Hey guys, is there a way to fix a loose headphone jack? My Mi4 would only play in one ear no matter which earphones I use. It can't be my Lineage OS ROM either because whenever I push the plug to the right a little bit, both earbuds would play sound perfectly. I think this might be a loose jack since I've cleaned it already and there's not a single lint left.
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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.
Recently, My phone was exposed to a LOT of dust while I was driving, and the sennheiser earphones stopped working.
After I returned home, I cleaned my earphone jack with cotton swab and running water, and my earphones too with running water and did a factory reset, so I don't think it's a software issue
But every time I connect my earphones to my phone, The output is from my speaker ;-;
Here's whats funny.
Other earphones work with my phone
These sennheiser earphones works with other devices and when plugged half way in my phone , they also work temporarily when they are wet ...
So ... do I have a phone problem or an earphone problem
Any help is appreciated
An earphone problem.
If other earphone works with your phone then it's your earphones that are ****ed.
The gold plating on the jack might be causing this issue.
I have a 2yr old samsung galaxy s3 workin on stock jb rom and boeffla kernel, recently whenever I plug my headphone the sound is very distorted, cannot hear the vocals and music is kinda flat with weird noises or sometimes very low sound from only one side . Tried different headsets but its the same. Googled n noted similar problems for many and the solution is to replace the headphone jack or motherboard or may be hit the back of phone lol...also tried tightening the screw near the jack but it dint work... I've been playin ppsspp games on it and kinda overclockin it to 1.6ghz. Sometimes during streaming while charging, it shows battery too hot please remove charger. So assumed that due to overheat the headphone jack might have expanded(lol) and the headphone knobs are not making good contact or are damaged.
Based on this hypothesis inserted an aluminium foil folded half way into the jack and then inserted the headphone and now its workin fine . It took many tries to get the aluminium foil in the right place but it did work....posting this in hope that it helps someone.
Hello. My headphone jack suddenly stopped working. When I plug it in I hear the crackle of the connection come over my headphones or car speakers but then when I try to play the sound is output of the phone speaker. I've checked the jack for lint, dust, etc and it's clean. Any thoughts on what the problem may be?
In full disclosure, I was looking to lift the volume cap on my headphones and did open the mixer_paths.xml but could not find the section on where to do that and therefore did not make any changes at all. This problem did seem to pop up before that though.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Try replacing mixer_paths.xml with my modded one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/201...-native-volume-boost-apps-mixerpaths-t3217132
If you look on your cord, you can sometimes see either 3 or 4 black rings around the jack. Aux cords and such will typically use 3 rings. I have an aux cord with 4 rings around both sides, and the phone won't play through speakers, either.
Thanks for the replies. Ended up re-flashing my entire phone with the stock ROM and still no go. I am sending the phone back as it's defective. Also in my experimentation I've found that if I hit on my leg a few times the sound does feed out of the headphone jack so it's certainly something hardware related.
Thanks to all.
Hi,
the left channel on the headphone jack is not working.
First I thought it's just dust or litter so I cleaned the jack.
Since that didn't help I bought a replacement headphone jack, opened up the phone and changed it.
But the problem is still there.
(Now I'm hearing a very very low signal on the left channel. (It's only noticeable when I take out the right earplug in a silent room.))
Of course I also tried different headphones. Same result.
Audio over USB-C or bluetooth works fine.
What else could be the problem?
I'd say it's damaged board