RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack?
Hi list, I bought a male to male audio cable on Ebay, to use for hooking my iPhone up to the auxiliary input on a radio, which lets me use it as a large speaker. That's all fine, except I plugged the cable in, and part of the tip came off! It's down in the Headphone jack; I have no Bluetooth headset either. This thing came from Hong Kong, and is the shodiest cable I've ever seen! I think the tip is gold. I also have no way to call apple, since my iPhone is my only phone! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack?
I hope I never have a situation to try this, and I say: Try at your own risk. I can't emphasize try at your own risk enough, either it will work, or have the potential to make the situation worse. But I think there is a possibility it will work. I thought it up when I heard of somebody's husband breaking off her cord's plug in her XM satellite receiver. We didn't get to try the following, being that I didn't know about it until after they had thrown the whole thing in the trash. Being totally blind, I definitely would get competent sighted assistance for this one. And I would do several dry runs first. But get a toothpick and some instant glue. Put a very small drop of instant glue onto the toothpick, and stick to a point as near the center of this broken off connector as possible. The flatter it broke off, the better. You certainly don't want any of this glue to get into the jack, so if I were doing it, I would hold the phone in such a way that it is above the toothpick, and lower the phone onto the toothpick. Hopefully, any extra glue will run down the toothpick and not into the jack. Wait a few seconds, and see if you can pull the whole mess out. I think you might have one shot only. Again, I say try at your own risk. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From: Gail the U. S. Male gailcrowe1...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:13 PM Subject: RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? Hi list, I bought a male to male audio cable on Ebay, to use for hooking my iPhone up to the auxiliary input on a radio, which lets me use it as a large speaker. That's all fine, except I plugged the cable in, and part of the tip came off! It's down in the Headphone jack; I have no Bluetooth headset either. This thing came from Hong Kong, and is the shodiest cable I've ever seen! I think the tip is gold. I also have no way to call apple, since my iPhone is my only phone! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack?
I wouldn't even try anything. I'd take it to the apple store and see if they can do it. Jenifer Gilley email claudas...@gmail.com MSN: claudas...@cox.net - Original Message - From: Arnold Schmidt arno...@mindspring.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:45 PM Subject: Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? I hope I never have a situation to try this, and I say: Try at your own risk. I can't emphasize try at your own risk enough, either it will work, or have the potential to make the situation worse. But I think there is a possibility it will work. I thought it up when I heard of somebody's husband breaking off her cord's plug in her XM satellite receiver. We didn't get to try the following, being that I didn't know about it until after they had thrown the whole thing in the trash. Being totally blind, I definitely would get competent sighted assistance for this one. And I would do several dry runs first. But get a toothpick and some instant glue. Put a very small drop of instant glue onto the toothpick, and stick to a point as near the center of this broken off connector as possible. The flatter it broke off, the better. You certainly don't want any of this glue to get into the jack, so if I were doing it, I would hold the phone in such a way that it is above the toothpick, and lower the phone onto the toothpick. Hopefully, any extra glue will run down the toothpick and not into the jack. Wait a few seconds, and see if you can pull the whole mess out. I think you might have one shot only. Again, I say try at your own risk. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From: Gail the U. S. Male gailcrowe1...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:13 PM Subject: RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? Hi list, I bought a male to male audio cable on Ebay, to use for hooking my iPhone up to the auxiliary input on a radio, which lets me use it as a large speaker. That's all fine, except I plugged the cable in, and part of the tip came off! It's down in the Headphone jack; I have no Bluetooth headset either. This thing came from Hong Kong, and is the shodiest cable I've ever seen! I think the tip is gold. I also have no way to call apple, since my iPhone is my only phone! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack?
