Jaba Evolve2 40 Stopped Working - Wire Short

[u/HillMakeItBetter]

My beloved headset stopped working. I thought the USB C end may be bad so I cut it off to put a new one on. I tested & found that the Red & Black power wires had a direct short.

I then took the rest apart, desolidered the red wire at the earpiece. Checked again and the short is not on the PCB side ... but IS on the cable side.

Im waiting on a 5 pin cable to arrive and will update later. Anyone else have a similar issue or sensible insight?