> > regarding the audio jack, i made my best audio jack repair ever, while
> > ignoring most of the other device internals!
> > {{--
>
> i put bigs gobs of solder on the pads and heated them so it flowed in
> and, then put hot glue on top so that screwing the case back on would
> pressure them into place like a shock absorber.
>
> dunno if it will work but it works now since i just made it (hasn't
> broken yet). i like to think of it as invincible !This audio jack never broke again! :D and I just resolved its second problem. The second problem was static noise and glitches that I infer was from hot glue that snuck into the jack increasing the resistance/impedance (since changing the earbuds didn’t seem to help). This was handily addressed with isopropyl alcohol on an audio plug. I put rubbing alcohol on a sponge, rolled the earbud plug on it (it left dirt on the sponge), then rolled the plug around inside the jack, and now the signal is great! I didn’t even turn off the device to do this. Next time I’d just clean the inside after performing the repair and see if can make an audio jack impervious to breaking. > > i'm better at fixing audio jacks from that state of mind where i > transcribed a course including it to this list a couple years or so > back
