Take a tooth floss pick and dig all the pocket crud out of it, both the top and bottom side. try a fresh cable, if that fails try some deoxit on the port

Time to clean the lint out of the charging port

Yea, I bought one of the induction chargers cause this happened to me about a year ago. My phone still works so i see no reason to buy a new one and quite frankly i just don't want to. Gonna ride this bad boy out until it dies.

Every time I've had that happen, it's been the cable going bad, not the port.

Huge thanks to people in this thread. USB-C stopped charging reliably on my phone a few months back, tried clearing the port with compressed air but no joy, so I started using wireless charging. Spent 5mins today picking out a surprising amount of lint with a narrow toothpick and it works like new!

I was happy when usb c came out because it looked like it had to be a significant improvement over micro usb, in terms of longevity and reliability.

It's looking like it's only a slight improvement though, which sucks.

Caused by gunk in the charge port. It naturally accrues over time. Local repair stores will have the specialized tools to fix it.

Edit: people who are saying toothpicks havent actually done the job properly before, I'm willing to bet. Toothpicks don't fit properly in a USB-C port, and can barely get inside a lightning port. Not to mention that if it breaks, you're fucked and have to go to a repair shop anyway.

That's the beauty of the Fairphone https://shop.fairphone.com/shop/fairphone-4-usb-c-port-25

If there is a problem with capacitance then this won't help, but if it might just be dirty then power it down and clean the charging port with a can of 99.99% compressed alcohol electronics cleaner, then use a can of air duster, repeat a couple of times. Afterwards, press the case firmly to ensure it's still held together. Leave to dry completely before trying again.

Mine started doing it too. Turns out the charging port was full of dust!

All these legitimately helpful fucking comments and no one’s pointing out that you can easily fix the problem by placing the smartphone in microwave and nuke it for a minute on high* to get your phone up to 80% charge.

*^Charging times dependent on microwave power output and your zodiac sign. Lower wattages may result in tastier special brownies. If unsure, please consult your primary care phrenologist.^

Get a wooden toothpick and snap it in two (unevenly is better). Then use a pointy bit to clear out all the dirt, dust and grime from your phones port. I had the same problem a few weeks ago with my phone, after a good 20 minutes of careful scraping my phone is fine now. Best of luck.

I have nothing constructive to contribute other than I feel smug and superior because I have a fairphone, so I can change mine if that ever happens.

USB C? See if it isn't full of garbage accumulated inside. I had to use a needle to scratch it out. Shit was so dense it was pretty difficult to clean. Eventually (~20 min of intensive scratching), I managed to clean it and I got rid of the problem.

Until I found the problem, I ended up buying bs. Another charger and an inductive charger.

Time to fish out the impacted lint from the charge hole with a pin! You’d be surprised how much lint can get jammed up in there.

Wireless chargers

If it makes you feel better, my phone just did the thing where it installed an update and now everything is running noticably worse.