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: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ben Mustill-Rose Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2012 2:29 PM To: [email protected] 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 <[email protected]> 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 > [email protected] > MSN: > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Arnold Schmidt" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > 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" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> 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/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> 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/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> 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/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > 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. 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