Why do some old wires (e.g. headphones, charging cables) work when put in some positions but not others?

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Why do some old wires (e.g. headphones, charging cables) work when put in some positions but not others?

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Every cable you have is actually numerous small metal wires bundled together. The issue you’ve described is called a short in a cable, which means some or all of these wires have broken, so the connection is broken when they aren’t correctly positioned.

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