I had something similar with a phone. Although it looked ok, when I decided to dig around in there with a paperclip (repeat at your own risk!) I got a disgusting amount of fluff out that was a grey colour which rendered it invisible to inspection.
Happened to mention to one of the Apple bods in the store while there about something else and apparently invisible fluff is the most common reason people complain to them of poorly fitting lightning connectors. Regards Russell ---------------------------------------------------------- Manor Park Medical Centre www.manorparksurgery.com Tel 01323482301 East Sussex Local Medical Committee (Chair) www.sslmcs.co.uk/ Tel 01372389270 GPC rep East & West Sussex @drbrown1970 Co-founder, Resilient GP www.resilientgp.org/ www.facebook.com/groups/ResilientGP/ ---------------------------------------------------------- On 1 November 2017 at 08:33, Stephen Watson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Very weird one. > > I’ve had my iPod touch 5th generation almost since they were released and > never had a problem charging it. Last night I went to charge it and the > lightning cable would not fit in the socket! > > Mindful of a similar issue when I could not get the headphones in due to > fluff in the socket, I checked the inside of the socket but it all seems > fine. I’ve looked under a magnifying glass and in the direct sun this > morning and it does seem as though the contacts are not visible as though > something may have somehow covered the inside end of the socket! > > Needless to say, it was fine when I charged it previously with no hint of > trouble. > > In case I needed to attempt to sell it (for parts?) I tried to log out of > iCloud but the battery died ... and of course I can’t charge it! > > Is it repairable and would that make any financial sense or should I > destroy it (ouch 😥) as I can’t wipe it? > > Any thoughts appreciated. > > Regards, > > Stephen > > You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
