Over the past few years I've went through a few pairs of earphones.
One pair I lost the others broke.
They never lasted me more than 6 months before problems started to come forth.
Making them last longer means taking care of your earphones. They are fragile.
1stly check this link of how to take care of them.
Now I've found that every time my earphones break they usually break right at the jack because the cable bends alot there.
So one of my friends showed me this nifty trick to ease the bend of the cable
Just get a cheap click pen and remove the spring preferable one that looks like this
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then take the cable of your earphones and insert it like this
wind the spring around the cable bit by bit
and slide it to were the cable joins the jack and let the end of the spring stretch over the rubber so it is secured on
Sofar my earphones have not yet given me any problems with this method.
Always be consiouse of your cabel at your jack make sure it never bends sharply.
Try not to put your device in your pocket when listening to music as your device moves around and bends the cable on the jack.
As I said that is were my earphones usually broke.
I Hope this helps you guys alot and may you have sweet sound to your ears werever you may roam.
I feel like it would annoy me tho, and I always just end up losing them instead of breaking them haha
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Boooty said:
I feel like it would annoy me tho, and I always just end up losing them instead of breaking them haha
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Hahaha oh well I can't help you there bro. But I don't even realize the spring on my earphones at all.
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I just wrap mine around my mp3 player everyday after my workout and have never had a problem, though mine have a 90 degree connector instead of the straight connection like yours.
I will try that.
Thanks
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In general, my headphone cable is brokenThis is a good article:laugh:
MissionImprobable said:
I just wrap mine around my mp3 player everyday after my workout and have never had a problem, though mine have a 90 degree connector instead of the straight connection like yours.
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But how often do you use your earphones? I mean I use mine everyday the whole day.
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As I said, daily during my workout as well as well as always when working in the yard as they block external sound very well and keep the work from getting boring. Again, I have the feeling that a major part of the issue is having a straight in jack instead of an angled connector. The point of your mod is to keep stress off of the connection points within the housing, which an angled jack will experience a lot less of.
MissionImprobable said:
As I said, daily during my workout as well as well as always when working in the yard as they block external sound very well and keep the work from getting boring. Again, I have the feeling that a major part of the issue is having a straight in jack instead of an angled connector. The point of your mod is to keep stress off of the connection points within the housing, which an angled jack will experience a lot less of.
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All good and well its just the earphones I have don't come with angled jjack and my port on ny phone is ontop. But you are one of the lucky few with strong earphones. Look after those earohones man
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or buy earphones with a removable cable. I baby all my stuff, and the weak strain reliefs on my Klipsch S4i's split after a year of every day use, so I repaired them (and gave them to my son). My Shure's have a removable cable, so never going to be an issue there.
This is a good tip, though, may save some people's earphones. Most important part is to limit stress on all joints of the cable by minimizing bending them there.
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or buy earphones with a removable cable. I baby all my stuff, and the weak strain reliefs on my Klipsch S4i's split after a year of every day use, so I repaired them (and gave them to my son). My Shure's have a removable cable, so never going to be an issue there.
This is a good tip, though, may save some people's earphones. Most important part is to limit stress on all joints of the cable by minimizing bending them there.
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Here in South Africa we don't have a big variety of decent earphones. Skullcandy is like the best we can get here as far as I know and I use in ear earphones but I want some Aviators wich also has the replaceable cable. That's like the only headphones I've seen here with replaceable cables. But I'm broke at the moment lol...
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good tip! Thanks!
Theres another 'extendor' you can add to make earphones last longer
I've purchased one of these 'extendors' have a coiled cable
the one i bought from ebay was under the title '4pole 3.5mm 3ring M-F Right angle iPhone extension cable coiled line 0.3-1.6ft '
Here's an image http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/ODAwWDgwMA==/z/hL8AAOxygj5ScyAv/$(KGrHqF,!lkFJvT2IRdEBScy!ug!1g~~60_57.JPG
These ones have 4 poles that allow for play/pause buttons on earphones and their right angled so they fit many phones better.
The coils help minimize impact to the earphones by minimizing tension forces on the earphones and placing them on the coiled part.
Related
Went to 2 diff stores here in orange county non of them knew what I was talking about till I showed them this article.
http://www.tmonews.com/2010/12/new-mytouch4g-and-galaxy-tab-accessories-arrive/
Hope to find out more about it and see if its worth it!
