Clueless iPhone 7 owners tricked into DRILLING hole in their phones to ‘get a headphone jack’

The Sun ^ | September 24, 2016 | BY ELLIE FLYNN

[longfellow]

This is right up there with sum ting wong.

[cba123]

Bump.

This is funny.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

There was a post about this last night

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3472983/posts

[LibWhacker]

Something P.T. Barnum used to say comes to mind. Still... I hope they catch whoever did this. I’d say he’s going to have some legal problems in the near and far future.

[jazusamo]

If it’s on the Internet it has to be true. LOL!

[norwaypinesavage]

And these are obviously the technically competent ones, since they own a drill motor and a bit.

[Swordmaker]

There are no words for the industrial strength stupidity of some people. . . those who might be doing this, or those who think there actually may be people who do these things! Clueless users drilling a 3.5mm hole where the 3.5 mm audio jack once was located on iPhones under the mis-impression that they will uncover an existing jack they can plug their 3.5mm audio earphones into, without doing any damage to their new iPhones and being shocked when that doesn't work and neither does their new iPhone anymore! SHEESH! — PING!

Thanks to Freeper Amigatec for the heads up and the head shake as I read the article! Not to mention the Laugh Out Loud!

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[sima_yi]

If it’s on the Internet it has to be true.

Where did you hear that?

[Revel]

All Obama and Hillary voters.

[ctdonath2]

On the internet, of course.

[CitizenUSA]

This headphone jack mod ONLY works for progressives!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Apple will be vindicated though. Remember when they got rid of the 3.5 inch floppy disk drive on their green Macintosh computers in the 90s and everyone went ape-crap?

[House Atreides]

After drilling the hole, it will be essential for the user to completely spray all surfaces of the phone with several coats of Flex Seal!

http://www.bedbathhome.com/FlexSeal/flex-seal-rubber-sealant-coating-spray.html

:^)

[jazusamo]

From my MIL. Shaking head. :)

[citizen]

Heard it on the Internet of course.

[Swordmaker]

There was a post about this last night http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3472983/posts

Thanks. . . my FR search did not bring it up. . . I recommend all members of the Ping list make their comments on the earlier posting.

I think I will patent an iVice to hold the 3.5mm portless iPhone 7s and sell the iVice for a huge markup. . . it has to be huge because I doubt I will sell many, so I have to make my money really fast and get out of town real fast before my customers learn their iPhones aren't going to work, even with my patented iVice to protect them from damage while doing the drilling. I shall have decamped with my $1.98 in profit.

[Ken H]

Just cover the hole with putty so the electronics don’t leak out. Good as new!

[Henchster]

Dr. Peter Venkman: Egon, this reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole through your head. Remember that?

Dr. Egon Spengler: That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me.

[laplata]

Just cover the hole with putty so the electronics don’t leak out. Good as new!

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Only Silly Putty works, though.