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May as well bung them both in together:
After a while, the charging connection always gets dodgy. Causing me to play the balancing the phone in weird positions, blowing in the hole, connecting/disconnecting trying to get it charging while it goes into BONG BONG BONG spasms. So is this the phone or the cable? Or a bit of both? FWIW I usually just buy a generic cable so could it be that?
Is it possible to record audio via the jack? Or is it line out only? I was recording a video music related. The audio picked up from the phone's mic wasn't the greatest. So it occurred to me to take an out from the music source straight in to the phone. Possible?
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Paperclip. Pick the compacted fluff out of the bottom of the charging port.
Pocket fluff stuck in the port commonly causes that. Pry it out gently with a cocktail stick or similar.
There are simple 3.5mm to lightning adaptors to plug in earbud/headset types, or things like the iRig ones that let you hook up proper pro mics on the lightning port.
It's an old SE by the way.
Nice one regarding the fluff. Hopefully it's that simple 🙂
Paperclip. Pick the compacted fluff out of the bottom of the charging port.
Switch it off first.
You can just use the sim release key if nothing else to hand to clear the fluff.
You can use the 3.5mm jack as a mono line in (eg the headphone mic), though you might need some sort of adaptor if you want to use a standalone microphone.
Paperclip
No! That’ll risk damage to the connections inside, use a cocktail stick, especially the bamboo ones, which are a bit stronger, but any thin, pointed bit of wood or plastic will do.
Old SE, so a Lightning connection, the connections are very fine, and can be easily damaged, I’ve seen the similar type of connections in a USB-C port damaged by someone pushing the wrong USB plug into the socket, pocket lint builds up and gets really compacted into a Lightning socket, but because it doesn’t have the central ’bar’ it’s much easier to clear out, I’ve had a similar issue with my iPhone 11 Pro Max, poking around with a cocktail stick removed a surprising amount of fluff.
I’ve done it many times with a paperclip and yet to damage one.
When I’ve had that problem my local phone repair shop just used a compressor to blow out the fluff FOC. If you get a cover like an Otterbox which has a flap over the charging port then it won’t Happen anymore.
Had a poke around (turned off) with a hair clip. The thin plastic-coated springy metal things that girls put their hair up with. Couldn't find any fluff, although it does seem better now. So thanks.
I’ve done it many times with a paperclip and yet to damage one.
Quite possibly, but the connections are very fine, and I certainly wouldn’t risk damage, when a cocktail stick does the job more effectively anyway, because it’s got a finer point and can hook fluff out of the sides of the port. A cocktail stick is also good for scraping accumulated dust from the fine wire grills over the speakers as well.
As far as cables are concerned, the braided Amazon Basics Lightning cables are cheap and as good as anything else out there; I’ve got a 10’ one for my iPad, because the nearest socket for a charger is the other end of the room, and one particular app is a power hog, and it isn’t FaceAche.
Whilst all the phone geeks are assembled. What's the best way to get a screen replaced? Can you trust a shop to not look at your special videos/make a transfer from your banking app? DIY looks a right faff. Mine's been smashed for ages and I don't really notice it anymore but it's started to shed little painful shards.
Back it up.
wipe it.
restore from backup when you get it back.