Drilling a hole in iPhone 7. No need for brains
The desire to get ahead of scientific and technological progress haunts citizens who are ready to disassemble and even drill new gadgets. This is what thousands of happy iPhone7 owners did: following advice on the Internet, they tried to make a separate headphone jack, which led to the breakdown of the smartphone. Who is responsible for this - the joker advisor or the experimenter owner, I found out " Russian newspaper".
Instructions on how to bring to life a new product on the smartphone market were posted online by an unknown blogger. In a video less than 1.3 minutes long, he popularly explained how you can make a new hole for headphones using a drill and a regular bench vise. The ease of getting out of the situation turned out to be so tempting that within a week this video collected almost 9 million views. The number of those who decided to improve their gadget in this way is unknown, but, apparently, the number went into hundreds, if not thousands.
Soon there were reviews from experimenters who decided to try the drill on a smartphone with equal success - the complete destruction of the expensive device. “Thanks, bro. I broke my smartphone - $700 in the trash,” is one of the most harmless comments addressed to the joker.
Meanwhile, such cases are not isolated. In February of this year, a number of owners of sophisticated smartphones became victims of another cruel prank. Jokers promised that changing the date on your phone could give you a “new hippie design.” standard applications, a new hippie font and a couple of new wallpapers." Fans rushed to manually change the settings, but as a result they received an error message due to which the smartphone first froze and then turned off, often permanently.
In any of the described cases, the product loses its warranty, and all problems fall on the shoulders of the consumer himself, explained Dmitry Yanin, head of the board of the International Confederation of Consumer Societies (ConfOP). “Yes, some new models of modern high-tech devices are in some ways worse (according to some users) than their predecessors. But here there is freedom of choice: if you don’t like it, don’t buy it,” he noted. “And if you bought it, then all the improvements made outside the service guaranteed by the manufacturer, you can only do it at your own peril and risk, after weighing all the pros and cons of such a decision."
At the same time, as Dmitry Yanin recalled, the rights of the consumer are not violated in any way, since he himself violated the consumer properties of the product. “Agree, it is difficult to demand compensation from the car manufacturer if some amateur decides to independently make vertically opening doors on his car, which then fall off,” the expert noted, recalling that such cases have also been encountered in practice.
The lawyers interviewed by RG share a similar point of view. The “victims” themselves are the culprits of property damage, and in in this case“under the law, no one will be held responsible for their actions,” says lawyer Vladimir Postanyuk. Moreover, it is almost impossible to hold accountable a joker who posted such advice on his Internet page, blog or channel.” Current legislature The Russian Federation does not contain rules prohibiting the shooting of such videos and giving any advice. There is no theft of someone else’s property, just as there is no direct damage to someone else’s property, so there is neither corpus delicti nor signs of an administrative offense,” lists Ilya Reizer, head of the People’s Advocate project for the South-Eastern Administrative District of Moscow.
“As such, the video can be removed from the largest video aggregators on the Internet,” says lawyer Alexander Karabanov. “However, it can be re-edited with the content of a note that this is a joke, and uploaded again.” In addition, the video is not a guide to action. By the way, most of the victims of such jokes live in the United States and European Union countries, the lawyer notes, but even the more consumer-friendly legislation of these countries is unlikely to be able to correct anything in such a situation. So it is extremely difficult to combat this phenomenon, and it is hardly necessary, given the presence of much more serious problems in this area, experts say.
If you “upgrade” yourself, the gadget loses its warranty, and all problems fall on the shoulders of the consumer.
At the same time, they once again draw attention to the fact that it is better not to upgrade technically complex devices without the knowledge or participation of the developer. In 100 percent of cases this leads to the “death” of the device.
Sales of iPhone 7 and 7 Plus started in Russia on September 23. As representatives of the largest sellers note, over 30 thousand units were sold in the country during the first weekend. But there have been no reports yet that any Russians decided to drill an additional hole in their purchase.
It is likely that most Apple product users have encountered the problem of how to clean the headphone jack of iPhone 7/6/5. However, a contaminated entrance can cause a wide variety of problems:
- The phone malfunctions when the headphones are turned on, because they can connect/disconnect due to loose contact;
- glitches in the operation of the iPhone even when the headphones are not connected, because... dirt that gets in can close the circuit and the phone will think that the headphones are there.
