10 Broken Earbuds (Help?!)

[boysenbeary]

Im seriously suspecting that my phone has broken 10 pairs of earbuds (3.5mm jack connector type) in this year alone. Here's why:

 

Whenever I use my earbuds with any other device they work fine, its only after I start regularly using them with my phone that the right earbud goes silent, and a few days later, the left earbud. Then they never work again.

 

For example, I had a pair of earbuds I only used with my laptop, and they were fine for 4 years. When I started using them regulary with my phone, within a month, they were broken.

 

Another Observation:

 

Occasionally, when I have the earbuds plugged into my phone (via 3.5mm jack), and in my ear, Ill feel a shocking sensation in my ear, that causes a bit of pain. If you've ever felt a static shot when touching metal after rubbing wool over plastic you've felt the sensation. My earbuds make a crackling noise, and I get shocked in my ears.

 

Suggestions?:

 

Is it possible for head phone jacks in phones to send too much voltage to devices? Is that what causes the circuitry in the earbuds to die? If not, what else could be the issue?

 

 

Edited November 19, 2017 by boysenbeary
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[Merp83]

3 minutes ago, boysenbeary said:

Im seriously suspecting that my phone has broken 10 pairs of earbuds (3.5mm jack connector type) in this year alone. Here's why:

 

Whenever I use my earbuds with any other device they work fine, its only after I start regularly using them with my phone that the right earbud goes silent, and a few days later, the left earbud. Then they never work again.

 

For example, I had a pair of earbuds I only used with my laptop, and they were fine for 4 years. When I started using them regulary with my phone, within a month, they were broken.

 

Another Observation:

 

Occasionally, when I have the earbuds plugged into my phone (via 3.5mm jack), and in my ear, Ill feel a shocking sensation in my ear, that causes a bit of pain. If you've ever felt a static shot when touching metal after rubbing wool over plastic you've felt the sensation. My earbuds make a crackling noise, and I get shocked in my ears.

 

Suggestions?:

 

Is it possible for head phone jacks in phones to send too much voltage to devices? Is that what causes the circuitry in the earbuds to die? If not, what else could be the issue?

 

 

what phone is it - by any chance a htc one m8?

[boysenbeary]

It is an iphone 5s

[Just.Oblivious]

Do you listen a lot while charging (or leave the earbuds plugged in while charging)?

[boysenbeary]

No, I don't. Earbuds are only used out of the house, phone isn't charging or anthing.