Many of my headsets and other stuff with mini jack won't go all way in my Galaxy S6. They doesn't reach the "click", and the connection is fragile, many times it moves a micrometer out, and then the phone thinks i have unplugged the device.
Is it a known issue or do I have to turn the phone in?
The problem is with the head phone jack and not the phone . You will need to trim some of the headphone jack coating. I had same problem with my favorite headphones.
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Maybe there got some dirt inside. Turn off your phone and try to carefully sweep inside with a needle or something.
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Maybe there got some dirt inside. Turn off your phone and try to carefully sweep inside with a needle or something.
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I would not recommend poking around with a needle in there. The battery will still be connected, so current might still be present in that part of your phone and you might short something. Second reason: You might just break the contacts with the needle. Better use a flashlight and try to see if anything got in there. Because if not, it's not worth poking around.
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I would not recommend poking around with a needle in there. The battery will still be connected, so current might still be present in that part of your phone and you might short something. Second reason: You might just break the contacts with the needle. Better use a flashlight and try to see if anything got in there. Because if not, it's not worth poking around.
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actually, no. The power through the headphone jack is so small that it wont do anything. And just dont use force on the jack. dont think a needle would break the contacts versus the headphone plug. A headphone plug gets put in with more force.
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Maybe there got some dirt inside. Turn off your phone and try to carefully sweep inside with a needle or something.
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There is nothing wrong with phone, it's the headphone jack(plug) itself! Just need to trim a little of the coating on the headphone jack. Had same exact problem with my favorite headphones.
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There is nothing wrong with phone, it's the headphone jack(plug) itself! Just need to trim a little of the coating on the headphone jack. Had same exact problem with my favorite headphones.
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He got the problem with multiple things. Don't think all of those plugs are manufactured too small
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He got the problem with multiple things. Don't think all of those plugs are manufactured too small
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Got to agree here, I've used atleast 6 or 7 different headsets and all work fine. But to rule out this theory that it's the headphones is to use the official Samsung ones and if the issue is there then it's the headphone jack on the phone that's faulty
This is what I had to do to get headphone to go all the way in. Just trim the end a little. You can see how little I had to remove of the coating to get that click when I push in the headphone jack. Had to do it to 3 different headphone (all non-samsung headphones). Samsung headphones go in fine.
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This is what I had to do to get headphone to go all the way in. Just trim the end a little. You can see how little I had to remove of the coating to get that click when I push in the headphone jack. Had to do it to 3 different headphone (all non-samsung headphones). Samsung headphones go in fine.
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My problem is on the other end, because none of my coatings are in the way. But thanks.
I have sawed off some of the end of some of the plugs, and that helps a little, but the click is still weak, and the plug can fall out when moving the cable hardly
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Hey Xda,
For a HTC Desire and a speaker dock, I am really struggling to find a short 20-30cm cable which doesn't have straight plugs at either end.
I have searched and cannot find a short cable with the 'L' plug at both ends...
I think it would be great for everyone who has an iPod dock or any dock with an Aux in to find a perfect 3.5mm cable that is portable and easy to use without port stress.
The long plugs are unsightly and also put pressure on the sockets in the desire and dock, with the cable I have now.
I am not a dab hand at wiring... I don't have a soldering iron.
And on that note I also would like it to hold together multiple unplug-plugs as it is a portable social dock kinda thing, lol.
I can only have the L plug at One end with everything I can find... here is a diagram of what I wish it could be like!
(I have plugged the single L I have in both)
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It is really annoying, I just can't find any that are <30cm in the UK!
Even Hong Kong eBay doesn't have short ones!
The shortest I can find is Three Ft Long!
Anybody have any clues on this trail?
Thanks
Create 1 ur self?
Get 2 plugs and the appropriate wires and solder the things together.
If you cant find the appropriate wires just get cheap ass earplugs for a euro/pound/dollar orso cut off the ear plugs and attach a new mp3 3.5mm jack at the end and ur done. This means you only need 1 plug and 1 set of earplugs.
