I think it all started on the family vacation. I tried to recharge my phone, and it wouldn't. I would have to wiggle the plug in the socket until the screen said it was charging, and even then, it would stop charging.
I had thought for some time that it was the plug's fault, like I squished it in all the luggage I packed on my vacation. But I have plugged my phone to other things -- for example, my computer when I need to upload photos onto my laptop -- and my phone wouldn't connect there. The commonality in both cases is the charging port, the hole at the bottom of my iPhone. So I have begun to clean it, or at least try to. I've used the tricks people on the Internet recommend, such as an air can and a toothpick. Still, no dice. I tried plugging my phone (with a dongle of course) to my lap, and I don't think iTunes saw it.
My iPhone's getting slower and buggier, too. Lately it's been taking a long time when I turn off my data plan at work. Turning it on is fine. But when I go to Settings to turn it off, it freezes. I've had to close it and then open it again for me to thumb the slide to close, although now I have to wait a few seconds, as if the microprocessor is a beat slow. However, I have also faced instances where I'm whipping through screens in Settings and, all of a sudden, I see just a black (well, maybe gray) screen (I'm in Dark Mode) and the word "Settings." It's like the Black Screen Of Death in that I can't move back or forward, just close out and hope that I can get back into Settings again. Which I can, but you know, an iPhone isn't supposed to work like that.
It's an Apple XR, so even though it's only a few years old, it's starting its almost-prescribed descent into obsolescence, I think. I should try and clean the port better, and maybe I can close some Safari tabs and programs more often. Maybe that'll boost the performance of my cellphone. Or, I need to start thinking about getting a new cellphone.
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