Here we will try to give you some very useful tips on how and how to clean the headphone jack and charger of the iPhone, but we are not responsible for your actions and you act at your own peril and risk. Better contact a professional service center. Our specialists will be able to help you quickly and professionally!
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There are several ways to clean connector contacts.
For the first method we need a toothpick or a regular match, alcohol and cotton wool. You need to soak the cotton wool in alcohol, and then wrap it around a toothpick. After this, carefully place a toothpick into the headphone jack. We change the cotton wool until it becomes completely clean.
For the second method we only need an ordinary cotton pad, which can be easily found in every home, or, in extreme cases, bought at the nearest store. We divide it into two halves, thereby obtaining a rather thin piece of material. The outer, denser side must be moistened with alcohol.
Then we wrap the disc around the headphones or Charger, so that the outside remains outside. Insert your headphones or charger into the correct socket. After this, change the “wrapper” to a new cotton pad and repeat the entire procedure from the very beginning.
I would like to note that these procedures are not one hundred percent ways to solve this problem. And if you don’t fully believe in your abilities, then it’s still better for you to contact the service center - this is a guaranteed saving of your nerves and money.
Repair questions
Hello, the contact antenna with the headphone plug is bent, is it necessary to change the entire lower cable?
Or is it possible to bend it?
Hello, I need diagnostics
One earphone is many times quieter than the other, I checked it on other headphones - the same thing
Hello, the connector may need to be replaced. Specify model
Maxim Chernyavsky
When I insert the headphones everything works, but as soon as they turn in the connector a little they immediately come out
Hello, I need diagnostics
Anastasia
I have 7 plus. There is a problem with the headphones or headphone jack. The headphones are inserted and the music comes from the speaker. I thought something was broken inside. But the phone charges without interference. I bought new headphones (not the original ones), but the music still doesn’t want to come through the headphones. And I lost the adapter for regular headphones. If I buy it and listen through regular headphones, will it work?
Hello, bring it to diagnostics for an accurate answer.
Hello, in order to replace the socket, do you have to return the phone or can this really be done in front of me?
Hello, to replace the connector on your phone, in any case you will have to part with the phone for a while
Alexey Senkini
I cleaned the connector and it still shows that the headphones are connected. What to do? can restore
Hello, maybe a replacement is needed, bring it in for diagnostics
Happy owners of a new Apple smartphone believed a blogger who showed a way to return the headphone jack to the iPhone 7. Those who tried the technique lost their recently purchased devices.
As the site learned, one of the iPhone features 7 is the absence of the usual 3.5 mm headphone output, which is not for everyone Apple lovers I liked it. Therefore, after the announcement, rumors began to circulate online that the connector could be returned if a hole was drilled in the right place on the device. Video blogger TechRax even recorded a video with detailed instructions.
The video has received nearly 9 million views since it appeared on YouTube on September 17. And there were those who decided to use the instructions to save $159 on their purchase wireless headphones AirPods. However, in pursuit of savings, users were left without their devices.
One user admitted that he destroyed his screen as a result of the experiment. Another said that his phone stopped turning on, although his friend, according to the friend himself, everything works fine. Some users do not understand why their smartphones stopped working and seriously ask the author of the video for advice. There are also those who haven’t had a chance to try it yet and ask about what size drills should be used and whether it’s possible to ask a friend to hold the phone so as not to buy a workbench.
Netizens who recognized the video as a hoax were shocked, the site reports. Some people don’t understand how they could trust the instructions published by the blogger. And others suggest leaving the Internet forever. It is worth noting that in his video the author did not indicate anywhere that his video was a prank. The video has already collected more than 86 disapproving reviews. Apparently, there are still people on the global web who will decide to try the presented technique.
Some time after iPhone release 7, a video has appeared online showing how to make a hole for headphones in this gadget. There were users who needed a regular headphone jack, so they immediately used the tips from this video. Of course, everyone was disappointed with the result.
And the whole point is that when iPhone development 7, the Apple company did not introduce a regular headphone jack into this device. This decision was made in order to save space for various microcircuits. The latter, in turn, significantly increases productivity.
