Help How do you clean the keyboard?

[rice]

Hi,

I

 

[HadouGhost]

go to walmart and get one of those glasses cloths from the vision center. They cost $1.50 (where i live). They are designed to safely clean away dust and foreign contaminent without scratching your glasses (or in this case the droid 3 screen and keyboard), and they are also designed to absorb oil and other stuff that could be on your glasses (or droid 3)

After about a month the cloth will lose its effectiveness and at that point throw it away and buy a new one.

 

[Clementine_3]

After about a month the cloth will lose its effectiveness and at that point throw it away and buy a new one.

Or moisten it with rubbing alcohol and continue to use it. I use the little lint free glasses cloths and alcohol to clean my screen and keyboard, works wonders!

 

[HadouGhost]

the thing i dont trust is liquid. hence the alcohol. But yes you could do that. I dont know if the alcohol will eat away any protective layers on the screen or keyboard so i would personally stray from that method. thats just me, i prefer the safe route.

 

[beowulf7]

Also, use air spray (compressed air) to blow out dust/dirt that might have gotten within the keys of the keyboard.

 

[TyrannoTaurus]

I always used alcohol prep pads with my OG Droid on the keyboard with no adverse effects. They're cheap, effective and kill germs. I also use them on my Xbox 360/PS3 controllers and TV remotes and it keeps them looking like brand new. Plus, if you accidentally cut yourself, they're around for that too, lol! ...I wouldn't use them on the screen though. I think there's an anti-glare coating that could get damaged??? Not sure, but I don't risk it.

 

[Frisco]

Also, use air spray (compressed air) to blow out dust/dirt that might have gotten within the keys of the keyboard.

I'm hoping that, if you do use compressed/canned air, you do it from a distance and not up very close to the device.

We've seen reports of debris and dust being blown into the phone, even under the screen, into the camera lens and even into the charging port and causing all sorts of issues to crop up (dust under the screen, dead pixels, scratchy sound, poor battery charging or issues moving files through the data cable, blemishes in pics, etc).

I'd never use canned air on a phone, preferring to play it safe with special soft cloths made for the purpose and available at Best Buy, etc.

 

[Knitewulf]

Toothpicks rock for cleaning out the crevices.

 

[HadouGhost]

Toothpicks rock for cleaning out the crevices.

plastic toothpicks preferbly. wooden ones but be careful not to splinter or break them. DEFINATELY NOT metal ones

 

[Frisco]

plastic toothpicks preferbly. wooden ones but be careful not to splinter or break them. DEFINATELY NOT metal ones

Metal toothpicks?

Oh, the kind Richard Kiel uses.

 

[beowulf7]

I'm hoping that, if you do use compressed/canned air, you do it from a distance and not up very close to the device.

We've seen reports of debris and dust being blown into the phone, even under the screen, into the camera lens and even into the charging port and causing all sorts of issues to crop up (dust under the screen, dead pixels, scratchy sound, poor battery charging or issues moving files through the data cable, blemishes in pics, etc).

I'd never use canned air on a phone, preferring to play it safe with special soft cloths made for the purpose and available at Best Buy, etc.

That's good advice to air spray from a distance and not up close, so that the debris doesn't get further embedded in the phone.