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Old July 1st, 2007, 08:49 PM
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Headphone jack problem EASILY solved

Just pick up your trusty Dremel tool and put one of the sanding barrel/discs on it. Headphone jacks (most all of them) have a ton of extra material on them. Just sand back about 1/8 of the material and you don't need any stinking, ugly, extra thing to carry, adapter.

I modified my Bose QC2 headphone cable in about 2 minutes and it looks almost factory.
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Old July 2nd, 2007, 12:11 AM
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For a minute there I thought you were talking about taking a Dremel tool to the iPhone! Of course, I'm relieved.
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I used a boxcutting knife to remove the excess plastic from my headphone jack.
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Old July 6th, 2007, 02:07 AM
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I guess people with 80+ $ headphones don't like to go all Tim Allen on their babies... Apple should simply add a little (little!) extender to the packaging of the iPhone. And the first revision of the iPhone should make sure the thing's done like the iPod.
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Old July 6th, 2007, 09:09 AM
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If you're looking for a solution in getting audio out from the iPhone and don't want to buy (or in my case: can't seem to find in my area before this weekend) an adaptor, use the dock's Line Out port. I've got the phone sitting in the dock connected to my cassette adaptor in my car and it works beautifully. A bit awkward to position but until I can find confirmation of a charger+line-out accessory working with iPhone, this saved the day for my road trip this weekend.
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Old July 16th, 2007, 06:44 AM
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Sorry, I don't understand, whats the deal with the headphone socket? Basically, once I get the iPhone I will get myself some noise reducing headphones, probably the Sennheiser ones - do they not fit? Or is it a special apple-only adaptor?
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Old July 17th, 2007, 07:26 AM
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Well, OK then, I guess it'll just be a nice surprise for me when I get one...
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