YouTube/TechRax
Posted on 09/24/2016 6:39:25 PM PDT by Swordmaker
A fake YouTube video claiming to show users how to get the much-missed sound input has gone viral - with many unknowing victims following its lead
CLUELESS iPhone 7 users have been tricked into DRILLING a hole into their phone in a bid to get a headphone jack.
A fake YouTube video claiming to show users how to get the much-missed sound input has gone viral – with many unknowing victims following its lead.
iPhone 7 users have been tricked into drilling a whole in their new handsets by a cruel YouTube video
Users were told to take a 3.5mm drill to make a hole in the handset where a headphone jack used to appear
Owners have copied the video’s instructions to place the phone in a clamp and take a 3.5mm drill to where the headphone hole used to be.
Needless to say drilling a hole into your iPhone will leave you with a very broken handset – and not the promised addition.
Apple’s newest model has ditched the jack in favour of bluetooth headphones to make more room for internal hardware.
But customers have been left angry at the decision – with some taking extreme measures to bring back the old hole.
As a result some desperate viewers were duped into destroying their new handsets with the cruel DIY tip.
Clueless users then complained their phones had stopped working after falling victim to the prank
Furious James Ceja commented on the video: “I tried this and ended up with display destruction and it not working… I really committed the biggest mistake of my life by watching this video.”
David Iriarte added: “A friend of mine told me it worked for him, but my iPhone won’t turn on after I drilled the hole for the jack.
“I checked and it was the 3.5mm drill, so I made no mistake there! What happened? Any of you have the same problem?”
Toekneechair questioned: “Ok I am sure it’s in the comments somewhere but my friend told me to ask what size drill bit am I supposed to use?
“Also I don’t have that clamp thingy, can I or my friend hold it while we drill? I don’t want to ruin my phone.
“Thanks for all the help guys…”
I went ahead and drilled 3 holes in different positions, so I have options if I need them.
I add phone jacks and fix iPhones every day in my welding shop.
$9.95, you pay shipping.
I will weld attach your earphones anywhere you want on your phone...Mig, Tig or Stick, your choice.
“They forced the market to come up with more storage. If they hadn’t did what they did, we’d still be using 3.5 floppy disks.”
Can’t tell if you are serious
Yeah, but they'd be 1 terabyte floppys.
no, they did not, and no we would not be using 3.5” floppy disks today
What they did was inconvenienced their customers at the time to save a few bucks. It wasn’t “innovation” it was just shaving a few dollars on a machine.
USB drives, cloud storage, CD/DVD Recordable disks, were still going to be invented and improved regardless what Apple did. The iMac was not even 1% of the market at that time so it forced nothing because it was nothing.
You have to use a 3.5mm platinum drill bit.
Cool! Then they could plug the ear buds into their head and wouldn't need the iPhone.
First, any smartphone that does not have a headphone jack, is a deal breaker. I have pre-bluetooth stereo equipment.
When I want to listen closely to a telephone conversation, I use headphones. I was not born with the necessary bone structure needed to cradle the phone to my ear, while not using my hands.
I don’t care for wireless headphones of any design. They would compete with my V.A.-supplied earpieces to hear my beloved’s voice.
You said it! Oh My God Unbelievable Stupid.
These users shouldn't be permitted to have blunt-end kiddie scissors, much less a power drill.
This beggars the imagination.
Hey, my wife topped off the “coolant” in her car a couple of weeks ago. That resulted in a nice $189 tab to flush the power steering unit, after I had turkey bastered out most of the custard and put a quart of good in to drive it over to dealer.
Her: well, I didn’t have my glasses on.
Me: BUT THE CAP HAS A PICTURE OF A STEERING WHEEL ON IT!!!
Anyone who tells you oil and water don’t mix hasn’t run it through a hydraulic pump yet...
I hope none of our fellow FReepers fell for this prank. But if not, let’s hope both the guy who made the video and the website that is hosting it have a decent liability insurance policy: Class action these ruinous jokesters!
>>Anyone who tells you oil and water don’t mix hasn’t run it through a hydraulic pump yet...
Sorry to find amusement in another’s pain, but that’s funny right there! LOL!
exact words: “many unknowing victims “
Did I hear someone say a nominee for the Darwin Award?
Much cheaper to use a 9D nail. An 8D nail will do in a pinch if you wobble it around a bit.
I'm pretty sure it is a hoax. . .
I have AN IPhone 7. This whole thing is stupid.
They give you an adapter that plugs into the charging port that you can plug your Headphones into.
Nobody could be that stupid, right?
Oh I forgot, Hillary s tied with Trump and could end up being the next POTUS, never mind.
The Darwin Award still goes to the blond women, scared, lost in the night time forest, because somebody told them the river will bring their raft back this same spot, because the river goes around in a circle.
No drilling required.
Flipping idiots!!! Clamping it in a vise like that will scratch the screen. Cushion it with a thick cloth.
Some people...
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