I went to the TMO store with the intent of buying one and changed my mind once I saw the size. They add a lot of thickness and they have a lump on the side where the USB connector hooks up to the phone.
btmec said:
I went to the TMO store with the intent of buying one and changed my mind once I saw the size. They add a lot of thickness and they have a lump on the side where the USB connector hooks up to the phone.
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could you go back and get a picture of it next to stock phone, so we can see the size comparison?
I'm really amazed at how reluctant manufacturers (HTC?) are to utilize the damn charging contacts on the side of the phone! Seriously, what moron thought it would be a better idea to have a skin with a huge lump on the side to house a USB plug instead of simply wiring three small contacts into side of the skin? Come on! Pull your head out of your a$$es HTC!
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I'm really amazed at how reluctant manufacturers (HTC?) are to utilize the damn charging contacts on the side of the phone! Seriously, what moron thought it would be a better idea to have a skin with a huge lump on the side to house a USB plug instead of simply wiring three small contacts into side of the skin? Come on! Pull your head out of your a$$es HTC!
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This is pretty much the correct answer.
I don't understand it either. The pins were one of the reasons I decided to keep this phone over the Nexus S. I assumed we would get all kinds of cool accessories that made use of them. Alas, nothing.
Depressing, indeed.
I was excited about this accessory, until I saw that giant lump on the side. It's pretty ridiculous, if you ask me.
The Nexus One had the pins as well, during the life of the phone the only two items to use them were the HTC desk dock and car dock. Manufacturers seem to forget about them.
Whats so great about the pins anyway?
Saw it and I'll pass on this too...wth were they thinking on this one!
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The Nexus One had the pins as well, during the life of the phone the only two items to use them were the HTC desk dock and car dock. Manufacturers seem to forget about them.
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I love my nexus dock granted it didn't come issue free (won't dock right if not seated properly) but it automatically goes to clock mode and I had it hooked up to my stereo where I streamed/listed to my music docked/undocked.
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Whats so great about the pins anyway?
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Pins are great, you don't have to plug in your phone to charge your phone. All you do is just set it to the dock. Now for pins on a car dock, it automatically goes to carmode. I just hope if tmobile makes a cardock they learned from the mistakes of the nexus ver and add a 3.5mm jack in the back.
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Whats so great about the pins anyway?
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The pins are larger, and can allow for greater amperage depending on the internal circuitry. The Nexus One car dock would charge my phone *incredibly* fast; it was awesome. It was the one charger that could keep up with (and easily surpass) the discharge rate of the battery when using Google Navigation.
Here's a photo
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Aloha from beautiful Hawaii
We only got 3 in stock....sucks bc its awesome!
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wonder wats up with the lump on the side ?
The lump is to cover the micro USB connector
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It's the connector. And I heard that this case is bad for the battery cuz its always charging....
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Oh and it almost tripled the thickness and adds a good amount of weight. I just got one...gonna see how extended it really is...
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It's the connector. And I heard that this case is bad for the battery cuz its always charging....
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Ive wondered about this myself. I have one (got it for christmas), and while my battery life has increased, it seems to be getting worse and worse, especially if I ever go without the skin (ie, to charge the skin and still be able to use the phone). I swear, I was in the car on the way to college and had half the battery drain in oon hour powerskin was depleted. Mind you, that skin lasted a good 7+ hours, but then my phone nearly died before i got to school to charge it.
this thing is quite epic fail. i dont even mind the bulge its the fact that it keeps charging the battery at all times which scares the crap outta me. price is cheap at 40 but still not worth it. returning it tomorrow.
My Review
I have had this power skin for a week and I overall Like it. One thing this doesn't help is from not shattering the screen.. Because I shattered mine day 2 I had this powerskin, but I overall enjoy it and I don't even worry about the battery anymore.
A trick and something I noticed to make it not to always charge your device is if you charge just the powerskin by itself and unplug it then put your phone in it. It will not charge your phone until you turn it on by pressing the button on the back.
If you need more battery juice and longer battery life I suggest you get you will notice a difference.
I dont even know which tmobile stores are selling powerskins for this phone
just call and ask. alot of stores have them cause of the cancer lump on the side of the phone lols.
been working on this for awhile. this is my render of the part.
