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Clean the fluff out of the port!
A toothpick or a needle work very well
A "raw" staple can also be good, though sometimes you need more than one
I use a scalpel with the non-sharpened side of the blade to scrape the debris to the side and then blast it out with an air compressor. All the things I used before that were not pointy and thin enough to get inside the port.
The best I found was a plastic tooth flossing pick. Use the pointy side. It's non conductive to prevent shorting of pins.
i like to snap the toothpick so it splits on an angle. that way it's narrower and the jagged edges grab onto the dust and crap
Needles are much better for this, with toothpicks you might damage the sides or leave splinters behind in the port.
Those plastic fishbone toothpicks works wonders for anything small and electronic.
If cleaning out the port with a stick still doesn't work, try using a small amount of a high percentage isopropyl alcohol and a toothbrush to clean out the port. It's done wonders for me.
Works for both phones and ears.