How do yo remove debris from charging port?

iPhones won’t charge. How do you remove debris from charging port?

iPhone 4, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Aug 18, 2018 7:11 PM

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Posted on Aug 22, 2018 7:21 AM

Beast323 wrote:


Use a needle /hair pin or a mini flat head and you can take the dust gathered up in there out

Would not use anything metallic, as it could short out the connectors and cause damage.


I prefer a plastic or wooden toothpick and a can of compressed air.

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Aug 22, 2018 12:46 PM in response to Phil0124

I will admit to having used both metal instruments and compressed air and nothing awful happened. But, neither is best practice and, things could go badly wrong.


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Also, clean toothbrushes, ones rated as "hard".

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