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and this is a simplified prototype to test fitment and other things.
it fits the GSM and LTE Nexus with a case on it. the touchstone goodies are inbetween the case and the phone itself. opening the phone was unnecessary.
right now the phone is a bit of a tight fit. need to get that sorted out and try again in a few days. also need to verify the touchstone will work with the gap i gave it. (.050ish)
look forward to hearing any comments you guys have.
looks awesome!
2 words:
bad.ass
I'd love to see a dock/stand made with that.
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2 words:
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I'd love to see a dock/stand made with that.
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agreed really WOW shame i can't do such thing because don't have such machinery
are u charging via pogo pins or micro usb?
Only issue I see with this is that the placement off the touchstone would have to line up exactly with where you place the coil.
From what I see it wouldn't work on mine since my coil is much higher to avoid interference with NFC...looks very promising though!
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Only issue I see with this is that the placement off the touchstone would have to line up exactly with where you place the coil.
From what I see it wouldn't work on mine since my coil is much higher to avoid interference with NFC...looks very promising though!
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i tried it and there weren't problems with nfc and the coil using beam and an id
and also IF there were problems it wouldn't matter because it's a car dock pretty much sure he's not using nfc in that case
Pretty limiting in that you've blocked off the phone's speaker and the headphone jack. Sure, some people use bluetooth for everything - but some don't. Just some food for thought.
Looks cool. Any way you can share a cad file of this. I drew a few up myself and I'd like to compare dimensions.
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Impressive.
Does the thickness of the material interfere with the cam at all? IIRC it has a pretty wide view. That said, dude, it has a hole for the camera, good stuff
Let's start from the top
Charging through the pogo pins. charging rate appears to be around 750Ma, or around 40% an hour. It was good enough to keep my phone charged while tethered streaming a movie. So its good enough for me.
I realize I didn't leave any provisions for the internal mics or speakers to do their thing. Much less room for the headphone and USB port. I'm only making a few of these for me and some friends willing to conform to my apple-esque control over how their phone is setup.
The NFC works fine, planning on using an NFC tag to launch the car dock.
Not sure about the camera, I should check that...
T-Keith, PM me your email and I'll try and send you some files when I get it to a point where I'm happy (it fits kinda tight right now)
Thanks for all the kind words, I'll get some nicer photos up soon.
Thats just good stuff - would love to see this extended to a home landscape dock.
I'm confused about how/what is holding the phone in the dock.
looks awesome. You could start a Kickstarter to get funding. I want one!
Definitely looks promising. Great inspiration, I might see what I can come up with if I have some free time. This is just begging for some rapid prototyping fun.
I'd also love to take a look at your files. Great work.
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Definitely looks promising. Great inspiration, I might see what I can come up with if I have some free time. This is just begging for some rapid prototyping fun.
I'd also love to take a look at your files. Great work.
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Agreed! If you post up the cad files when you're done I can probably whip one up in my company's makerbot. I can try and figure out the cost and go from there. This is an AWESOME project!
Question.
If you've modded your case so you can charge using a Touchstone, haven't you already got magnets in there to hold the handset in place when using the Touchstone?
If so, then what does the plastic bit achieve?
I'm not trying to criticise, I'm just confused is all.
Did you ever make more progress on this? I use a touchstone in my car now but something to keep the phone a bit more secure would be awesome!
If you've modded your case so you can charge using a Touchstone, haven't you already got magnets in there to hold the handset in place when using the Touchstone?
If so, then what does the plastic bit achieve?
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Most people are afraid to use JUST a touchstone in their car because if you hit a big bump then your phone could go flying. This is EXACTLY what I was looking to do, integrate a touchstone into a regular car dock so that you can just drop it in for wireless charge and not worry about your phone launching across the car when you make a quick turn. I think I'm going to try to modify an already made dock to fit the touchstone as the back plate, as I don't have access to a CNC machine or a 3D printer =(
EDIT: Sorry if it's a bit off topic, but I found a dock that looks like it'd be perfect to cut out the back and integrate a touchstone. What do you guys think?
As title says. I would like to see what you guys recommend for a AUX cable. Mostly going to keep it in my car the whole time. Need something that can stand heat and sun
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Just pick up the cheapest one you can find. Any 3.5mm cable will do.
