Are there chemicals that could damage the camera/screen/USB port, what are the things one should I avoid when cleaning?

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[–] 5 points 9 months ago (8 children)

Actually lower percentages work better, if we're talking about disinfecting

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    We're usually not. It's to dissolve gunk. And on the topic of iso, 99% is pretty much not 99% after opening the container

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Really? we had 99 percent to clean a laser machine lens at a leather shop. I never really thought about it.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Lenses for a laser is better to clean with 99%iso due to it barely leaving any residue when evaporating, but even that is a compromise.

    What you really want is pure ("100%") alcohol/ethanol to leave even less of trace. Unfortunately most people or companies can't buy pure ethanol due to the nature of alcohol laws, so a substitute like isopropyl is used instead since its usually "good enough "

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

    We're talking about not shorting the electronics 3%water won't normally make sparks

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    You might be, OP is not. Neither am I. We're talking about cleaning a phone, the outside of the phone, not a bare circuit board. Phones are almost universally water resistant, so being worried about shorting electronics is silly.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    No it's not, those ports are not all sealed. Most are water resistant not water proof.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Yes it is. I have literally never heard of anyone ever breaking their phone by cleaning it 70% alcohol. And I said water resistant already, so I'm not sure why you're implying I said water proof

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    Because based on the description, the original poster is asking how to clean out the ports. Not wipe them down on a surface level. Clean them as in most likely the device is not charging properly. This requires flooding the port.

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