Hello! My cellphone port does not work properly as it can only charge with some cables and doesn’t recognize my lightning earphones… The cables also fit loose when I plug them.
I figured out that one of my 8 pins (no. 7) might be missing/broken. Are my suspicions right?
It's most likely compacted with lint, stopping the cable from inserting in all the way. It usually compacts right at the back. You can use a sturdy toothpick or blunt tweezers or a paperclip even to clear it. Use a spritz of IPA alcohol into the port to loosen it up first.
And the pins lie at different angles, it's very easy to think you're missing pins, when it's just the light reflecting differently off them. They're probably fine, it takes a lot to dislodge them. Again it's probably just lint and debris buildup.