I replace connectors of my earplugs all the time if they fail and they do fail allot XD.
flitjes said:
Create 1 ur self?
Get 2 plugs and the appropriate wires and solder the things together.
If you cant find the appropriate wires just get cheap ass earplugs for a euro/pound/dollar orso cut off the ear plugs and attach a new mp3 3.5mm jack at the end and ur done. This means you only need 1 plug and 1 set of earplugs.
I replace connectors of my earplugs all the time if they fail and they do fail allot XD.
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Hey,
Thanks for replying, but in the post it says I don't have a soldering iron or anything, not everyone does lol.
I would rather just spend £2 on a solid cable instead of buying earphones and making something really weak
I wouldn't want to "replace connectors of my earplugs all the time if they fail and they do fail allot" haha
If anyone thinks of a link on a decent cable, please post your ideas in here.
Thanks
soz mate over read it
and about the failing i mean the failing of my earplug mp3 3.5mm jack cauz it gets alot of stress at the point the cable enters the plastic housing of the jack(This happens the first time with the original jack and then i keep soldering new ones on so i can still use the earplugs). This is the cauz of lots of movement inside my pocket when im cycling. You cant realy avoid this stress if u wear your phone inside your pockets of your pants ;-).
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I am really struggling to find a short 20-30cm cable which doesn't have straight plugs at either end.
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http://mini-to-mini.com/
That is exactly what I am looking for, lol, but...
It literally in my case needs to be a minimum of about 20.5cm to reach from phone to dock if It's sitting on the dock Haha.
That is an amazing keeper link though, thank you!
15cm is just a little too short haha, fussy days.
Cheers
I am really struggling to find a short 20-30cm cable which doesn't have straight plugs at either end.
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My vibration motor in the Nexus s broke. Now I want to replace it. I'm planning to order this motor: http://www.tvc-mall.com/details/Replacement-Vib-Vibration-Motor-for-All-Samsung-Models-SAMO-SAM/
I opened up my Nexus to a degree where I could see the motor, but I couldn't see how the wires are connected. Do I have to braze the wires or can I just plug them in or how does it work?
Thanks!
Are you positive it is broken? Mine stopped working on me a few times before. I would tap the phone firmly, powered it off and tap again and reboot. Problem solved. Just a fyi
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It's soldered
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Are you positive it is broken? Mine stopped working on me a few times before. I would tap the phone firmly, powered it off and tap again and reboot. Problem solved. Just a fyi
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Yes I'm sure it is broken.
Thanks tylerwatt12, for that picture.
Crap I don't have the equipment to solder.
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Yes I'm sure it is broken.
Thanks tylerwatt12, for that picture.
Crap I don't have the equipment to solder.
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A 15W soldering iron should run you around $10 US.
I highly recommend soldering wires on random scrap if this is your first experience at soldering or you're gonna end up with a mess.
Edit: Or you can cut the wires, strip the ends, twist them together and solder (then cover them with heatshrink/electrical tape).
Should be easier for a beginner to do this than solder on tiny pads and remove epoxy from a PCB.
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A 15W soldering iron should run you around $10 US.
I highly recommend soldering wires on random scrap if this is your first experience at soldering or you're gonna end up with a mess.
Edit: Or you can cut the wires, strip the ends, twist them together and solder (then cover them with heatshrink/electrical tape).
Should be easier for a beginner to do this than solder on tiny pads and remove epoxy from a PCB.
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Thanks, pretty stupid, I didn't think of that. I might not even have to solder at all if i twist them together tightly and then bind them with tape.
riichii, have you managed to do it? I'm positive my vibration motor is broken as well, but I cannot find an exact replacement online. A friend of mine had a broken samsung j700 lying around so I salvaged the motor from it and soldered it in my nexus s, but it didn't work (you could hear the motor rattling, but it wasn't vibrating enough, it was less than my broken original motor). I was wondering if the part you linked was working or not. Thanks
Headphone problems!...I have 3 different pairs of headphones with mics on them...every time I use any of them..everyone says it sounds like I'm rubbing the Mic on my shirt...and its not even touching it!....I'm I the only one with this problem?....help please!!!!
