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.
