IPhone Charging is Iffy

Alright so the other day my iPhone (original) was rapidly going in and out of charge state even though it was remaining plugged in, so I looked at a whole bunch of forums that suggested to clean out where the dock plugs into the iphone (the little inlet).
I used a small metal thing attached to my nail clipper and found a whole bunch of lint inside there. I got most (if not all) of it out, and put it back on.
The iPhone wouldn't charge, I wiggled it a bit and it would charge, then go off some seconds later. Eventually I got it to where it'll charge, but randomly it will pop out and in of charge state every second or two until I wiggle it again.
Plugging it into a cord instead of the dock seems to help, but it still happens sometimes. I'm afraid it might be something unfixable (as the iPhone's warranty is up).
Please help!

Clean the iPhone charging port with clean dry toothbrush.

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