Can you fix my broken Micro-USB charging port?

"You can replace the charging port yourself. This Samsung Galaxy Note 3 teardown should help. Step 7 focuses on removing the charging assembly (USB board).

Be sure to confirm which carrier version you have before buying the replacement component. The different versions of the Note may use slightly different charging assemblies."

"Same story - phone less than two months old on a new 24 month contract. Virgin store said $50 to send it to the repairers to look at it, if it is determined a user fault, which of course they did. Said it would cost $350 to fix. Told them stuff-it, I'll fix myself as they are obviously not going to honour the warranty any-how if anything else goes wrong with it. Pins bent in the charging port is one of the most common early failures with Samsung phones, and a really cheap part to buy. Less than $10. Do a google u-tube search for detailed demo on how to do it. It is very easy with no soldering required. Just remove 9 screws to remove the back cover, slide the part out after unclipping just one pin. Put new part in and replace pin and screws.

Update

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Genuine-Samsu..."

I believe the charging cable has a bent pin before it is inserted into the phone which damages the charging port after a few insertions. Most customers would not examine this part as it is supposed to be a brand new original charging cable. Then they tell you your data will be erased and a refurbished phone will be sent to you for $350. A less than $20 part which takes 5 minutes to replace. It seems they might be swapping people's phones around and making a killing.

"My Note 3 regularly lost connection while charging. I noticed the plug seemed loose, and found this thread, and another where users advocated tightening the screws, and bending the pins in the USB 3 socket. Well, neither of those suggestions worked, and it seems like a lot of work to replace the USB socket on the phone hoping that the connection will be tighter.

If you look straight at the micro USB connector at the end of the charging cable, it looks like a ""D"" lying on its flat side. Well, I bent the ""D"" with needle nose pliers so that the flat side curves slightly in the same direction as the arch. This secured the connection somewhat for me, I get fewer loss of connection errors now. The bonus is that it's free, and it doesn't modify the phone, just the cable.

update - August 1st

This didn't really work for me. It probably loses connection just as often as ever."

"I just got some scissors and squished the micro usb charger together and plugged it into my phone and it seems to be charging perfectly now, I guess the tighter connection is all it needed.

Thanks"

What I did, which has worked so far, is take a tiny patch of scotch tape cut down to the size of the metal part of the connector and lay it across the top over both angled sides and top. This seems to make the connection tighter, although I am worried about the tape coming off or gumming up over time, I plan on trying Nail Polish over the top, perhaps as many coats as needed to be snug. I have not tried the nail polish yet it just sounded like a good idea, but the tape is working for now.