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It sounds like the headphones are not grounded well. That would explain the "rubbing" noise on the mic. I dont know how ti fix it, but you could try cleaning the most top pin (conector) with some medical alcohol, or you could take the battery out of the phone for 15-30min to see if the excess charge fades. These are all just theories but cant hurt.
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I tried that...so..I called tmobile...the sent a new phone...same thing...I heard of the battery cover rubs the the Jack...
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I tried that...so..I called tmobile...the sent a new phone...same thing...I heard of the battery cover rubs the the Jack...
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Do you have a Wireless bluetooth Headset to Test.. if it does have the same problem
Do you physically move the headphones and/or wire while talking, that could cause that if they are cheap unshielded headphones. What headphones are you using, stock? I tried recording something through my stock headphones and it sounded good.
I think that the ground part on the headphone Jack is grounding out on the metal battery cover...because the paint is miss around the hole on the battery cover....and I have 2 factory..and one 1 skull candy....all 3 of the people say they can't hear me...I don't play or move the wire...
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then i really dont know, take it to be repaired, I had something similar with some cheap headphones, but stock always work.
edit- I opened the back cover and i see that the grounding pin is on the phone, its the small copper spring that you can see sticking out of the headphone jack when you remove the back cover.
I found out what was wrong.....on the battery cover around the hole for the Jack...I had some paint miss...and the headphones was grounding out on it.. I swap battery cover with my buddies...which ever use the headphone Jack...all the paint is still there...and it works great...put mine back on...and it started to mess up again....so...I'm calling T-Mobile today and talking to them!...thanks everyone!
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The other day I was messing around with my Captivate and wanted to see if I could get better reception from my captivate and inserted a small piece of wire into the external antenna plug. I actually could tell an improvement with the reception but for some reason when I disconnect the wire from the plug, the internal antenna does not seem to work anymore. I have to have the wire plugged into the external antenna port to get a signal now.
Anyone know why my internal antenna does not work now? I re-flashed my rom for good measure, but still no signal with the internal antenna.
Thanks!
Shawn
Where did you plug in the small wire? There isn't an external antenna connector on my Captivate.
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Where did you plug in the small wire? There isn't an external antenna connector on my Captivate.
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I plugged it into the port where the guy's middle finger in pointing at in the image. Its next to the sim slot.
It is an antenna plug, but like I said before, after I "activated" this plug, my internal antenna quit working. I flashed to stock and it still does not work unless I put the wire back into the external antenna port.
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You might want to do some searching on this one. This happened back in the captivates beginning. Same results as you. Off the top of my head, i believe the final result was an exchange for a new phone. But do not rely on my memory. Try searching with gps. On my cap, so search sucks.
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You might want to do some searching on this one. This happened back in the captivates beginning. Same results as you. Off the top of my head, i believe the final result was an exchange for a new phone. But do not rely on my memory. Try searching with gps. On my cap, so search sucks.
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I've dug around and can't find anything that matches my problems description. And I'm sure at&t will not let me exchange my phone since it is old and I'm eligible for an upgrade.
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Anyone else have a solution?
Thanks
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Anyone else have a solution?
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read the text and watch the you tube vid here.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyuGT3atgc8
it looks like he figured it out. the bent pin idea makes sense, because
you wouldn't want both connected at same time.
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Nice find !
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Very nice video!! I'll try in my cappy... I thought I had lost my phone.
Thanx!!
