FP1 doesn't start anymore

[therob]

After you checked for a bloated battery you could consider to clean the USB port as I described here:

USB jack dirty - plug keeps coming out

After having also problems while charging my FP1 (2 years old), but not see a loosen connector, I tried to clean also the connector itself from dust and lint with a very small screw driver. my charging problem is not gone completely, but become remarkably better! I was inspired by this video and surprinsingly I really could remove a lot of dust, although at first look it does not seem to be that bad. During cleaing it really looked like this pic in the video… But be careful not to bend down t…