans and solve this and many other problems in life without needing to jam shit into the port. If you use it often enough, invest in a powered air duster.

[–] MrBusiness@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just invest in the Data Vac or one of the millions of off brands on Amazon. Less waste that way. I use off brand more frequently but the data vac feels like it's built to last and has more power.

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Data Vac is my plan once I finish this 12-pack of cans. But at this rate, that’ll take me another 2 years. It was $26 when I bought it, but now I see they’re $45 - that’s half the cost of a Data Vac. So there’s no point in getting disposables at that price.

[–] WaLLy3K@infosec.pub 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh no, I'm talking outright wrecked — you can see damaged pins upon observation.

(To be clear to the downvoters, I see this in my job where I repair consumer tech. I've clarified in my original post since some people seem to think I'm arguing exclusively in favour of lightning, or maybe think I've seen this on my own devices?)

I clean out densely compacted pocket lint frequently out of customer devices. One needle nose tweezer end for extracting the bulk, then isopropyl on a thin lint free cloth pushed in with a small piece of plastic to determine what's left inside that isn't easily visible. Typically makes the port look as good as new.