Hi, If possible I'd suggest that you take it to someone (Doesn't have to be Apple) who can take it apart and hopefully get it out. Depending on your phone, its possible to purchase the jack and microphone? as one unit which connects to the board on the phone. Having said this, if I *had* to get it out myself, I'd probably use a very small pear of needee nose pliers to try and lift the plug out. Good luck keep us posted. Cheers, Ben. On 6/24/12, Jenifer Gilley claudas...@gmail.com wrote: I wouldn't even try anything. I'd take it to the apple store and see if they can do it. Jenifer Gilley email claudas...@gmail.com MSN: claudas...@cox.net - Original Message - From: Arnold Schmidt arno...@mindspring.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:45 PM Subject: Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? I hope I never have a situation to try this, and I say: Try at your own risk. I can't emphasize try at your own risk enough, either it will work, or have the potential to make the situation worse. But I think there is a possibility it will work. I thought it up when I heard of somebody's husband breaking off her cord's plug in her XM satellite receiver. We didn't get to try the following, being that I didn't know about it until after they had thrown the whole thing in the trash. Being totally blind, I definitely would get competent sighted assistance for this one. And I would do several dry runs first. But get a toothpick and some instant glue. Put a very small drop of instant glue onto the toothpick, and stick to a point as near the center of this broken off connector as possible. The flatter it broke off, the better. You certainly don't want any of this glue to get into the jack, so if I were doing it, I would hold the phone in such a way that it is above the toothpick, and lower the phone onto the toothpick. Hopefully, any extra glue will run down the toothpick and not into the jack. Wait a few seconds, and see if you can pull the whole mess out. I think you might have one shot only. Again, I say try at your own risk. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From: Gail the U. S. Male gailcrowe1...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:13 PM Subject: RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? Hi list, I bought a male to male audio cable on Ebay, to use for hooking my iPhone up to the auxiliary input on a radio, which lets me use it as a large speaker. That's all fine, except I plugged the cable in, and part of the tip came off! It's down in the Headphone jack; I have no Bluetooth headset either. This thing came from Hong Kong, and is the shodiest cable I've ever seen! I think the tip is gold. I also have no way to call apple, since my iPhone is my only phone! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack?
I have an iPhone four, and it's out of warranty, since Money has been extremely tight for the last couple of months, and I couldn't afford the apple care agreement. I'll probably go down to my apple store tomorrow, and talk to them about it. I was also thinking about purchasing a very inexpensive Bluetooth headset, until I can save the money to get it fixed, depending on how much it costs. I'm not looking forward to this trip at all, since it's over 100 degrees today, and is supposed to be 104 tomorrow, and I can't handle heat well! LOL! What's the cheapest Bluetooth headset out there? I can probably get sighted help to pair the devices. Some day, I want a nice, accessible headset. I won't ever buy cables from an ebay store from hong Kong again, that's for sure! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 2:29 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? Hi, If possible I'd suggest that you take it to someone (Doesn't have to be Apple) who can take it apart and hopefully get it out. Depending on your phone, its possible to purchase the jack and microphone? as one unit which connects to the board on the phone. Having said this, if I *had* to get it out myself, I'd probably use a very small pear of needee nose pliers to try and lift the plug out. Good luck keep us posted. Cheers, Ben. On 6/24/12, Jenifer Gilley claudas...@gmail.com wrote: I wouldn't even try anything. I'd take it to the apple store and see if they can do it. Jenifer Gilley email claudas...@gmail.com MSN: claudas...@cox.net - Original Message - From: Arnold Schmidt arno...@mindspring.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:45 PM Subject: Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? I hope I never have a situation to try this, and I say: Try at your own risk. I can't emphasize try at your own risk enough, either it will work, or have the potential to make the situation worse. But I think there is a possibility it will work. I thought it up when I heard of somebody's husband breaking off her cord's plug in her XM satellite receiver. We didn't get to try the following, being that I didn't know about it until after they had thrown the whole thing in the trash. Being totally blind, I definitely would get competent sighted assistance for this one. And I would do several dry runs first. But get a toothpick and some instant glue. Put a very small drop of instant glue onto the toothpick, and stick to a point as near the center of this broken off connector as possible. The flatter it broke off, the better. You certainly don't want any of this glue to get into the jack, so if I were doing it, I would hold the phone in such a way that it is above the toothpick, and lower the phone onto the toothpick. Hopefully, any extra glue will run down the toothpick and not into the jack. Wait a few seconds, and see if you can pull the whole mess out. I think you might have one shot only. Again, I say try at your own risk. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From: Gail the U. S. Male gailcrowe1...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:13 PM Subject: RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? Hi list, I bought a male to male audio cable on Ebay, to use for hooking my iPhone up to the auxiliary input on a radio, which lets me use it as a large speaker. That's all fine, except I plugged the cable in, and part of the tip came off! It's down in the Headphone jack; I have no Bluetooth headset either. This thing came from Hong Kong, and is the shodiest cable I've ever seen! I think the tip is gold. I also have no way to call apple, since my iPhone is my only phone! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public
Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack?
