Best tools to clean lightning port?
from sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 03 Nov 2025 20:02
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thesohoriots@lemmy.world on 03 Nov 2025 20:56 next collapse

None of the above! They make a putty that’ll pull any gunk out of a port/button/speaker grille without potentially damaging it. You basically mash a piece in and pull it back out.

[deleted] on 03 Nov 2025 20:57 next collapse
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actionjbone@sh.itjust.works on 03 Nov 2025 23:24 collapse

Forced air is also good.

Never insert any rigid objects into the port to clean it. It’s easy to unintentionally damage the tiny metal contacts.

sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz on 22 Nov 2025 14:37 collapse

Theres a thing i figured out with the toothpicks which is i hold it very gently/limply and let it guide itself around the inner contours without forcing or exerting any effort and it seems to have worked. I more move my hand vertically and turn slightly here and there and it guides itself around everywhere it needs to go