The headphone jack on my Gtab completely broke off from the motherboard. I'm not going to solder it back since I rarely use the headphone.
But the problem is the speakers now have no sound.
My question is, without soldering the headphone jack back, is there anyway on the circuit board that I can short to make the Gtab think the headphone is not connected so that it would output sounds to the speakers?
Or is there any apps that I can disable the headset jack completely and only uses the speakers?
Thanks.
I could make you a small app to force speaker route. Not sure if that would work.
That would be great!
If the app doesn't work, I either need to get a replacement jack or figure out
what solder points to jump in order to get the speakers to work.
Does anyone know what solder points to connect in order to get the
speakers to work. Or does anyone know where to get a
replacement jack?
Thought I sent you a message. Might have been an email as their is nothing showing in my outgoing messages.
Is the headphone jack breaking something we need to be careful about or did you do something out of the ordinary that broke it?
slysecretspy:
Thanks a lot. I got your PM, but the app won't install on either stock or TNT Lite.
sanvara:
This is definitely a build quality issue. There are only two little plastics and tiny solders holding the headphone jack in place. If you use certain types of headphones, such as the JLab ones with long connectors, it is particularly easy to break it off the motherboard. My suggestion is unplug the headphone every time you put the Gtab is a bag and don't use headphone when you're moving.
sanvara said:
Is the headphone jack breaking something we need to be careful about or did you do something out of the ordinary that broke it?
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I believe it is too. Mine now requires me to hold pressure on it in order to get sound from both left and right.
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Ok here's the story.
My Prophet is, well, an elderly.
I think it's like 5 year old.
I already had to replace touchscreen, battery and the rear speaker.
Anyway my problem now is that I don't have any sound.
Only when I recieve a call or text message I get a ringtone or notification.
Windows media player does not give sound, screen taps etc neither.
Only ringtones give sounds, through rear speaker.
Also when I get a call the earphone speakers doesn't work, the microphone does.
My earphone jack works perfectly so it isn't the audio chip that's broke.
So what i was thinking is that my phone thinks it's using an headset and redirects al sounds to my earphone jack. Only using the rear speaker for ringtones. (so maybe someone could confirm that the ringtone still rings when using an headset)
So does anybody know what the problem is or just help me on the way?
Regard, Paul
I doubt it's 5 years old! Maybe 2?...
Anyway, this is a common issue, the headphone jack is not 'releasing' the sound back to the speaker due to short / stuck connector switch. Blow down it or wiggle the plug.
M.S
Mysterious Stranger said:
I doubt it's 5 years old! Maybe 2?...
Anyway, this is a common issue, the headphone jack is not 'releasing' the sound back to the speaker due to short / stuck connector switch. Blow down it or wiggle the plug.
M.S
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ok, i was right about the headphone jack making the phone think that it was using headphones when it didn't.
I opened my phone and also opened the casing for the jackplug. I saw that a piecie op copper was bent to far and that it was causing to cancel a circuit wich made the phone think it was unsing no headphones.
When you plug in the headphones, the plug pushes away this copper piece and stops sound.
My solution was to bend the piece back so it makes contact again when the headphones are not plugged in.
Thank you for your advice, it's working great again.
Hi Guys,
I am one of the unfortunate one's who now has a broken 3.5mm jack.
Problem:
TP2 is stuck in headset mode.
After sticking in 3.5mm plugs like 50times it won't produce any sound in 3.5mm jack either now!
Tried:
wiggling 3.5mm plugs all over the place
re-romed to a different rom even.
powered down, removed batter etc
out of warranty - i think? if it's 1 year + in a different country
Has anyone been able to pull apart the 3.5mm jack to fix the pins, or have a diagram so at least i know where i can poke and prod?
Any suggestions etc much appreciated,
Riss
I had this same problem and after attempting to plug it in over and over, cleaning the contacts, applying gentle pressure, etc. I finally got fed up and figured that I'd take it in after trying one last thing...
I basically stuck a headphone jack inside (not one that's too delicate) and put some leverage pressure on it in all the directions. And it fixed it. Don't put *too* much pressure on it or you'll have to explain why you broke off a headphone jack inside your phone, but putting just a little more pressure than you'd normally feel safe doing fixed the problem for me.
YMMV, and I'm totally not responsible if you break it lol.
Thanks for the idea, i'll give it a try.
I've claimed and received $$ on insurance, so now i've got to decide if I buy another TP2 or move onto something like a galaxy s or whatever... so much to look at.
So, recently, I've been having problems with my headphone jack. Issue is that the audio is all distorted and it sounds like some very bad surround sound setup. I've already tried switching roms and using different headphones. The problem is probably in the Jack itself. If I hold my headphone jack at the correct position with the right amount of pressure on it, the music comes out as it should. I've also tried blowing it out, still noting. What do you guys think I should do? I've seen some links on ebay for headphone jacks going around 20 dollars. I don't even know if it's worth it to repair my G2X as it also has a cracked digitizer.
