Why are my earbuds sound so low?

I have the apple iphone 5 earbuds for at least 3 months now, but today the volume randomly just stops working on both sides I can only hear sound from the little area thats for bass I believe.

Should I buy the Mi3 or iPhone 5/5s or iPhone 6?

Currently using a 3Gs but have an iPad mini, I'm currently debating on buying a new phone. I stumbled upon Mi3 which is a bang for buck phone and top of the line specs problem is brand-wise (Chinese, Xiaomi) and it's Android which means having to learn a new ecosystem. Now enter iPhone 6. I've been wanting a larger display for a phone now but it's too expensive so I'm thinking about 5/5s which is still a decent uprgade. Should I buy the Mi3, 5/5s or wait til 6 gets cheaper?

Iphone? Or another smartphone? And which plan?

So i'm going into hs next year, i really would like to have a smartphone, android? Iphone? For many different reasons such as school and extra curricular activities. Plus i travel.
I have a job from my familys business so i could pay for the phone and the plan as well.
I have been looking into straight talk, tracfone, net 10 but there plans confuse me so (i don't know if their plans handle iphones?) So which plan should i look into purchasing and i think i might just buy an iphone of craigslist? Any other recommendations when it comes to smartphones?

IPhone pictures were accidentally deleted from laptop after they were synced?

Well, my younger sister wanted to download some songs from our laptop and then put them on my mother's iPhone 4S iOS 7. I don't know what the heck she did, but all of my mother's pictures got deleted from her phone and then they were put in a file on the laptop. Unfortunately, my sister panicked and then deleted all the pictures from the laptop. How do I put them back on my mother's phone? This was the irst time that it had been connected to a laptop (new phone) so the syncing was automatic and the phone had not been backed up! There's nothing in the recycle bin!

IPhone 5 battery gauge not working?

My iPhone 5 was purchased in April 2013. The battery gauge worked until about June 2013. It either says it is at 100% or at 1%. There's usually no in between. If the phone dies when the battery gauge says 1% I have to wait three hours for it to turn on when plugged in. I went to watch a movie when my phone said 100% and it charged for two hours. The gauge changed to 1% while plugged in! What should I do?

How to save gifs from tumblr on mobile?

I have an iPhone and I remember I used to be able to just hold the gif down and I could save it but it doesn't let me do that anymore. Does tumblr not let you save gifs anymore?

I have no problem saving pictures from tumblr so I just thought it was weird.