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If you look for makeup Q-Tips they're much thinner, so they might fit. Haven't tried it myself so i'm not too sure
 
Go under a really bright light. Bend a pair of tweezers and use one side of them. I had a wall of lint against the back. I carefully picked at it and removed it. Now it charges perfectly.
 
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