Dodgy Charger Port

Problem:    Won't charge unless held in position 
Solution:   Replace charging port 
Brand:  Lenovo 
Cost new:   £450 
Cost of fix:    £12 
Age:    4yrs 
Success?:   Yes 

Customer brought this in who didn't have the funds to take it to a repair shop so we replaced the charging port for them if they paid for the parts. The issue was the connector in there relies on a piece of sprung metal to make a connection with the terminals. This over time had snapped and now only made a contact if you forced the charger into the socket, so less than ideal. Purchased a port component and soldered it at home where I had my high powered soldering iron as it required quite a bit of heat to flood the many layers in the motherboard! Often for a job like this if I don't care about the component I'm removing, I'll destroy/disassemble it in place so that less heat is being removed from my iron, so the remaining parts are smaller and require less heat to remove and I'm thus less likely to damage the board from heat. Soldered the new one in place and happily charges now.