Are there any threads on the part that came out. I just wonder if there is a chance that something unscrewed. Maybe if that's the case, it could be screwed back together and brought out? Good luck. Lois -Original Message- From: Gail the U. S. Male Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 4:48 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? I have an iPhone four, and it's out of warranty, since Money has been extremely tight for the last couple of months, and I couldn't afford the apple care agreement. I'll probably go down to my apple store tomorrow, and talk to them about it. I was also thinking about purchasing a very inexpensive Bluetooth headset, until I can save the money to get it fixed, depending on how much it costs. I'm not looking forward to this trip at all, since it's over 100 degrees today, and is supposed to be 104 tomorrow, and I can't handle heat well! LOL! What's the cheapest Bluetooth headset out there? I can probably get sighted help to pair the devices. Some day, I want a nice, accessible headset. I won't ever buy cables from an ebay store from hong Kong again, that's for sure! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 2:29 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? Hi, If possible I'd suggest that you take it to someone (Doesn't have to be Apple) who can take it apart and hopefully get it out. Depending on your phone, its possible to purchase the jack and microphone? as one unit which connects to the board on the phone. Having said this, if I *had* to get it out myself, I'd probably use a very small pear of needee nose pliers to try and lift the plug out. Good luck keep us posted. Cheers, Ben. On 6/24/12, Jenifer Gilley claudas...@gmail.com wrote: I wouldn't even try anything. I'd take it to the apple store and see if they can do it. Jenifer Gilley email claudas...@gmail.com MSN: claudas...@cox.net - Original Message - From: Arnold Schmidt arno...@mindspring.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:45 PM Subject: Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? I hope I never have a situation to try this, and I say: Try at your own risk. I can't emphasize try at your own risk enough, either it will work, or have the potential to make the situation worse. But I think there is a possibility it will work. I thought it up when I heard of somebody's husband breaking off her cord's plug in her XM satellite receiver. We didn't get to try the following, being that I didn't know about it until after they had thrown the whole thing in the trash. Being totally blind, I definitely would get competent sighted assistance for this one. And I would do several dry runs first. But get a toothpick and some instant glue. Put a very small drop of instant glue onto the toothpick, and stick to a point as near the center of this broken off connector as possible. The flatter it broke off, the better. You certainly don't want any of this glue to get into the jack, so if I were doing it, I would hold the phone in such a way that it is above the toothpick, and lower the phone onto the toothpick. Hopefully, any extra glue will run down the toothpick and not into the jack. Wait a few seconds, and see if you can pull the whole mess out. I think you might have one shot only. Again, I say try at your own risk. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From: Gail the U. S. Male gailcrowe1...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:13 PM Subject: RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? Hi list, I bought a male to male audio cable on Ebay, to use for hooking my iPhone up to the auxiliary input on a radio, which lets me use it as a large speaker. That's all fine, except I plugged the cable in, and part of the tip came off! It's down in the Headphone jack; I have no Bluetooth headset either. This thing came from Hong Kong, and is the shodiest cable I've ever seen! I think the tip is gold. I also have no way to call apple, since my iPhone is my only phone! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this
RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack?
Thanks Arnold, but that sounds to dangerous! I think I'll try going to the apple store first. LOL! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Arnold Schmidt Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 1:45 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? I hope I never have a situation to try this, and I say: Try at your own risk. I can't emphasize try at your own risk enough, either it will work, or have the potential to make the situation worse. But I think there is a possibility it will work. I thought it up when I heard of somebody's husband breaking off her cord's plug in her XM satellite receiver. We didn't get to try the following, being that I didn't know about it until after they had thrown the whole thing in the trash. Being totally blind, I definitely would get competent sighted assistance for this one. And I would do several dry runs first. But get a toothpick and some instant glue. Put a very small drop of instant glue onto the toothpick, and stick to a point as near the center of this broken off connector as possible. The flatter it broke off, the better. You certainly don't want any of this glue to get into the jack, so if I were doing it, I would hold the phone in such a way that it is above the toothpick, and lower the phone onto the toothpick. Hopefully, any extra glue will run down the toothpick and not into the jack. Wait a few seconds, and see if you can pull the whole mess out. I think you might have one shot only. Again, I say try at your own risk. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From: Gail the U. S. Male gailcrowe1...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:13 PM Subject: RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? Hi list, I bought a male to male audio cable on Ebay, to use for hooking my iPhone up to the auxiliary input on a radio, which lets me use it as a large speaker. That's all fine, except I plugged the cable in, and part of the tip came off! It's down in the Headphone jack; I have no Bluetooth headset either. This thing came from Hong Kong, and is the shodiest cable I've ever seen! I think the tip is gold. I also have no way to call apple, since my iPhone is my only phone! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack?
