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My headphones have a faulty jack, but I don't have a solder

tablo13

tablo13

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Jul 29, 2010
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Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
My headphone has a faulty jack, it has sound only coming out of the right earbud. If the plug and cord is twisted/tangled right, there's sound on both earbuds, but that's occasional. Seems like I can just buy a new jack for my Skullcandy Ink'd earbuds, but I don't have a solder. Is there a store that can solder my new jack? Or do I just have to borrow it from someone? I live in Edmonton, Canada.
 
I'm not sure what Canada is like, but where I live (London) there are hundreds of mobile phone shops and they all do simple repairs and firmware hacking. Most of them would probably have the skills to do this repair. That's the sort of place I would go to if there are any in your area.

Alternatively, you could probably buy a soldering iron, solder and a replacement jack plug for about $20 from radio shack or somewhere like that. Soldering is pretty easy - you just need to practice first.
 
firestarter said:
I'm not sure what Canada is like, but where I live (London) there are hundreds of mobile phone shops and they all do simple repairs and firmware hacking. Most of them would probably have the skills to do this repair. That's the sort of place I would go to if there are any in your area.

Alternatively, you could probably buy a soldering iron, solder and a replacement jack plug for about $20 from radio shack or somewhere like that. Soldering is pretty easy - you just need to practice first.
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I did soldering before. :D Not sure if The Source (which is kinda like Radio Shack) is the place to go. But there are a lot of mobile phone shops in malls.
 
tablo13 said:
I did soldering before. :D Not sure if The Source (which is kinda like Radio Shack) is the place to go. But there are a lot of mobile phone shops in malls.
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Mobile phone shops in malls are usually staffed by clueless salesmen... not people who can solder.

The sort of back-street mobile phone places we have in London specialise in repairs and hacking firmware :)
 
FireStar said:
Skullcandys are fine.

They come with a life-time warranty. Just exchange them.
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But I'm afraid they'll never come back like some of the people experienced :p And what if I just get a 50% discount instead of an exchange...
pablo7 said:
Just toss'em skullcandys are junk anyway and buyva good pair of headphones.
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Skullcandys are fine. Good bass/sound... at least better than the ones that come with iPods.
 
tablo13 said:
But I'm afraid they'll never come back like some of the people experienced :p And what if I just get a 50% discount instead of an exchange...

Skullcandys are fine. Good bass/sound... at least better than the ones that come with iPods.
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Hm. I've never had experience with getting a replacement. Do they really offer a 50% off discount if they break?

Copycat. :p
 
FireStar said:
Hm. I've never had experience with getting a replacement. Do they really offer a 50% off discount if they break?

Copycat. :p
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:p 50% discount if because of aggressive listening (which I didn't really) or replacement if "the item broke for no good reason". Wondering how long the warranty takes...
 
tablo13 said:
:p 50% discount if because of aggressive listening (which I didn't really) or replacement if "the item broke for no good reason".
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Ahh. So I see.

Skullcandy said:
* Aggressive Listening Discount: If your headphones broke because of a crazy crash on the mountain or a violent head-banging session, or any other reason that’s not a product defect, we’ll still hook you up with 50% off a replacement in our online store.
* Defective Product Replacement: The item broke for no good reason. Tell us what happened and we will replace a defective product with the same or an equal replacement.
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Skullcandy said:
2. Once we receive and process your package, we will send you a replacement set of headphones or a 50% off coupon for our online store. Please allow up to 4 weeks for processing.
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4 weeks. I'm not gonna send them my earphones...
 
I have had so many earbuds that endup getting glitchy because of a bad plug. I sent one pair of skullcandy's in and they never did anything. but when I emailed them with the tracking number USPS they gave me a full refund plus a bit. but the replacement ones were getting bad in two weeks. but I have had several brands get bad some within a few weeks or less.
you could not really solder the wires they are so fine and nor really wires for the most part.
 
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