Will plugging headphones often damage the port?
Every connector you have ever seen has a limited lifetime, which is measured in plug/unplug cycles. I just took a quick look at the spec sheets for a couple of 3.5mm barrel jacks, and see they’re rated at 5,000 cycles by the manufacturer. The USB micro-B connector that’s been the standard power/data jack for phones is rated at 10,000 cycles, as is the new Type-C connector that’s expected to replace it. These get longer life by locating the contact springs in the cable plug, rather than the jack. Apple’s Lightning jack is proprietary, so unrated by any source I can find, but I’d expect it to last somewhere between the 1,500 cycles of the USB Type B connector and the 5,000 cycles of the audio jack.So basically, most people will not own their phones long enough to wear out any jacks on the phone. However, it’s not the wear per se, but the potential for damage, that you need to watch out for. Any plug sticking out a phone you’re carrying has the potential of getting wacked normal to the direction of motion of the plug, causing shearing forces between the plug and the jack. Do that often enough or severely enough, and something will break.There’s also the possibility of corrosion. Professional 1/4″ jacks and plugs use brass with nickel-chromium plating, which is hard, thick, corrosion resistant, and lasts pretty much as long as the mechanical bits will. Consumer gear uses a mix… usually brass or stainless steel springs, sometimes plated with nickel, then gold, tin, or silver on top. Each of these has issues. Tin plating is the cheap solution. Silver is the best normal conductor, but both tin and silver corrode. Gold doesn’t corrode in normal environments, but it’s really soft and they often use as little as less than 0.25µm coating of gold (gold flash), which can wear off much sooner than the springs and other mechanical bits. So it is technically possible for your jack to wear or corrode long before it’s “expiration date” based on the mechanical specs.Another possibility is that you get dirt, oil, or other unwanted stuff up in the jacks. You can find some contact cleaner at most hardware stores that can help wash this stuff out. But be careful.. you won’t want to dissolve it from a jack and have it wash down deeper inside the phone.
How do I stop dropping my phone so often?
I don't know why, but I ALWAYS drop my phone! I won't even touch it and it just falls on the ground and breaks apart. I used to carry my old phone on a necklace, but i can't do that with this one, and I can't wear zip up pocket 24/7! My phone is seriously braking and my mom won't get me a better phone until she knows I won't drop it as much. How can I fix this?
How often does your car break down and needs repairs?
NEVER! It's called preventive maintenance. As far as older vehicles being "less reliable", that's a load of B.S. The newest vehicle I own is a 1990 Ford Ranger XLT 4x4 with just under 300,000 miles (yes that's right-300,000) on her 2.9L V-6 and 5 speed transmission. I did have to replace the clutch at about 230,000 though-it cost me all of $300 for parts and a Saturday afternoon of labor to get it done. That truck is my daily driver and has had oil changes every 3,000 miles, transmission, transfer case and axles have been done every 12-15,000 miles. All of my vehicles are maintained this way except for my 1985 Honda 1100 Shadow which gets everything changed each spring-it has just over 100,000 miles now.
Why do cheaper phone's glass not break?
Tina Miller , thanks for your A2A.The deal is that, for some phones, like for everything else, sometimes you pay for the brand, not just necessarily for the hardware.There are, out there, many phones with hardware similar to Samsung S7, or even better, with a price tag that is a third or less of the Samsung S7.Often you pay for the software, or you pay for the overall service, or you pay for the integration with other services.I believe Samsung uses the best hardware available yet, it is not indestructible, it breaks.Cheaper phones may have the same hardware, but maybe poorer customer service, or simpler software, who knows.Phones fall on the ground all the time, in water, in the toilette, sometimes with or without plastic cover.So, it is not that cheaper phones are more robust (although a smaller screen is definitely more robust than a big one), they break as easily as the more expensive ones.Just that when we pay a kidney for a phone, when it breaks, we remember it.
Do phone cases really protect your phone from damage?
Yes.I bought a Samsung S7, which basically has most of its body covered with glass. I also bought a more expensive leather case ( from urcover . de ).After 15 months, the leather case is pretty much worn down. It has some severe scratches on front and back, and in 2 of the 4 corners the leather is coming off.But: except for some dust around the buttons (which is really hard to get off), the phone looks brand new. Not a single scratch on it. Also no cracks, nothing (although the phone dropped more than once).I have seen a S7 that fell down without cover … and the backside glass had massive cracks. Samsung charges you several hundred Euros in Germany to fix that.My leather case cost me 30 Euros, and I never regretted buying it.Beyond that, the real trick is to:accept that you spend a lot of money for a beautiful, shiny phone, to then hide its beauty using a covergo down the full 9 yards - get a full case, with a cover that protects the front sideyes, accept that this sometimes impracticalunderstand that you have to do good research. Understand your “requirements”, and then carefully select that case that fits these requirementsacknowledge that quality doesn’t come for free. You spent several hundred dollars on the phone, so be willing to invest 20 to 40 bucks for your case!
How to "break up" with your best friend?
Actually, she's not my best friend, but I moved to a new country a few months ago and she's been my friend ever since I arrived. She was always bossy, arrogant, vain, materialistic and rude. Now that I'm getting to know new people and making more friends, she is bitchier than ever. She's completely horrible and will tell me I'm a b*tch and stop being friends with me and be in a huge mood, the next day she'll be preaching on about morals of friendship and how I let her down by making other friends blabla. I know it's just teenage drama, and it will be totally irrelevant soon, I was wondering how to get rid of a friend for good? If I tell her, she will come back to me a few days later and start preaching again about how I shouldn't be friends with people she doesn't like. I sit next to her in nearly all my classes, she's in my bus and she lives practically next door. How do I avoid her?
Why are frequent short breaks better than fewer long ones when working in front of a PC?
It has to do with repeating the same action or posture constantly. A very short break relieves the short-term strain caused. Spending longer that isn't necessary, since the strain is already relieved. You can't "catch up". It has to do with your muscles, and they only need a short time doing something else to relieve the strain to the few you've been using for an hour or two straight ;)
When should I take a break from playing video games?
well according to basically every health warning ive heard. ur supposed to take a 15 minute break after every hour. of course i dont even listen to that and play for 5 straight hours.