No, unfortunately, the part the tip seems to have slid over is smooth. The cable just wasn't well made, and stupid me, I didn't make sure it was stuck on tightly. Although, in my own defense, I've never had an audio cable to do this before, so didn't know to check it. -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lois Butterfield Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 2:51 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? Are there any threads on the part that came out. I just wonder if there is a chance that something unscrewed. Maybe if that's the case, it could be screwed back together and brought out? Good luck. Lois -Original Message- From: Gail the U. S. Male Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 4:48 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? I have an iPhone four, and it's out of warranty, since Money has been extremely tight for the last couple of months, and I couldn't afford the apple care agreement. I'll probably go down to my apple store tomorrow, and talk to them about it. I was also thinking about purchasing a very inexpensive Bluetooth headset, until I can save the money to get it fixed, depending on how much it costs. I'm not looking forward to this trip at all, since it's over 100 degrees today, and is supposed to be 104 tomorrow, and I can't handle heat well! LOL! What's the cheapest Bluetooth headset out there? I can probably get sighted help to pair the devices. Some day, I want a nice, accessible headset. I won't ever buy cables from an ebay store from hong Kong again, that's for sure! -Original Message- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 2:29 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? Hi, If possible I'd suggest that you take it to someone (Doesn't have to be Apple) who can take it apart and hopefully get it out. Depending on your phone, its possible to purchase the jack and microphone? as one unit which connects to the board on the phone. Having said this, if I *had* to get it out myself, I'd probably use a very small pear of needee nose pliers to try and lift the plug out. Good luck keep us posted. Cheers, Ben. On 6/24/12, Jenifer Gilley claudas...@gmail.com wrote: I wouldn't even try anything. I'd take it to the apple store and see if they can do it. Jenifer Gilley email claudas...@gmail.com MSN: claudas...@cox.net - Original Message - From: Arnold Schmidt arno...@mindspring.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:45 PM Subject: Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? I hope I never have a situation to try this, and I say: Try at your own risk. I can't emphasize try at your own risk enough, either it will work, or have the potential to make the situation worse. But I think there is a possibility it will work. I thought it up when I heard of somebody's husband breaking off her cord's plug in her XM satellite receiver. We didn't get to try the following, being that I didn't know about it until after they had thrown the whole thing in the trash. Being totally blind, I definitely would get competent sighted assistance for this one. And I would do several dry runs first. But get a toothpick and some instant glue. Put a very small drop of instant glue onto the toothpick, and stick to a point as near the center of this broken off connector as possible. The flatter it broke off, the better. You certainly don't want any of this glue to get into the jack, so if I were doing it, I would hold the phone in such a way that it is above the toothpick, and lower the phone onto the toothpick. Hopefully, any extra glue will run down the toothpick and not into the jack. Wait a few seconds, and see if you can pull the whole mess out. I think you might have one shot only. Again, I say try at your own risk. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From: Gail the U. S. Male gailcrowe1...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:13 PM Subject: RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? Hi list, I bought a male to male audio cable on Ebay, to use for hooking my iPhone up to the auxiliary input on a radio, which lets me use it as a large speaker. That's all fine, except I plugged the cable in, and part of the tip came off! It's down in the Headphone jack; I have no Bluetooth headset either. This thing came from Hong Kong, and is the shodiest cable I've ever seen! I think the tip is gold. I also have no way to call apple, since my iPhone is my only phone! --
Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack?
agreed. take it to a apple store they have special apple tools that can allow them to open up the iphone. hth On 6/24/2012 1:11 PM, Jenifer Gilley wrote: I wouldn't even try anything. I'd take it to the apple store and see if they can do it. Jenifer Gilley email claudas...@gmail.com MSN: claudas...@cox.net - Original Message - From: Arnold Schmidt arno...@mindspring.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:45 PM Subject: Re: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? I hope I never have a situation to try this, and I say: Try at your own risk. I can't emphasize try at your own risk enough, either it will work, or have the potential to make the situation worse. But I think there is a possibility it will work. I thought it up when I heard of somebody's husband breaking off her cord's plug in her XM satellite receiver. We didn't get to try the following, being that I didn't know about it until after they had thrown the whole thing in the trash. Being totally blind, I definitely would get competent sighted assistance for this one. And I would do several dry runs first. But get a toothpick and some instant glue. Put a very small drop of instant glue onto the toothpick, and stick to a point as near the center of this broken off connector as possible. The flatter it broke off, the better. You certainly don't want any of this glue to get into the jack, so if I were doing it, I would hold the phone in such a way that it is above the toothpick, and lower the phone onto the toothpick. Hopefully, any extra glue will run down the toothpick and not into the jack. Wait a few seconds, and see if you can pull the whole mess out. I think you might have one shot only. Again, I say try at your own risk. Arnold Schmidt - Original Message - From: Gail the U. S. Male gailcrowe1...@gmail.com To: viphone@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 3:13 PM Subject: RE: Help! how do you get part of the tip of an audio cable out of the headphone jack? Hi list, I bought a male to male audio cable on Ebay, to use for hooking my iPhone up to the auxiliary input on a radio, which lets me use it as a large speaker. That's all fine, except I plugged the cable in, and part of the tip came off! It's down in the Headphone jack; I have no Bluetooth headset either. This thing came from Hong Kong, and is the shodiest cable I've ever seen! I think the tip is gold. I also have no way to call apple, since my iPhone is my only phone! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the VIPhone Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
