iPhone SE A1662: Bottom dock/Headphone 3.5mm jack port fix?

Hello,

My iphone SE works fine, except, the headphone port. I looked inside, it seems that the metal balls and the covering around it is....worn out, or damaged, or stuck in. I tried fiddling with it and cleaning also, buti think i just made it worse. dont want to replace the whole flex assembly for personal sercurity reasons. (i dont want any third party/used microphone or lightning port microcontroller.)

Why would they engineer it like that anyway? geez. each unit should have separate connectors.

anyway....my question is, can i cut the flex cable and take the jack from an iphone 5s and microsolder it on my SE to replace it?