[laumars]

I had to clean the lightning socket on my iPhone XS as it had some pocket fluff inside that prevented the cable from filling clicking in. Cleaning it was trivial, just some cardboard and a well positioned light source.

On the flip side, cleaning out USB-C sockets from the same types of fluff is a pain because the data pins are in an island in the middle of the socket. Which gives you both less room (is requiring you to use a thinner implement) but also a greater risk of damaging the socket.

USB micro had the same problems as well.

I really with USB would address this because, with the best will in the world, devices sometimes get dirty.

[com2kid]

> Which gives you both less room (is requiring you to use a thinner implement) but also a greater risk of damaging the socket.

A flattened wood toothpick works great for this. Take a regular round pointy toothpick and flatten the end 5mm or so by squeezing it in a pair of pliers or some such.

I was ready to replace my phone until I learned this trick. I had already tried cleaning the port out, but obviously not well enough.