Alternatively, just grab a free toothpick from a restaurant and use that to clean the port.

Not my precious charging port dust bunnies! I once had one that could’ve easily won the fat dust bunny contest

What are the black sticky things for?

And if that doesn't work, take it to a shop to replace the port.

Don't thow out a perfectly good phone just because the port stops working..

Hey thanks for all the tips in the comments, I've got these brand new stiff-ish cleaning brushes and this one worked really well to clean out my charging port and now there's no more beach sand grinding noise when I shove my cable into the charging port.

a simple sewing needle does the job

A filed down toothpick is really good at cleaning that USB port.

I use the pick side from one of those dental flossers to clean mine. Works great and easy to replace.

My problem is that my battery case has stopped charging along with my phone. Phone only charges with high wattage chargers, and phone case only charges with low wattage ones. Still get like 3 days charge on the case, but now takes like 16 hours to fully charge. Also, taking the phone case off so much eventually opened the back of my S20fe. Fixed that with S7000.

At the very least get a toothpick and get the lint out. Like, come on Jamal, there's a reason your charging cable doesn't go all the way in anymore.

I have a cheap pack of plastic Walgreens tooth picks that are perfect for this. My phone case has a rubber cover for the port so I don't have to do this often.

If that doesn't work it's probably the battery, which is also about $15

By all means try a tooth pick and pure alcohol, if that doesn't work a professional might get you set straight.

Repair shops can do a better job cleaning than a home option. I had a data and charge problem, bought a kit and tried 3x times; it didn't work . Bought new cables just in case that was the issue. Brought it in for repair fully expecting to pay for a port repair. Repair shop did a through cleaning charged me $15 and sent me on my way with everything working.

YSK if you stick to wireless charging you'll massively reduce the wear on the port.

I've used electrical contact cleaner while the phone is off, usually works

You could also set up wireless charging and put the phone down for a bit.

Also, replacing the battery is pretty cheap compared to buying a new phone.

The last few phones I've had to replace, the little bit of PCB that connects to the USB-C charger snapped off. A cleaning kit won't help that. 😔

Not one USB C cable I've seen has teeth or grooves like a microUSB connector has to keep the cable from jiggling around when connected, and I am pretty sure this is what weakens the thing inside the phone.

Just get a bit of plastic packaging or something similar. Cut thin long rectangle. Then cut a small chunk out near the tip to form a small hook. Scrape along the bottom of the port in all directions. Pull out fluff, then repeat until no more fluff comes out. Then go again as you won't have got it all out even if it looks like it

An old toothbrush and isopropyl alcohol works fine.

Solid tools to have in any case. I wouldn't buy a kit as I already have all that from other projects.

Just now got the USB port covers! Have a crappy light on my little .22, lost the cover immediately. Put on of those on and have hiked for miles, banged in around, wiped it off during general cleaning several times, still perfectly stuck. Little finicky getting it seated, well worth it for the perfect seal. $.86/ea. on eBay.