How could he possibly see what to do to know to poke back in the hole and move some invisible metal pins? Is there a blown up diagram of that somewhere. It might work to have a small bent pin in there to get better reception
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How could he possibly see what to do to know to poke back in the hole and move some invisible metal pins? Is there a blown up diagram of that somewhere. It might work to have a small bent pin in there to get better reception
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Prints I'm assuming. Or from playing doctor with it. Either way, does it really matter?
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How could he possibly see what to do to know to poke back in the hole and move some invisible metal pins? Is there a blown up diagram of that somewhere. It might work to have a small bent pin in there to get better reception
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There is also a thread on this in accessories.... I used the external connector for a while with my truck antenna and one day when I unplugged I lost all signal unless I was right next to a tower.....after days of trying to figure it out and having to use a short copper wire or a push pin to get a signal (not a bad one by the way), I pretty much wore out the plastic around the hole for the external antennas center pin. looking at the hole with a magnifying glass and just thinking about it a little bit led me to figure I had pushed the little tabs I was seeing in there apart when I connected the external antenna. So I took a push pin and tried to pull the top tab down and after a few tries my internal antenna started working again. Since then I have used my truck antenna a few times and then I just use a pin after to turn the internal back on again. Don't know how many times I will get away with it, but so far so good..........I would not recommend for anyone to use that connector unless you like breaking and fixing things like me
I've had my nexus 5 for a couple weeks now and started using it instead of my iPod classic for music since I can access all my songs at work through google play.. Well, when I do use my phone to listen, not only must I remove the official bumper case, but the tiniest little bump of the headphone jack will cause it to pop out. It's as if it is spring loaded and ready for the slightest touch. I'll have it in my pocket and if I get bumped, the music will shut off because the phone thinks the headphones have been taken out.
Anyone confirm this issue? Should I RMA? My headphones have a custom cable made using a Neutrik NTP3RC-B 3.5mm plug so it's not like the connector is crappy. It's a professional quality connector..
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I've had my nexus 5 for a couple weeks now and started using it instead of my iPod classic for music since I can access all my songs at work through google play.. Well, when I do use my phone to listen, not only must I remove the official bumper case, but the tiniest little bump of the headphone jack will cause it to pop out. It's as if it is spring loaded and ready for the slightest touch. I'll have it in my pocket and if I get bumped, the music will shut off because the phone thinks the headphones have been taken out.
Anyone confirm this issue? Should I RMA? My headphones have a custom cable made using a Neutrik NTP3RC-B 3.5mm plug so it's not like the connector is crappy. It's a professional quality connector..
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If there's nothing stuck in the jack, There could be a chance that the custom plug is not thick enough, or too short as well, I'm able to try 3 different
Headphones on 2 nexuses 5 and all combinations click in strongly. The cases i use have a big aperture though.
Try with another headphones before anything.
Here are two different plugs. One being the culprit, one being a $2 cheap cord that indeed plugs in fine. The neutrik adapter doesn't seem to click flush like the cheap cable.. Don't understand why, they are the same length..
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Here are two different plugs. One being the culprit, one being a $2 cheap cord that indeed plugs in fine. The neutrik adapter doesn't seem to click flush like the cheap cable.. Don't understand why, they are the same length..
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Looks like that dome it has at the base of the connector isn't agreeing with the N5's socket. Guess an option would be to use an adapter. I use a portable amp myself so I never encounter this problem.
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Looks like that dome it has at the base of the connector isn't agreeing with the N5's socket. Guess an option would be to use an adapter. I use a portable amp myself so I never encounter this problem.
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Makes sense. Kinda crappy. I noticed inside the headphone jack at the bottom there is a little piece of blue plastic which has some marks in it from the headphone plug. I'm guessing this is preventing it from clicking fully, but I also assume that it is there to keep dust/dirt out of the inside of the phone.
Every phone I've ever owned always has some issue with the headphone jack that drives me crazy. I don't have the need for a headphone amp as I use Shure SE535 IEM's which are insanely easy to drive. I'll just stick with my 160GB iPod