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Just pick up the cheapest one you can find. Any 3.5mm cable will do.
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thanks for your reply
but those cheap ones cant stand staying in the car with sunlight hitting them,
got rid of like 3 aux cables in 1 month :crying:
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thanks for your reply
but those cheap ones cant stand staying in the car with sunlight hitting them,
got rid of like 3 aux cables in 1 month :crying:
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What? how can you possibly go over 3 aux cables in a month??
Anyway use the cheapest and shortest usable one, there is no improvement from the more expensive ones, they usually suck more than the cheap ones (ie anything from monster and similar companies just suck your money away with their directional cables...). The plastics of today are not that bothered by the sun and even the cheapest ones will outlive you.
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What? how can you possibly go over 3 aux cables in a month??
Anyway use the cheapest and shortest usable one, there is no improvement from the more expensive ones, they usually suck more than the cheap ones (ie anything from monster and similar companies just suck your money away with their directional cables...). The plastics of today are not that bothered by the sun and even the cheapest ones will outlive you.
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yeah man they just stop working out of the blue lol.
Thanks for your suggestion i guess ill stick to the cheap cable ill buy some extra just in case
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yeah man they just stop working out of the blue lol.
Thanks for your suggestion i guess ill stick to the cheap cable ill buy some extra just in case
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Were they the ones with an L shaped connector or straight ones? Avoid cheap L shaped ones, they actually do suck and get broken inside the connector. Use ones with a straight plug and anything over 10€ for 1m is a straight rip off.
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Were they the ones with an L shaped connector or straight ones? Avoid cheap L shaped ones, they actually do suck and get broken inside the connector. Use ones with a straight plug and anything over 10-13€ for 1m is a rip off.
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na i never used the L shaved ones. always went with the straight plug. Guess i was just using the really cheap crap out there
Monoprice FTW!
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It's just $2.60, about the same to ship it...pretty hard to beat considering the quality and beauty of the cable you get. I have nothing but Monoprice cables for my home theater setup, been using them for about 6yrs now and no complaints. Great product, great prices and great customer service to match.
Just get a cheap retractable cable from eBay.
I bought a Kensington Car Aux Cable on ebay for like $4. They use lower frequencies which help if your audio app has a "preamp". It's been alive for over 8 months, this is a rare thing when it comes to ebay aux cables.
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I got a cheap retractable from a local outlet. Has so far stood up longer than the cheap one I got on amazon a long time ago. Been over a year and still going strong with regular usage.
My friend just put $25 into a MONSTER cable. I was there and tried my best to stop him but he is an idiot. Then he complained how short it was when he opened it. I guess if he has the money to blow...
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I got a cheap retractable from a local outlet. Has so far stood up longer than the cheap one I got on amazon a long time ago. Been over a year and still going strong with regular usage.
My friend just put $25 into a MONSTER cable. I was there and tried my best to stop him but he is an idiot. Then he complained how short it was when he opened it. I guess if he has the money to blow...
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hahah glad to hear that bro.
Thanks for the info
will look for a descent retractable cable then :good:
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Monoprice FTW!
It's just $2.60, about the same to ship it...pretty hard to beat considering the quality and beauty of the cable you get. I have nothing but Monoprice cables for my home theater setup, been using them for about 6yrs now and no complaints. Great product, great prices and great customer service to match.
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Monoprice is my recommendation also. Never had a problem with their items and never an issue with quality.
I'm looking for some earphones to use on my s3 which I can use with my phone to listen to music/gps whilst I'm using my bike. So I need the earphones to be flat so they fit in my helmet comfortably. They also need a decent battery life and ideally can be charged from a 12v cigarette lighter plug.
Can anyone make any recommendations? I'm looking for good quality but cheap. Thanks anyone that can help at all!
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I'm looking for some earphones to use on my s3 which I can use with my phone to listen to music/gps whilst I'm using my bike. So I need the earphones to be flat so they fit in my helmet comfortably. They also need a decent battery life and ideally can be charged from a 12v cigarette lighter plug.
Can anyone make any recommendations? I'm looking for good quality but cheap. Thanks anyone that can help at all!
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I ride snowmobile/motorcycle as well and the best solution I've found so far for me is
http://www.lg.com/us/cell-phone-accessories/lg-HBS700-tone
they can be had for a bit cheaper.
Battery life has been great for me on them.... I don't think I've ever killed them, not even in the cold.
and unlike most things now days..these things literally have some great standby time...sometimes I use them, come home, dont use em for weeks (month) and still get a ton of time out of them
I was hugely skeptical since I didn't like LG But i've been rocking a pair for over a year now and they haven't died yet.
the only complain I have on them is that the range isn't great (but for our application here) it works fine.
my second vote would be these..... http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/st...productId=8198552921666198163&tab=featuresTab
most people love em (but my gf's pair died within a couple weeks) and they are hard to read in the Sun
I have been extremely curious about these for myself though... http://store.sony.com/webapp/wcs/st...productId=8198552921666417432&tab=featuresTab
oh and atleast for the first two...they can be charged via micro usb
may be worth looking into....
http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle-bluetooth-communications
http://www.smithoptics.com/products/#/Helmets/Audio+Kits+Accessories+Helmets/Bluetooth+Kit/view/
I have some jaybird bluetooth headphones but I'm pretty sure they wouldn't fit under your helmet. they're brilliant but 100 quid!
I would suggest something like the Nokia bluetooth clip that I also have. looks a bit like the first generation ipod shuffle. it has all the functions you need and also you can plug your own headphones into it. it just clips on to your clothes. I found it to be very good and less than £20. I think it is called bh 204 although I'm sure there's an updated version now.
I'm looking for something more like these style earphones
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I need something flat as the ones Alan stated, I've tried before, but they are painful after a while due to pushing on my ear.
I use a jawbone era. it's big but you can make it fit or cut a small hole in your helmet to make it fit. sound is okay, and the other people i have talked to have said I sound clear as a bell while going down the highway. it's truely an amazing little device.
just got a set of G9's to replace my G4.
http://www.cardosystems.com/scala-rider
real nice, the bass and sound is not "great" for music, but its super conveanent.
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I'm looking for something more like these style earphones
I need something flat as the ones Alan stated, I've tried before, but they are painful after a while due to pushing on my ear.
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My wife and I use the Sena SMH10 on both our helmets. It is a great product. We can talk to each other when we are riding together and when I'm riding solo, I connect my cell phone (SGS1 - White SGS3 is on order! :victory to it and stream music. You can even connect devices that don't have bluetooth via the 3.5mm headphone connector. Lastly, it gives you full control over the phone function too allowing you to place and receive calls while riding all hands free (other than pushing the button on the side once to connect to the incoming call or begin voice activation).
Yes, you will have to have a bulky piece of hardware attached to the side of the helmet, but the speakers are Velcro(ed) under the padding and you would never know they are there.
Good luck on finding something that works, hope you find something that meets your needs!
I always use to just wedge my Evo 4g in my helmet on speaker phone lol... Use to text and ride too .... But thats a diff story... Good luck on finding what your looking for...
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I use the cardo system "Scala Rider G4"
http://www.cardosystems.com/scala-rider/scala-rider-g4
I use Cellularline Interphone F4. Works fine with SGS and SGSIII.
I use the Scala Rider G4 too. Works like a champ.
I use a chatterbox with bluetooth capabilities and it gets loud enough to hear music fine on the freeway with a loud two brother exhaust.....
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I have two kind of hard to see scuffs next to my headphone jack, I'm wondering if that's from missing and hitting the phone instead of getting it in the jack itself. I realize this is a perverted question lol, but please, check out those headphone jacks, move it around in the light, they can be tough to spot!
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I had a circular one, probably the metal audio cable.
Beamed from my Grouper.
Yes, I have one.
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No scuffs around the headphone jack, but I have one close to the charging port.
The plastic around the jack has a chip in it on mine.
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Had this since Feb 1st though, without a case about 95% of the time.
I don't any scuffing. But from my observations, it looks like the paint job around this area isn't the greatest. I can see the potential for a bit of missing paint of a chip.
I'll take a picture and update this post later on.
Dishin out thanks like it's my birthday, thanks for the replies.
I'm rather disappointed, the point of my overpriced case was to keep this thing safe, between that and the easy-to-scratch screen, I think I'm going naked (not me personally...ugh trolls always say something about that).