So, this time the manufacturer offered users elements that connect to the gadget via Bluetooth. But not everyone liked such innovations, so some of them decided to drill a hole in the device. Of course, many would never have thought of this on their own. But the drilling of the device on the YouTube video prompted some to take real action. All these “craftsmen” ended up with a broken smartphone.
What exactly does the author of the ill-fated video propose? How to drill an iPhone 7 for headphones? First, clamp the device tightly, and then, taking a drill in your hands, drill a hole in it with a diameter of 3.5 mm. Already in the first days of release, the video received millions of views.
And, as you might guess, the comments under the video are the most negative. Angry users, who naively believed the proposed instructions, made holes in their gadgets and ended up with a piece of iron. One of them even wrote that he made the biggest mistake of his life by trusting the author of the video.
So, the drilling of an expensive device caused either bewilderment or laughter among the reasonable public. Others took what was happening in the video as a joke. But who would have thought that an incredible number of viewers would take action and drill their own iPhone 7? Both from direct comments and from the abundance of dislikes under the video, one can judge that a large number of users broke their brand new iPhones with their own hands.
Some wrote that the iPhone stopped working after the whole “procedure”, in particular, the display turned off. And they complained that they could have fallen for such advice.
Others relied not on the opinion of the author of the video, but on the advice of their friends who had done this with their device, but, nevertheless, it continued to work. They were probably just lucky. And, probably, the device still received serious damage, which will appear later.
Some wondered why the operation failed, because they measured the exact distance of 3.5 mm. And, of course, they also broke their device.
Some users have not yet used the instructions, but are determined to follow all the steps given in it. You see, they are not satisfied with the headset options that come with the iPhone. And here it is more logical to ask the question - why did you need to purchase such a gadget at all?
Others chimed in, giving “helpful” advice to the poor souls. For example, they wrote that after drilling the new connector needs to be cleaned. For this purpose, in their opinion, it was necessary to put the device in a soapy solution for 10 minutes to remove metal dust. After this you need to shake the phone.
Fraudsters also did not fail to take advantage of the misfortune of naive users. The comments to the video contain promises to bring the device back to life. And then please leave your credit card number with the numbers on the back.
Note that even before the release of this video, similar advice was published on VKontakte. Then it was perceived by everyone as a joke. And some expressed the hope that some user would take a risk and drill his smartphone. Of course, this was also presented in a humorous manner. No one could have imagined that so many users would disfigure their gadget with their own hands.
However, what happened, what happened. And we will dig deeper - to the root of the problem. And let’s analyze why Apple decided to deprive its new device of regular headphones.
Why the audio jack was removed: Apple comments
The 3.5 mm connector is a kind of hole with air, according to the developers, it only interfered with the exit mobile gadgets on new level. This time, the company's management, stingy with words, decided to explain in detail why the new device was deprived of an audio jack. This was discussed in detail in an interview with Apple vice presidents F. Schiller and others.
Next we will highlight the main points from this interview. As it turns out, the audio jack was created more than a century ago. And it is so primitive that it is unlikely that any innovation can be applied to it. Such last time happened about half a century ago. And therefore the time has come to get rid of the remnants of the past.
All company managers agreed that this type of connector is just a hole with air. Moreover, this element occupied precious space inside the device.
The developers assured that this innovation made it possible to place a larger battery in the new device, introduce waterproof technology, and install a Taptic Engine for the Home button.
Apple representatives also emphasized that they abandoned this connector because they found more effective method transmission of sound streams. But control digital rights This is not relevant in any way.
Tim Cook explains the benefits of the new product
New AirPods headphones do not have wires that pull down and therefore cannot fall out. This is the main advantage of the new product, according to the head of the company.
However, there were those who disagreed with this assessment. There were users who managed to test the element for a short time. And according to them, headphones can be easily lost. And Cook said in an interview that he himself wore AirPods, and during the entire period they never fell out.
If you remove the elements from their ear while the melody is playing, the playback will pause. And when placed back into the ear, the process resumes.
Apple presented headphones that work with wireless principle, at the beginning of autumn last year. According to the developers, the cells operate for at least 5 hours without recharging. And if you use a special case with charging - about a day.
However, such seemingly obvious advantages caused rejection among many. Not everyone appreciated the convenience of AirPods, finding shortcomings in them.