Good excuse for having a hole in iPhone speaker?

I have had an iPhone 4 for about 3 years and I'm buying the new iPhone 5 on Friday, and my whole family and I are selling our old phones. Well the thing is after my warranty expired and I couldn't get a new one, I saw this thing that said if you poked a hole in the speaker mesh, it would make it louder. Because my warranty was already gone, I tried it and it worked. It made the sound at least 3 times louder. But now I have a huge hole in the speaker mesh and I need to tell my parents about it before we sell it. What's a good excuse to tell them about why I have a hole in it? I don't think I should tell them the truth…

Iphone 4 armband that works with nike+?

I'm looking for an armband for my iPhone 4 that works with the nike+ receiver. Every armband I have found so far has the bottom of the phone covered which won't work with the nike+ receiver.

Which armbands are other people using with their iPhone 4's and nike+?

How to update my iPhone to ios6?

I have a jailbroken iPhone 4 yes I'm getting the iPhone 5 so I just jailbroken this iPhone and now it's stuck on 4.3.1 is there a way I can update without iTunes because I'm to lazy to bring my desktop upstairs and it is packed in the garage.

Help choosing iPhone 5 color

As for my first time purchasing an iPhone 5 my parents finally allowed me and are now going to get me the iPhone 5. Which color should I get? The white with silver or the Black with sort of a matte black you may call it? I like both of them equally but I wan't other peoples opinion on these two color choices and also saying the black one is manlier and the white is more for women doesn't really answer my question.

How to transfer songs from iPhone to iTunes library?

I just got a new computer and I want to transfer my music to my new iTunes library. I have torrent some music and only songs I have bought are being transfer which is 7 out of 1195.Is there another way besides re-downloading all of my stuff again?

My iPhone has stopped notifying me whenever I receive a text?

I've had my iPhone 3GS since Christmas and it's in perfect condition. No cracks, contact damage, or water damage (it's rather impressive how well I've taken care of it). A few months ago, my phone would every so often receive a text without notifying me. No vibration, no sound, it didn't even show up on the screen or produce a little number on the message icon indicating how many unread messages I had. I had to click on the message button and wait for the little blue dots to appear beside my unread texts. This is beginning to get me in trouble with my mother because she thinks I'm ignoring her and it has become more frequent recently. I'll receive texts without any notifications quite often now. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Note: All my software is updated and I've tried resetting my phone. None of which have resolved the ongoing issue.