I have what seems like a scuff on the edge of the port.
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martonikaj said:
The plastic around the jack has a chip in it on mine.
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Had this since Feb 1st though, without a case about 95% of the time.
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I have a chip in the exact same place. My headphone jack also broke a few months ago. (the part that holds the input in wore out) I just replaced it though. Works great now!
I figured out where mine came from- you know how OEMs like to make their phones look badass, so often you see the headphone plug itself sticks out on one side as part of the curve of the phone.
My scuffing is from my Beats right angle plug grinding against the part of the phone that sticks out the most (upper left side if looking at the headphone jack straight on) as part of my "turn the wire out of the way so it doesn't bend against the plug and my pocket" campaign.
Sooo...BEATS RIGHT ANGLE HEADPHONE WIRES DAMAGE GALNEXES. There it is.
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Even the headset that comes with the GalNex scuffs off the paint in that corner.
*face palm*
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I had something like that as well, I think it was just from missing the hole....Lol. So much for turning 22 today and being mature.
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martonikaj said:
The plastic around the jack has a chip in it on mine.
Had this since Feb 1st though, without a case about 95% of the time.
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LOL. I have a chip in the same spot, same size it appears too. Happened from my headphones (duh), the little metal part that sticks out from the plug is what caused it from rotating the headphones, sucks, but it's a common issue, happened on my Nexus S too, and will probably happen on the LG Nexus from the shape of the headphone port so I'll be putting a very thin piece of clear tape or something on the headphone jack of the next Nexus or my headphones to prevent it. OP you may as well accept it as a feature or something, gives it character lol.
martonikaj said:
The plastic around the jack has a chip in it on mine.
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Had this since Feb 1st though, without a case about 95% of the time.
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Same spot LOL!
After closer inspection, I have the chip as well. The first *battle wound* on my nexus.
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It's interesting to hear that this problem dates back to the Nexus S... Nexus One too? HTC so probably not, headphones are 100% in with those phones lol.
Nexus Phones
Contoured display
Pure Google
First to updates
Use of headphone jack causes damage
hah.
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Always had a hard time getting it in the hole. But no scuffs for me. I actually have more scuffs around my phone from putting it on and taking it off a lot because I have two pogo pin docks and don't want to wear out my USB port. I transfer files wireless a lot too.
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jimmyco2008 said:
It's interesting to hear that this problem dates back to the Nexus S... Nexus One too? HTC so probably not
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Actually it did happen on my Nexus One as well from what I remember because the metal piece of the headphones sat right on top of the Nexus One's aluminum body so turning the headphones would scuff it up and eventually leave little indents. Unless the phone has a little headphone guard kinda thing around the jack (only example I can think of right now would be the SGS3's headphone jack, it has a little black outlined plastic circle) chances are your headphones will scuff the paint/body
Off topic: Why do people think HTC products = high quality, just because they use aluminum? They may feel nice, but most HTC phones I used in my experience were the worst with dust getting inside the screen and such (the Sensation was a nightmare) and their phones have just as much issues as other OEMs. Haven't actually used an HTC phone in awhile so I don't know if they've improved or not, but I always felt it was a hit or miss with their phones.
Sorry for the rant :/
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@rbiter said:
Always had a hard time getting it in the hole. But no scuffs for me. I actually have more scuffs around my phone from putting it on and taking it off a lot because I have two pogo pin docks and don't want to wear out my USB port. I transfer files wireless a lot too.
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I always try to keep the usb port unused, besides, my self made ugly pogo dock is way cooler
I plan on ordering a replacement USB board and waiting for the port to break lol.
I was incredibly disappointed with the Thunderbolt, I was hyped up about it all the way back in 2010 when rumors of a Droid Incredible HD started circulating with the Droid Terminator. I thought it was perfect. I thought it was perfect when I got it. Now, over a year later, I'm safely done with HTC. Updates are sporatic, the kickstand peeled its outer coating easily, hell I opened up the battery cover to find a bunch of sand! How in the world did that happen?!
The 8MP camera was worse than my GalNex's 5MP shooter, it was fat because of the LTE, the Radio setup for simultaneous voice and data over 3G made it impossible for devs to update Android themselves, it had 768mb of RAM. 768. What. The. ****. Too cheap to go 1024, that's what that says to me.
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