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Released November 4, 2017. Model A1865, A1901. Available as GSM or CDMA / 64 or 256 GB / Silver or Space Gray. (Pronounced the same as "iPhone 10.")

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Did I imagine a spark at my iPhone X’s Lightning port?

This is an odd scenario. Please bear with me as I’m terribly tired, but my anxiety is getting the best of me.

I was about to turn in for the evening & I was about to plug in my iPhone X. No lights were on, except for the glow of the tv.

I was about to insert the iPhone X’s Lightning cable in; it was literally at the opening of the charging port, when I thought I saw a spark. I didn’t insert the cable. Upon looking again, I thought I just saw the dull reflection of the tv’s lights on the metal edges of the Lightning cable.

I inspected the cable and the pins were perfectly fine - no black residue. The metal edge of the Lightning cable had some black on it, but my finger was able to wipe it away as if it was just dirt, debris.

I know there won’t be a definitive answer to my question, but from your experiences - do you think I saw a spark, or just a reflection of light off of the metal edges of the lighting cable? Also, the opening of the iPhone X’s charging port - is it plastic, or metal? I thought that might play a role if static discharge was an issue.

A few things worth noting: I wear glasses, but as I was plugging the iPhone in, I wasn’t wearing them (my vision isn’t too terrible). I did eventually plug the iPhone X in and it charged just fine (the cable and charger seemed proper).

Any constructive comments are welcome.

Signed,

”I wish I weren’t so anxious all the time.”

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That was an actual spark. I just experienced the same thing and I was scared so I came on the internet for answers and I found your question. Many people have shared similar experiences in the Apple forum so I guess it’s not uncommon.

Actually, I doubted it was a spark so I had to deliberately brush the Lightning tip of the cable against the Lightning port on my iPhone 5s and it happened several times again. My room was also dark and I’m sure that’s why I was able to witness this. The phone and cable are working normal. I guess it’s just physics physicing (whatever this means lol).

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Anxiety is wonderful, ain’t it?

I think you’re fine. It’s all charging happy, and there’s no damage to the connectors, so it might have just been a tiny bit of static discharge, or reflecting light. Either way, I don’t think there’s anything to worry about

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You aren’t the only one. I have an iPhone 11 and mine sparks numerous times. I honestly think it’s my charger that I bought off Amazon. Try using another Apple charger and see if that fixes it.

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