it happened today

Today... after much care of my 2nd m:robe, the jack where you plug the earphones has given out. i love my mp3 player and i don't want to replace it - besides, i don't think i can get it anywhere seeing that Olympus discontinued it. with the red glow of the interface on a sleek black touchscreen, it oozes with so much sophistication - aside from the impressive sound of course! <3

my 1st one, slipped through my hands and dropped in a very violent way. when i got home, the hard drive wouldn't work anymore. then i brought a new one and swore i would be more careful with it =0

with my less than impressive record of D.I.Y-ing (and messing a lot of stuff in the past), i was bent on opening in order to fix it. with much fear, i removed the screws, then the back casing and started to tweak its innards... and then i figured it out =)

...it can be fixed after all, and i did it! but this thing wont last forever... i wonder if by any remote chance, its still being sold someplace?

i had a creative player before, but the cheap plastics scream "no character" all over the place. i hope Olympus decides to manufacture m:robes again =(

my attempt at fixing my 1st m:robe failed miserably. i hope this time it works for real.

sigh...here we go again.