Protectect your iPhone / iPod sync cable

 by ornevo
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You know sometimes we have destroyed our precious iPhone cable?
No More!
 
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Step 1: What do you need?

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1. IPhone cable
2. Simple Pen
momo1998 says: Nov 26, 2012. 11:24 AM
omg thank you so much i am almost through my second cable this helped so much!
Gabse says: Nov 20, 2012. 8:51 AM
it works Thanks!
petitfonfon says: Oct 18, 2012. 4:08 AM
Nice and easy... :-)
786Ayesha says: Sep 22, 2012. 1:10 AM
Hi Ornevo,
This is a very good tip.Thank you very much for posting.I tried it out on my cables,works well.I guess you deserve a price.All the best.
ornevo (author) in reply to 786AyeshaSep 22, 2012. 9:15 AM
thank's! :-)
Ricardo Furioso says: Sep 18, 2012. 3:38 PM
I have been using sugru, but this solution is simpler and recycles junk ballpoint parts. Bravissimo.
fungus amungus says: Sep 11, 2012. 3:29 PM
This is a pretty cool trick
ornevo (author) in reply to fungus amungusSep 11, 2012. 3:52 PM
Thank you!
oldmicah in reply to ornevoSep 11, 2012. 4:39 PM
Awesome hack. Though it's not sync cables that die a horrible death, but headphones. Looking for a dead ballpoint pen now!
bowmaster in reply to oldmicahSep 14, 2012. 6:36 AM
It help a lot if you never wrap it tightly. I just unplug them, make a loose bundle, and shove them in my pocket. I do have to take a few seconds to untangle them sometimes, but I've gotten really good at it as a result.
oldmicah in reply to bowmasterSep 14, 2012. 10:40 AM
Good thought, but my problem can be summed up with one word. Doorknobs. I'll be listening to music or audiobook, and innocently walk by a doorknob and wham, the cable catches.
curious youth in reply to oldmicahSep 15, 2012. 5:52 AM
slip it between your shirt and your body
hammertong in reply to curious youthSep 17, 2012. 11:01 AM
That's the way I do it, & my relationship with doorknobs has never gone sour.
Yaiy says: Sep 17, 2012. 6:09 AM
Thanks so much! It's rescue my all cables!
ZaneEricB says: Sep 14, 2012. 8:10 AM
Sometimes there are instructibles that just make you say...duh!

Nice job!
Orngrimm says: Sep 14, 2012. 7:53 AM
Cool. Just cool!
simple and efficient! Like the idea and will incorporate it in other cables which often break... (I dont have an iPhone)
renegadezombies says: Sep 13, 2012. 6:22 PM
You sir are gentleman and a scholar. 10/10
cpotoso says: Sep 12, 2012. 5:06 PM
Brilliant!
ornevo (author) in reply to cpotosoSep 13, 2012. 5:02 AM
:-)
Tzabary says: Sep 13, 2012. 12:41 AM
genius! I can't wait to try it myself! 5/5
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