Headphones broke off in ipod

Not sure if it's open or not but you should be able to get a small, jewelers screwdrivers in from the back.

You have to take it apart to change the jack (~$50) anyway, so why not at least have a look?

Here's how to open it.
http://lifehacker.com/software/ipod/how-to-replace-your-ipods-battery-236138.php

No idea what it will cost or what they may do.
They may just charge you the standard $199 for replacement.

Could go to www.ipodresq.com

It's under warranty. I was going to suggest that a long time ago, when I asked if it was under warranty, but since it is, I thought that openning the iPod would void the warranty.


THE STANDARD $199?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!??!?!?!!!? breath ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Yes, opening it will void the warranty.
Send it in under warranty and see what happens.

$199 is for repairs not covered under warranty.

This is what I'd do. Get a stick pin and put a tiny dab of super glue on it and insert it into the hole till it stops. Wait for it to dry real good, then pull gently strait up. If you use a pin with only a dab of glue on it and you get it on the side of the hole just pull it off. I dought a small dab like that will do anything to harm it. It is a risk though. Make sure you use the flat end of the pin so you have a nice flat surface to work with. Im sorry your in this position because like the others said, superglue is iffy. Good luck.

The only safe thing I can think of is to find a powerful suction device (EXAMPLE a vacuum hose) and try to get it out.

The suction from a vacuum cleaner will generate only a fraction of an ounce of force over the 1/8" diameter area of a plug - not nearly enough to extract the broken piece. The jack in my iPod has a pretty good grip on the plug. A PERFECT vacuum will only be capable of about 3 ounces of force by suction, and that's not providing for any of the surface area to be used by the seal needed to CREATE the perfect vacuum.

In other words, my quick calculations say you ain't going to do it with suction, no matter how hard you try.

Hey Bro, At most hardware stores, Home depot etc you can buy what is called "tap outs", or easy outs. they are used for turning out broken screws. You turn ythem counterclockwise and the grab the screw and back it out. Good Luck !

An "Easy Out" entails drilling a hole in the broken screw. The boken plug would turn and get full of mewtal shaving if he could drill a hole that small that accurately.

See now this is getting interesting, because you can now entail a vacuum to suck the shavings out. Another thing you can do (bit risky too) is use Basic-H* on the hole. It acts as a lube, a good one at that. Just a drop or two would be enough, it's a very slippery liquid. It works nicely for such sticky situations 🙂. Be sure to use a damp cloth or tissue, if you get it out, to clean the hole. Also if you were to do this, hold the iPod upside down. and work with it like that. If there a better way and less risky way, then by all means go with it, I'm just giving you another option. Kind of a last resort thing.

*Note: Basic-H is an efficient, powerful, safe, bioadegradable and economical cleaner. (Sixteen ounces makes up to 90 gallons to clean hard surfaces, woodwork, walls, floors, glass, mirrors, even cars. Anything you can clean with water, you can clean with Basic-H.) Was named an official Earth Day product 🙂.

Glad to hear it, enjoy your music.