How To Clean Back Of Iphone 7 Jet Black

Millard Justantrind · Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Anyone know how this happened and how to fix maybe? A wet cloth does no help

05-10-2017 03:46 PM
Have you tried alcohol? JUST a small amount and lightly rubbed. HOWEVER it appears to be the "micro" abrasions that Apple warned people about at the time of purchase.

05-10-2017 04:26 PM
Does it still look like that when you're not flashing a light on it?

05-10-2017 04:37 PM
Originally Posted by arc3484

How did this happen?

With a case being on for a long time and never being taken out

05-10-2017 04:38 PM
Originally Posted by BreakingKayfabe

Does it still look like that when you're not flashing a light on it?

Does not look like that when no light is on it. Looks almost spotless with no light shining on.

05-10-2017 04:38 PM
Originally Posted by pkcable

Have you tried alcohol? JUST a small amount and lightly rubbed. HOWEVER it appears to be the "micro" abrasions that Apple warned people about at the time of purchase.

Is this proven to work?

05-10-2017 04:39 PM
Originally Posted by Statik SA1

Does not look like that when no light is on it. Looks almost spotless with no light shining on.

That's normal.

05-10-2017 06:33 PM
Alcohol will clean it better than water but shouldn't harm the device.

05-10-2017 06:41 PM
Looks pitted. Like sand got in your case.

05-10-2017 10:55 PM
Both the blacks mark easy, i had similar spots on my JB not as many though, sold it and now my MB 1 month old has a few on the back, both were/are in Apple leather cases, no sand dirt etc.
A guy in a store working showed me his 7JB was really bad and always is in a case.

What case you using OP?

05-10-2017 11:05 PM
Originally Posted by pkcable

Have you tried alcohol? JUST a small amount and lightly rubbed. HOWEVER it appears to be the "micro" abrasions that Apple warned people about at the time of purchase.

I agree with this... it's like wearing gloves on your hands in the middle of the Shara. When you take the glove off, your hand has little tiny red marks from your skin getting overheated

05-10-2017 11:34 PM
Is it stained because it just looks scratched. Rubbing alcohol will pull any dirt from the phone but plain old water should do the trick too.

05-11-2017 12:01 AM
Holy hell, that looks worse than my JB that's been naked 98% of it's life, since October.

05-11-2017 12:08 PM
Any pics of the phone without an overhead light? It almost looks pockmarked to me.

05-11-2017 03:28 PM
Originally Posted by MizWylie

Any pics of the phone without an overhead light? It almost looks pockmarked to me.

That is with no direct light. Looks almost new.

05-11-2017 04:35 PM
Originally Posted by BreakingKayfabe

Your phone is fine lol

Lol yes under no light it's fine. But under light it's the worst as you saw

05-11-2017 05:56 PM
Originally Posted by Statik SA1

Lol yes under no light it's fine. But under light it's the worst as you saw

I think that's the case for most jet black owners. Even Apple said at the beginning that jet black is very prone to micro-abrasions.

05-11-2017 07:51 PM
Was your case rubber, or rubberized? This looks similar to the marks that Spigen TPU cases sometimes leave, except this can be easily cleaned on other devices. Jet Black might be a different story as it is quite tacky by design.

05-12-2017 01:02 AM
Originally Posted by BreakingKayfabe

I think that's the case for most jet black owners. Even Apple said at the beginning that jet black is very prone to micro-abrasions.

Yeah but that's more than micro abrasions.

05-12-2017 02:53 AM
Originally Posted by Garz

Yeah but that's more than micro abrasions.

I think so too.

05-12-2017 04:42 AM
It's amazing how lighting makes such a difference! It does look like it's pitted... hopefully it's not. Have you tried any of the suggestions offered in this thread?

05-12-2017 09:04 AM
Originally Posted by Garz

Yeah but that's more than micro abrasions (under light)

FTFY

05-12-2017 09:19 AM
Op, if you think it's abnormal and others agree, just take it to Apple. They'll replace it without question.

05-12-2017 09:21 AM