How To Clean Iphone Lightning Port

Holding your iphone so the backside is facing up place the toothpick inside the charging port.

How to clean iphone lightning port. Now focus on blowing few short blasts into the iphone charging port. Obtain an air can. Continue to do this until the debris starts to come loose. This will take a lot of poking and scraping. Connect the small straw to the air can.

Position the now connected straw on one end of your iphone lightning port. But if you re careful you can use anything small enough like a sim card key which is what i used before taking the photo above a paper clip or a pin. Use your flashlight to re inspect the port. Ideally you should use a wooden toothpick for the job as the toothpick is non conductive and too soft to scrap the contacts in the charging port. A can of compressed air is often enough to free looser particles such as dust pet fur or lint from the port.

If you no longer see debris give the port 2 to 3 minutes to dry before attempting to charge your iphone or ipad.