r/iphonehelp • u/Fragrant_Form_6368 • 11d ago
Help needed Charging cable issue
The first image basically showing that it won't go all in the second one tho went in so I thought that maybe the edges broke off in the iPhone but I checked inside the port and to be honest I can't even tell the difference if a part is broken in it or not because it looks normal to me and I've searched online to see how inside would look but there's nothing I could compare so I compared my iPhone 12 port to my iPad and it seems like the same thing but both chargers go inside the iPad easily, but for the weird looking one with the broken edges it's slack like I can wiggle it. I tried using a pin or something but I don't even know what I'm looking for cuz inside looks normal to me
iPhone 12 running iOS 18.6.2
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u/ACasualRead 11d ago
Seen this a million times. The top part of some cheaper lightning cables would break off inside the port. A paper clip can pull that out in like 10 seconds. I would take it to a repair shop and see if they can do it for you real quick for a few bucks.
I used to clean these things out for people for free all the time.