My issue with the headphone jack removal is that it is a more reliable port than the lightning port. I've had a lightning port on an iPhone become damaged before through normal wear and tear. I have to now position the cable just right to charge it. There's no way that I'd want to use that lightning port even more by trying to play music on it and I definitely don't want to have to hold the adapter a certain way to get music to play.
Are you sure the port is actually damaged? A common issue is lint clogging it up. I had an issue where I had to jiggle the cable to get it to charge and when I finally brought it to an Apple store they disappeared out back and returned with so much lint I don't know how it even fit in the port. You can remove it yourself with a paperclip but I'd take it to the Apple store so that if the port really does get damaged removing the lint they're liable.
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My issue with the headphone jack removal is that it is a more reliable port than the lightning port. I've had a lightning port on an iPhone become damaged before through normal wear and tear. I have to now position the cable just right to charge it. There's no way that I'd want to use that lightning port even more by trying to play music on it and I definitely don't want to have to hold the adapter a certain way to get music to play.
Are you sure the port is actually damaged? A common issue is lint clogging it up. I had an issue where I had to jiggle the cable to get it to charge and when I finally brought it to an Apple store they disappeared out back and returned with so much lint I don't know how it even fit in the port. You can remove it yourself with a paperclip but I'd take it to the Apple store so that if the port really does get damaged removing the lint they're liable.
Whoa, never thought of that. It's definitely possible. I'm going to give that a try. Thanks!!
Edit: It worked! (I used the cut stem of a q-tip instead, wasn't brave enough to try a paperclip; lots of lint)
Great! It's a common issue apparently. It also happened to my lock switch which wouldn't move for a while.