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I have the SkullCandy Hesh 2s over ear headphones, and this morning, an asshole that I call a friend(excuse my language) decided that it was a good idea to bend the 3.5 mm headphone plug, the end that goes into the device, not the headphones. And because of this the button is now completely useless, the sound quality is severely degraded, the volume does what it wants when it wants, and it is constantly just pausing, playing, skipping, and going back to songs. These are $70 headphones that I got for Christmas, I'm in high school, so I don't really have any money to spend on a new pair. So how do I fix it so everything works properly, when it's supposed to?

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beat his ass, extract $70, save and buy some better cans

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get a new plugs off ebay and resolder it

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1 minute ago, PCgamer324 said:

beat his ass, extract $70, save and buy some better cans

I don't feel like getting my ass beat by my dad because I got kicked out of school for kicking some kid's ass, and I don't feel like going to jail for stealing his money, and these are the absolute best headphones I've ever had

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2 minutes ago, DXMember said:

get a new plugs off ebay and resolder it

I don't know how to solder

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1 minute ago, Chaos Network said:

I don't know how to solder

oh, it's easy

you get a metal rod, heat it up to like 150~200*C and shove it up your friends hole until he gives you working headphones

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2 minutes ago, DXMember said:

oh, it's easy

you get a metal rod, heat it up to like 150~200*C and shove it up your friends hole until he gives you working headphones

Ok...

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4 minutes ago, DXMember said:

oh, it's easy

you get a metal rod, heat it up to like 150~200*C and shove it up your friends hole until he gives you working headphones

give that dickface a taste of his own medicine

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solder on a new plug or resolder the old one, its super easy. look up some tutorials on youtube if you dont know how to but its harder to do compleatly wrong then sortof right IMO xD 

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14 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

solder on a new plug or resolder the old one, its super easy. look up some tutorials on youtube if you dont know how to but its harder to do compleatly wrong then sortof right IMO xD 

The good news is the cans are already broken so what does he have to lose?

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1 minute ago, Rmusic10891 said:

The good news is the cans are already broken so what does he have to lose?

his friend should just buy him new headphones.

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your friend owes you new headphones. that's the bottom line.

But you can try resoldering a new one on. Good skill builder project.

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41 minutes ago, DXMember said:

oh, it's easy

you get a metal rod, heat it up to like 150~200*C and shove it up your friends hole until he gives you working headphones

 

 

4 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

your friend owes you new headphones. that's the bottom line.

But you can try resoldering a new one on. Good skill builder project.

 

This. If he intentionally broke them, he owes you new ones. Try to fix them, make him give you the money. If you can't fix them, buy new ones. If you can, you have $70. OP, you said you're in high school? Take it to the electronics classroom and solder it there. But that's pretty fucked up for your 'friend' to do. I've had that happen to some cheap headphones by accident (shut the plug in a drawer) and it sucks, but life does go on. If you want some new, not too expensive headphones, I suggest the Monoprice DJ style headphones. They're like $15 and actually sound really good. And at that price, they're almost disposable..

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36 minutes ago, Rmusic10891 said:

The good news is the cans are already broken so what does he have to lose?

The cans aren't broken, they work just fine, they are the version with the removable cord...

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15 minutes ago, Omon_Ra said:

 

 

 

This. If he intentionally broke them, he owes you new ones. Try to fix them, make him give you the money. If you can't fix them, buy new ones. If you can, you have $70. OP, you said you're in high school? Take it to the electronics classroom and solder it there. But that's pretty fucked up for your 'friend' to do. I've had that happen to some cheap headphones by accident (shut the plug in a drawer) and it sucks, but life does go on. If you want some new, not too expensive headphones, I suggest the Monoprice DJ style headphones. They're like $15 and actually sound really good. And at that price, they're almost disposable..

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You can new cable for like 2$. Just a 3.5mm cable.

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11 minutes ago, spwath said:

You can new cable for like 2$. Just a 3.5mm cable.

The button is like a mandatory thing for me, I am literally going crazy because I keep reaching for the button to change a song, but it doesn't work, and I have to have the cord backwards, in order for me to get any sound with any good quality...

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31 minutes ago, Chaos Network said:

The cans aren't broken, they work just fine, they are the version with the removable cord...

get him to pay you the monies required to buy a new cable with a controller no?

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20 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

get him to pay you the monies required to buy a new cable with a controller no?

I tried that, but he's being stubborn AF and not budging on what he said, which is "no"

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1 hour ago, Chaos Network said:

The cans aren't broken, they work just fine, they are the version with the removable cord...

wait then you can just buy a cheepo 3.5mm cable xD or a third party replacement

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8 minutes ago, Chaos Network said:

I tried that, but he's being stubborn AF and not budging on what he said, which is "no"

Tell his parents, there is no reason he should not pay you back for damages he caused.  

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9 minutes ago, Pomfinator said:

Tell his parents, there is no reason he should not pay you back for damages he caused.  

I just told the principal, being this happened at school, but when his mom gets here to pick him up, I'm telling her.

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i get the hate, but anyone even trying to help?

 

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you can purchase these cables, check ebay and google about for replacement cable, these are replaceable, there are various ones, this one is just the first one to come up with mic and volume control, I'm sure there are some available for less off ebay.

 

you wont be able to salvage that without a little DIY skills and it looking rather ugly (cut the cord clean it up resolder wires, or get a new plug for the end and solder that on.)

 

good luck, don't need to dish out for new headphones, unless these don't have replacement cable, but from what i recall they do, my sister has a pair of red ones. I mean if you can get a new set of headphones off him free, great, if not it shouldn't set you back by as much as a new set.

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