Hey! If your LG phone battery is not charging, we can usually narrow down what’s going on with a few safe checks — no “miracle fixes,” no risky poking, and no assumptions.

People describe this in a bunch of different ways, and they point to different causes:
• LG phone not charging when plugged in
• Charger connected but battery percentage not increasing
• Charging very slowly / fast charging not working
• USB-C cable feels loose / only charges at an angle

Answer in any order (whatever you remember):
1) What LG model / roughly how old?
2) What do you see on screen? (no icon, “charging,” “slow charging,” or nothing at all)
3) When did it start? after a drop, water, an update, or just gradually?

Got it. That “shows charging but not increasing” pattern usually lands in one of three buckets:

• Power delivery problem (adapter/cable/outlet is unstable or underpowered, so the phone keeps dropping in and out).
• Port contact problem (USB-C plug isn’t seating fully, so it “connects” but doesn’t deliver steady power).
• Battery/heat behavior (phone is hot/cold or the battery is worn, so charging is limited or paused).

Quick questions — and I’ll start from symptoms rather than history:
• Does the cable feel snug? Or does it wiggle / sit slightly not-flush?
• Does it charge better from one charger than another?
• Any warnings like “moisture detected” or “charging paused due to temperature” recently?

That’s a strong clue. When an LG phone only charges at a certain angle or stops with a small bump, it’s usually not “software.” It’s more often a connection stability issue: cable/port contact, debris, or wear.

And the “fast charging not working” part fits too: fast charging usually needs a solid, stable connection and proper negotiation between phone and charger. If the connection is flaky, the phone may drop to slow charging or stop entirely.

Two safe checks (no tools, no scraping):
1) Try a known-good cable + known-good wall adapter (if you can borrow one). The goal is not speed — it’s stability. Does it stay charging without you babying the cable?
2) Look into the port with a flashlight and check for obvious lint/dust. Don’t poke — just observe. If the plug doesn’t seat fully because something’s in there, it’ll feel loose and disconnect easily.

Do you know if your V60 uses USB-C only, or are you also using a wireless charger sometimes?

That “doesn’t click in like it used to” is one of the most useful details you can give me. With USB-C, even a small amount of compacted lint can stop the plug from seating fully, and then you get exactly what you described: intermittent charging, slow charging, or “connected but not charging.”

I’m going to stay firmly in the safe zone here: I’m not going to tell you to jam metal picks in there. But for diagnosis, it’s enough to know that the plug isn’t seating flush and the connection is sensitive to movement.

Let’s also rule out a second common cause people miss: the power source.
• Are you charging from a wall outlet or a laptop/console/cheap hub?
• Is it a high-watt USB-C PD charger or just a basic adapter?

Some chargers/cables “sort of” work, but under load they sag, and the phone keeps restarting the charge session.

Yes — and the key word is “could,” not “definitely.” Charging from a laptop USB-C port can be fine, but the available power varies a lot by laptop and port. A cheap adapter/cable combo can also fall back to a low-power mode, which looks like LG slow charging even if the phone is technically charging.

Here’s a clean, non-doorway way to think about it:
• If you fix the power source (known-good PD wall charger + decent cable) and it still disconnects when you touch the cable, that points back to port contact or wear.
• If it becomes stable on a good wall charger, then the laptop/adapter/cable combo was part of the problem.

Quick safety question (risk-based): does the phone ever get unusually hot while charging, or does the charging icon keep flickering on/off rapidly?

That flicker is basically your phone saying “I’m losing stable contact or stable power.” In that state, the percentage often won’t climb because the phone isn’t getting a continuous charge — and sometimes it’s even spending power negotiating/connecting over and over.

The most useful “quick help” test (still safe, still diagnostic) is to isolate variables:
1) Change only the power source — borrow a reputable wall charger and cable if possible, and see if flicker stops.
2) Observe the physical fit — does the plug sit fully flush, or is there a tiny gap? If there’s a gap, lint/debris is still likely involved.
3) Compare behavior with the phone powered off (if you’re comfortable): if it charges more steadily when off, that suggests the phone’s load while on makes the weak connection show up more.

None of this forces a fix. It just tells you whether you’re dealing with accessories/power delivery vs a port/battery issue.

Both are possible, and your caution is smart. Without opening the phone, you can still gather strong evidence safely.

Port evidence tends to look like: loose fit, charging drops with movement, icon flickers, “charging” but not increasing, and different results with different cables/adapters.

Battery age evidence tends to look like: phone charges normally (stable icon), but drains fast, shuts down early, or the percentage jumps around — even with a solid cable/charger. Sometimes you’ll also see charging slow down a lot near certain percentages because the battery can’t accept current as well.

The next best step (still not a “full solution”) is to do one controlled test: use a known-good wall charger + cable for a while and see whether the connection remains stable and the battery percentage moves consistently. If the flicker persists even with good accessories and a flush fit, that’s when you’re no longer in “cheap cable” territory and you start thinking about port wear or internal charging circuitry — something a repair tech can confirm without guesswork.