Did someone actually drill a hole in their iPhone 7 for a headphone jack?

[nsaspook]

http://www.craveonline.com/design/1...g-holes-iphone-7-make-headphone-jack#/slide/1

Last week YouTuber TechRax uploaded a video in which he outlined a “secret hack” to get a headphone jack in the iPhone 7. In the video, he uses a drill to forcibly insert a hole into his smartphone which, as you’d imagine, doesn’t actually work. Unfortunately, that joke has flown over the heads of many, and TechRax has therefore been unwittingly responsible for a number of people actually drilling holes into their iPhone 7 handsets. Stop the planet, I want to get off.

If only one person did this.

 

[DennisN]

 

[nsaspook]

Thank goodness he didn't show how to access the hidden USB jack in the iPhone 7 users forehead.

 

[DennisN]

At least we can hope people don't try that hack twice. They should know the drill by now.

 

[DiracPool]

I recently read an article on this subject that said that the technology behind the headphone jack in smartphones is so archaic that it goes back to the days of the transistor radio. It is actually the main reason that most smartphones aren't a lot thinner. It's a hard habit to break, though.

 

[fresh_42]

Reminds me on my favorite bumper sticker: "Stupidity of human is inviolable." as a persiflage on our first article of our constitution where it says dignity.

 

[nsaspook]

Many of the smartphones actually have an FM receiver inside (http://freeradioonmyphone.org/) that also uses the headphone jack as an antenna coupler to the headphone wires.

 

[DrClaude]

If only one person did this.

I'm skeptical that anyone actually did that.

 

[nsaspook]

I'm skeptical that anyone actually did that.

You sir, are a optimist.
"... the universe and human stupidity"

 

[Psinter]

Well, when you are a kid and want something, you believe in it. You believe it can be done.

I recently read an article on this subject that said that the technology behind the headphone jack in smartphones is so archaic that it goes back to the days of the transistor radio. It is actually the main reason that most smartphones aren't a lot thinner. It's a hard habit to break, though.

It is archaic. So archaic that when you put a TRS in a TRRS jack, it makes a short circuit. However, because it is not harmful, it is ignored. But still, it IS a short circuit. It is defective by design.

Not to mention that Apple, Nokia, and others have each made their own standards out of 3.5mm jacks. They look the same, but the contacts serve different purposes. And to make things worse, no one tells you which one you are buying. Everyone in the world sell it to you as simple TRRS jack without diagrams or anything, when in reality, they are different. Go figure out which one you have.

Source: http://www.cablechick.com.au/blog/understanding-trrs-and-audio-jacks/

 

[Mike S.]

I'm amazed that this video is, like, the last thing left on YouTube that hasn't been censored yet - still there! Secret Hack To Get Headphone Jack on the iPhone 7 - YouTube . Reminds me of some of the stuff from Prank University, which you can still find on archive.org. (I'm afraid to link to that one because Berners-Lee was an idiot and hyperlinks are EVIL; let's see if I get banned for knowing it's there at all) *Make sure you have a spare pair of underwear before listening to the one about the apple juice, in case you have a laugh malfunction)