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
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
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
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
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
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
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:
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-
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:
