Here's something that's so general it should probably be in the Android section...
What:s the BEST way to clean your charging terminal/connector?
My overambitious device recently has been fussy about charging unless I wiggle the charger plug a li'l. I think those little fiddly bits want some scrubbing, but that space is so tiny... what do YOU use?
BTW, I found some tiny little conical bristle brushes that are for cleaning between your teeth. They are great for getting lint and stuff out of the RCA jack!
So there's my tip, what's yours???
Do you know how to fix the headphone jack?
It's to loose for me.
Never had to do that... I had problems once because lint in there was keeping the headphones from snapping in properly. But if it's actually loose you might to solder it. Perhaps youtube has a video.
I found that another charger works fine, so it must be a problem with that.
My question still stands... what is a good tool for cleaning in there? Maybe it's a bad idea? What do you think?
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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 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!
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
So I've been keeping my S8 Plus as my backup to my Note 8 since the weekend the N8 came out. My kid sister dropped her iPhone and pretty much killed it so I lent her my S8 Plus until she got a new phone. Well, she only went and broke up the tip of an aux plug inside the headphone jack. It seems the aux cord was pretty old or just compromised somehow. She was in her car when she pulled the aux out of the phone but noticed the tip was stuck inside the phone. Lovely.
In the mean time, I've lent her my USB-C to Aux adapter until I can get the tip out of the headphone jack. I'm averse to using any kind of glue because I don't want to risk leaving any sticky residue inside (hold laughter). I have a smartphone repair kit with some very thin tweezers but they couldn't get a firm grip on the aux bit.
Have y'all seen this kind of issue firsthand and if so do you have any tips to getting this thing out? Thanks!
First check to see of the plug shaft that was broken, is attracted to a magnet.
If so, my first thought would be to take a nail the same diameter, or just slightly more thin as the plug shaft, cut the end off square to the nail shaft, or grind it off. Get a reasonably strong magnet. Insert the nail shaft into the headphone jack hole, and gently put it up against the broken off piece. Place the strong magnet on the nail shaft. Slowly and gently pull and twist as you remove the nail.
roaduardo said:
So I've been keeping my S8 Plus as my backup to my Note 8 since the weekend the N8 came out. My kid sister dropped her iPhone and pretty much killed it so I lent her my S8 Plus until she got a new phone. Well, she only went and broke up the tip of an aux plug inside the headphone jack. It seems the aux cord was pretty old or just compromised somehow. She was in her car when she pulled the aux out of the phone but noticed the tip was stuck inside the phone. Lovely.
In the mean time, I've lent her my USB-C to Aux adapter until I can get the tip out of the headphone jack. I'm averse to using any kind of glue because I don't want to risk leaving any sticky residue inside (hold laughter). I have a smartphone repair kit with some very thin tweezers but they couldn't get a firm grip on the aux bit.
Have y'all seen this kind of issue firsthand and if so do you have any tips to getting this thing out? Thanks!
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What you need is super glue I know you said no glue but this is how I fixed my iPad when this happened and a cotton bud or que tip
You cut the cotton wool off the cotton bud so you are left with the hollow tube then apply a small ammount of super glue on the tip of the tube and I mean tiny amount and then put that in your headphone jack and let it set for 10-15 mins then you should be able to remove the aux tip by pulling the cotton bud out and if you done this correctly there should be no glue left inside the headphone port
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What you need is super glue I know you said no glue but this is how I fixed my iPad when this happened and a cotton bud or que tip
You cut the cotton wool off the cotton bud so you are left with the hollow tube then apply a small ammount of super glue on the tip of the tube and I mean tiny amount and then put that in your headphone jack and let it set for 10-15 mins then you should be able to remove the aux tip by pulling the cotton bud out and if you done this correctly there should be no glue left inside the headphone port
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Edit here is a link for a laptop but it is the same principle https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&s...QQwqsBCCgwAA&usg=AOvVaw0VTJzWxrN8ZFOD4xbU2nov
Hmm... In my experience super glue typically requires 24 hours to fully cure, right? I think I've heard of applicators you can spray on to speed it up but that's just more liquid being used around this phone which makes me uneasy.
I would second a drop of super glue one a tooth pick then with a light make sure it's centered. That little bit of glue will dry in a matter of 30 min to a hour.
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Hmm... In my experience super glue typically requires 24 hours to fully cure, right? I think I've heard of applicators you can spray on to speed it up but that's just more liquid being used around this phone which makes me uneasy.
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That's how I done it when I done this method when I broke the aux bit in my iPad and now it works fine
I sliced a straw from a juice box and put it around the outside of the broken aux plug then I hollowed out the inside of a pen and put a tiny dan of the gel style gorilla glue on the inside of the pen. slide it down inside the straw and wait for it to harden 5 min pull the whole thing out worked great
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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