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Josh Render

How to clean an Phone’s charging port without damaging it

IPhone 15 Pro shown in hand.

Have you ever found that your phone just will not charge, no matter what cable or plug you use. While it might be easy to think that the phone is forever broken, and then run to Amazon's Spring sale to buy a new one, there might be another culprit completely.

I used to work as an engineer, and as such I've seen more broken phones than I care to count. One thing people often don't realize is the amount of dust and lint that build up in their pockets. This detritus can then build up in the charging port of a phone and can, over time, block your charger from working properly.

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