Charger cable,earphones

[Alisha_Ali]

The charger cable that came with my Xperia e4 broke during charging about 4 months after my phone was purchased and I had to bend it into an awkward position to charge it for about 8 months after that then it just wouldn't charge it at all so I had to get a new cable but I don't see why I had to spend more money on a charger cable. And my earphones.... I didn't get any with the phone and the earphones I do have only the left side works and they are brand new. I have had to get at least 10 pairs of earphones since the phone was purchased can you explain why? Thanks

[Uliwooly]

@Alisha_Ali

Because you damaged your phone

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@Alisha_Ali wrote:
The charger cable that came with my Xperia e4 broke during charging about 4 months after my phone was purchased and I had to bend it into an awkward position to charge it

 I had to get a new cable but I don't see why I had to spend more money on a charger cable. 

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Items in the box vary per region and even network/carrier

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@Alisha_Ali wrote:
I didn't get any with the phone and the earphones I do have only the left side works and they are brand new. I have had to get at least 10 pairs of earphones since the phone was purchased can you explain why? Thanks

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Make sure that the headphones are CTIA not OMTP 

[Alisha_Ali]

What is ctia?

[Uliwooly]

@Alisha_Ali

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_connector_(audio)

TRRS standards[edit] Standard Tip Ring 1 Ring 2 Sleeve Devices using this standard

OMTP	Left audio	Right audio	Microphone	Ground	old Nokia (and also Lumia starting from the 2nd gen[24]), old Samsung (2012 Chromebooks), old Sony Ericsson (2010 and 2011 Xperias), Sony (PlayStation Vita), OnePlus One, Xbox One controller with head phone jack, iPhone sold in China[25]
CTIA / AHJ	Left audio	Right audio	Ground	Microphone	Apple, HTC, LG, Blackberry, latest Nokia (including 1st gen Lumia as well as later models), latest Samsung, Jolla, Sony (Dualshock 4), Microsoft (including Surface and Xbox One controller with chat adapter)[26] most Android phones
CTIA-Style AV[27]	Left audio	Right audio	Ground	CVBS video	Apple iPod (up to 6th Generation), Raspberry Pi (2014 onwards), Xbox 360 E, Zune, some mobile phones
Video/Audio 1	Left audio	CVBS video	Ground	Right audio	Sony and Panasonic camcorders. On some early Sony camcorders, this socket doubled up as a headphone socket. When a headphone plug was inserted, Ring 2 was shorted to the sleve contact and the camcorder output the right audio on ring 1.[28]
Video/Audio 2	CVBS video	Left audio	Right Audio	Ground	Unknown camcorders, portable VCD and DVD players, Western Digital TV live!, some newer LG TVs
Video/Audio 3	CVBS video	Left audio	Ground	Right audio	Toshiba TVs

[Lord_viridis]

A headphone standard

[Alisha_Ali]

I'm using jvc earphones at the moment

[Uliwooly]

@Alisha_Ali

A brand won't tell us anything about the standard

[Alisha_Ali]

Ok but I don't understand

[Lord_viridis]

Google the model number to find out, or send jvc an email asking which standard they support for that model

[Alisha_Ali]

Ok