Hey all,
I been looking around for a similar thread, but all of them involve this issue. My issue is that my Jack will not play the right side of Stereo.. At all. I've tried my Gaming Headset, and 5 Diff headphones, its clearly the jack. Thing is I've never dropped the phone, and been really careful with it in general. The Port does not feel loose at all and no matter how much i Twist the plug trying to catch a signal it does not pick up anything. I Also tried cleaning the inside with a shaved down Q-Tip, needless to say it didn't do anything.
Any Ideas?
I have no Warranty
The last time I tried cleaning a headphone jack, I accidentally bent one of the contacts inside the barrel back flush with the wall. That meant one of the contact pins wasn't doing its job.
Take the outer housing off and closely inspect the jack. Shine a torch dow it to make sure all your pins are showing. A surgical needle saved me (great addition to the phone repair kit) You can use it to bend the pin back into position.
Good luck!
Sry for Nekro, just wanted to add a Follow up to the problem. My phone had been recently stolen, when I was hanging out with a not so great crowd, But I just got it back yesterday. And to my astonishment, the headphones started to work if I pushed the jack in further. Turns out it was just Pocket lint.... They musta knocked the pocket lint loose enough for me to grab a weak connection. Just rolled up some Tape and stuck it in and got the Lint out, works perfectly now. Hopefully this will help someone else searching this problem.
Now to just figure out why my Pause/Play , Forward /Backward buttons on both my Headphones don't work anymore....
Thanks a lot Zeal514....I had no sound a all and headphone pin was not going all the way in...swirled some rolled tape in and whole lotta lint crap came out and I can hear now...feels great. Thanks for your post saved me call to HTC helpdesk and time to send phone in.
But my mic is not working...i have old apple earbuds aith no buttons, just a mic attached with earbuds.
Thanks for the tip, I used some 3M Scotch compressed air and after blowing the dirt out of the jack plug, all was good again!
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hey guys about a week ago all the sudden the speakers seem to have went on my device. I recently changed roms and i still cant hear anything. I first noticed when I slept in this week because the alarm was going off but no audio LOL
anyone have any tips or experience with this issue? I have a feeling its hardware but if any sort of firmware upgrade or anything will fix it id love to know!
if it is hardware related...anyone have a guide on how to crack this beast open and check the audio wiring out?
There is a Service Manual for this phone floating around.
Cracking open the case is easy. I just did so to fix the antenna contacts. Unfortunately I broke my speaker cables when reassembling it, so i will need to do this again when my replacement speaker comes in.
Take off the back battery cover and you will see four screws. Using a very small philips screwdriver, remove the four screws, then with a flat plastic probe (or your nails if they are long enough) separate the back case cover from the keyboard, starting from one side, around the top , then the other side. Leave the bottom for last as that has the USB connector holding it together. The speaker is attached to the back case cover near the top, and has a very short cable connecting it to the circuit board. Careful not to pull the back case off too hard or you can snap these thin cables.
Hi,
I just got a TF and my earphone jack seems to have poor solder joint. I tried 3 sets of phones and all give the same result. Sometime I only have sound on the left side, I need to wiggle the connector a bit to get sound for both side. Sometime if I accidentally touches the jack, I am back to 1 single side sound. Doesn't anyone have this issue? I saw someone posting the same feedback from another forum so I just want to confirm that. Also, onto of the ASUS word at the side of the tablet there is a small scratch and many seems to have the same scratch there. I am less concern about this scratch.
Hey guys,
I want to check if anyone is having the same issue as I have.
When i use my headphones (Bose QC15), as soon as the heaphone jack moves a tiny bit (as when the phone is in my pocket and I am walking), it cuts the sound in the left ear. I tried with several other headphones and have the same issue.
I sent the phone for repair three times and every time it came back still faulty. I finally got sent a new phone yesterday (which by the way has a flat screen rather than the old curved screen) and the problem is still here, even though it's not as bad as with the old one.
It seems like the headphone jack makes contact with the unidoby casing and that is what cuts the sound from the left ear.
Anyone can confirm it they have the issue or not???
Yes, all of them have that.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using XDA Premium App
Really??!!! That's ridiculous! Come on HTC sort your sh**t together!
Has anyone found a way around it? I was thinking of using a rubber coating for use as electrical tape and insulation and put it on the case around the jack.
I wonder if that would work.
I'll try and report.
If contact with unibody is the problem using some clear non-conductive nail polish, gently applied around the jack hole, should fix it. And could be also reversible, maybe with some cover paint losses.
That's a great idea, now I just need to find out what kind of nail polish is non conductive?! Do you think they all are?
Hello
I recently bought a Samsung S6 , and tonight i tried to plug in some earphones , but the jack plug is really stiff and the plug wont go in to the end and click in properly, so if the wire moves a bit the jack pops out again. I tried a few different earphones and its the same.
Any ideas?
Thank you
Jay
Hello
In the end as i was about to send it back for warranty, i decided to check if their wasn't any lint inside the connector. Since i was wary of poking in there with any sort of metal clip , i used a wooden toothpick which i had wet a bit beforehand to catch any lint, and lo and behold a small , tiny piece of lint was preventing the jack from going all the way in.
I gently pried it out and now everything works fine
In hope it helps someone else someday lol.
Jay
I like to wear my headset with my Nexus 5X in the pocket and walk around. Unfortunately, the cord got stuck on the kitchen drawer and came out. Now, the headphone only works if I push it and hold it continuously pushed to the left. I tried to put a paper clip in there to straighten things out, but no luck. I've tried other headphones and have the same problem.
Any suggestions? Should I just replace the headphone jack?
Thanks!
sounds like the headphone jack got damaged when the cord got pulled out and possibly made worst when you tried to correct it with the paperclip, I'd suggest reading a guide on ifixit for the repair process.
The headphone jack is pretty easy to replace and can be purchased from ebay. No need to remove the battery, just the back cover, motherboard cover, and motherboard: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Nexus+5+Headphone+Jack+Replacement/73195
Working again
Thanks for the tips.
One mistake - I actually have a Nexus 5X phone, but it is very similar.
I used the following guides:
https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Nexus+5+Headphone+Jack+Replacement/73195
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5X+Teardown/51318
The headphone jack port on the Nexus 5X is actually very easy to replace. It is just pressure fit into place.
I forgot how snug the fit of a headphone jack is into the port though! I think it loosens over time.
But the main thing, it's working again!
glad to hear it, and at least you know what to do the next time this happens