Iphone 5 not charging blinking empty battery, lightning bolt and plug

My battery went low, to 1% and kept working for about 30 minutes.
When I got home it was showing the "charge me now".
Now its just blinking "charge me" for 4 seconds, going black for 4 seconds.

Hi,
No one contacted me, but I figured it out on my own.
Apparently it does this when there is a connection to the charger that isn't making full contact on all pins.
Sooo.. I realised this by applying slight pressure to the lightning connector, and it started charging.
I propped some weight and let it charge overnight.
The next night, this trick would no longer work :(..
I figured maybe lint from my pocket got inside the lighting port on the iphone?
Got a flashlight, sure enough.. Lint.
So I fished it out with something small like a paper clip.
Fixed it immediately.

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