11111one11111@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoYSK before you buy a replacement for your cellphone that has stopped charging, buy the $10 cleaning kits and spend the time deep cleaning the phone's charging port.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square209fedilinkarrow-up1550arrow-down122
arrow-up1528arrow-down1imageYSK before you buy a replacement for your cellphone that has stopped charging, buy the $10 cleaning kits and spend the time deep cleaning the phone's charging port.lemmy.world11111one11111@lemmy.world to You Should Know@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square209fedilink
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·19 hours agoI would not use metal simply because its hardness is going to be similar or higher than the hardness of the contacts themselves, which means there’s a chance it could scratch or break the contact entirely.
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·16 hours agoYou generally won’t be touching the contacts much, since most gunk like lint can just be scooped out. Just be a bit gentle and you’ll be fine.
I would not use metal simply because its hardness is going to be similar or higher than the hardness of the contacts themselves, which means there’s a chance it could scratch or break the contact entirely.
You generally won’t be touching the contacts much, since most gunk like lint can just be scooped out. Just be a bit gentle and you’ll be fine.