Yuvin said:
So, recently, I've been having problems with my headphone jack. Issue is that the audio is all distorted and it sounds like some very bad surround sound setup. I've already tried switching roms and using different headphones. The problem is probably in the Jack itself. If I hold my headphone jack at the correct position with the right amount of pressure on it, the music comes out as it should. I've also tried blowing it out, still noting. What do you guys think I should do? I've seen some links on ebay for headphone jacks going around 20 dollars. I don't even know if it's worth it to repair my G2X as it also has a cracked digitizer.
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if it's pressure related (and I don't know if it's possible), but have you checked the solder-joints where the jack is mounted to the pcb?
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if it's pressure related (and I don't know if it's possible), but have you checked the solder-joints where the jack is mounted to the pcb?
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Or clean the Jack with some compressed air.
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Thanks for the suggestions guys. I did try cleaning the jack with Compressed air already and nothing changed. I'm going to guess it's something wrong with the solder joins. I ordered a new Headphone Jack and power button combination and also a new digitizer from eBay. Hopefully, they'll arrive and I can replace that part. Thank god the Headphone port isn't mounted to the motherboard of this phone! Atleast LG knows how to build a phone well (Except for the screen bleeding)
Good day. On my lg p925 jack is broke. Plays only one side of the headphones but when you give it to the correct position - so sometimes both headphones work but it is very laborious. Is there any change to fix it? or need to replace the whole jack? it can be? how much would it cost? I tried to clean the jack but I did not see inside so I do not know if there's anything to mislead but I think that there is something broken inside
ivek36 said:
Good day. On my lg p925 jack is broke. Plays only one side of the headphones but when you give it to the correct position - so sometimes both headphones work but it is very laborious. Is there any change to fix it? or need to replace the whole jack? it can be? how much would it cost? I tried to clean the jack but I did not see inside so I do not know if there's anything to mislead but I think that there is something broken inside
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you probably have to get it changed completely nd not sure about the price different places ask for different prices
I have the same problem. It's not working because the end of jack (left headphone signal) does not touch the end of the socket. You can apply a tiny drop of tin on the end of headphones' jack (do it very carefully!), it works for me but the sound is not 100% clear.
2nd option: (just theory, I did not tried it): the bottom connector at the end of the socket can slightly bend up and down. You can disassemble the phone, open the socket and put something between the connector and socket's end, so the connector will touch the end of jack.
my jack is very loose and headphones fall
The jack is 3-5 dollars on eBay.
Buy it and open it up. Unplug the connectors. Remove the sim board. Now remove the exposed connectors. Remove the logic board. There you go , headphone jack is exposed. Now remove the old one , it is held in place by a double sided tape. Plug in the new one And close up. About as easy as peeing blindfolded...
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Another option is to use a bluetooth stereo headset you would have to charge it everyday but if your not comfortable opening your phone up your could go this route.
sony makes a nice one and philips also I cant post links yet. just search stereo bluetooth headset on amazon.
I have that issue that when I slightly move the jack plug, my phone recognises it as pushing buttons on my headphones, so the player turns off a song or plays next etc.. It's really annoying, because I can't listen to the music when I got phone in my pocket. Do You have an idea how to fix it? I know I can disable the option :listen to headphones buttons" but I want to have it working like in the past.
I had the loose problem that they falled off and headphone acted as buttons too..But I found kinda solution..I never did put the headphones correctly in.. If you look at your phone you shouldnt see the connector. And It should make a click sound when putting in jack.
niko22225 said:
And It should make a click sound when putting in jack.
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It does
adwienc said:
It does
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Which rom r u using? I must admit that it happened to me only on GB, so maybe changing from would solve it
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My headphone jack has been janky lately, if I nudge the jack while it's inserted the sound will cut out briefly in one ear, it's mostly fine nearly all the time, but it's getting annoying.
I recently had the phone open to replace the battery, and I tried to fix it myself at the time by raising the height of the gold contacts there so any movement wouldn't disconnect it, but no dice.
Will buying a brand new socket for it and just replacing that fix it?
If so how much should I pay for a replacement one (eBay)?
Thanks,
para
Is it possible something is stuck inside the headphone jack? It's also possible that there is something wrong with the motherboard.
I assume you don't have another phone to test the headphone jack?
I have the same problem, sometimes it's the cable of the headphones, so check if it's okay.
I have a spare new one. The headphone socket slots in a gap. Have you looked at a, video showing how to replace it? Do that then take yours to bits and put it back .it should be ok. If not let me know. If you are in the UK I can give you a new one, free.