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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downloaderbyproxy93 said:
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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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!
So i ordered a replacement screen/bezel and it came with no tools. I used a tinny screw driver my friend had and got 2 of the screws off holding it together but the other ones are stuck so tight the screw driver metal broke while trying to get enough pressure to loosen them. They are starting to strip because they are stuck is there anything i can do to get them to loosen the grip they have? i need to get them off and fix this freakin thing.
Are you positive you're using the proper size screwdriver? I've replaced the screen in both mine and my wife's phones, and they were never that tight
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Yes you cant get any smaller than the size i used they just wont loosen up. They are tight enough that the screws are stripping there is no give even when applying downward pressure while turning thats why the small screwdriver broke. Almost feels as if they are fuzed in.
Will heating it up with a blow dryer loosen the plastic enough to get the screws out? or will the heat cause damage to the phone.
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Will heating it up with a blow dryer loosen the plastic enough to get the screws out? or will the heat cause damage to the phone.
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Heating will expand everything and make it more difficult. Using a hair/blow dryer is taking too much risk.
You should take the phone to a home depot or other store which sells high quality screw drivers, such as hardened tip jeweller's screw drivers, and get one of the correct/exact size. The jeweller's screw drivers can be pressed down with the palm of one hand while the driver's bit is rotated with the other one by turning the screwdriver's shaft. A pair of pliers can be use to turn the shaft which will give more torque to, hopefully, break loose the screw. Additionally, you could carefully spray the screw head and immediate area with compressed air until it is really cold. The cold will shrink the screw and the surrounding area slightly, maybe enough to enable you to unscrew.
Here's some info: http://ask.metafilter.com/191476/How-to-Remove-Stubborn-Laptop-Screws
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
My headphones weren't going into the jack so I used some sticky tape to remove the lint in the socket.
I must have got a bit over zealous. I now appear to have what seems like a piece of metal across the socket. If I hold the screen to the ceiling and look at the port, it looks like the metal is coming from the right with a small joint on the left most side.
I'm not entirely sure where it came from, so not sure whether I should try to bend it back into place towards the left or right. Anyone able to shed some light on how the metal contracts are arranged?
Would really appreciate if someone could post a pic of their socket contracts.
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My headphones weren't going into the jack so I used some sticky tape to remove the lint in the socket.
I must have got a bit over zealous. I now appear to have what seems like a piece of metal across the socket. If I hold the screen to the ceiling and look at the port, it looks like the metal is coming from the right with a small joint on the left most side.
I'm not entirely sure where it came from, so not sure whether I should try to bend it back into place towards the left or right. Anyone able to shed some light on how the metal contracts are arranged?
Would really appreciate if someone could post a pic of their socket contracts.
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There's metal inside that moves when you insert headphones and presses against the metal to create a connection. It sounds like you bent a pin outwards you need to bend it back in very slowly and carefully. It's thin so too much friction heat will break it. Push it in a bit and wait a min then push a bit more. When it's almost back in place push the headphone connection in and leave it a few hours. Should go back into place. When determining direction gently get something small like a pin under it and wiggle softly. Only one side will move
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There's metal inside that moves when you insert headphones and presses against the metal to create a connection. It sounds like you bent a pin outwards you need to bend it back in very slowly and carefully. It's thin so too much friction heat will break it. Push it in a bit and wait a min then push a bit more. When it's almost back in place push the headphone connection in and leave it a few hours. Should go back into place. When determining direction gently get something small like a pin under it and wiggle softly. Only one side will move
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It was a little tricky, but I've managed to fix it back into place. Thanks for your help.
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It was a little tricky, but I've managed to fix it back into place. Thanks for your help.
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Well after a few minutes cleaning the top speaker grill lightly with a tooth brush, anti-bacterial / disinfectant i was shocked that the thing just fell off
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Well after a few minutes cleaning the top speaker grill lightly with a tooth brush, anti-bacterial / disinfectant wipe i was shocked that the thing just fell off
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Does anyone know if this would be fixed under warranty and if not the best way to restick it down?
I would try heating up the glue and sticking it back down.. heat gun would be best.. just be careful of how much you heat it up. Also.. in the future I wouldn't use a toothbrush. You maybe pushing dirt down into the grill. Something like silly putty might work better. I meant to add that when I get mine, I'm going to try a car/electronics attachment that came with my shark vacuum. It has tiny hose parts that might be able to suck debris out of the grill instead of pushing it down in there. I think they sell attachments like that for small shop vacs and other vacuums but I'm not sure.
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I would try heating up the glue and sticking it back down.. heat gun would be best.. just be careful of how much you heat it up. Also.. in the future I wouldn't use a toothbrush. You maybe pushing dirt down into the grill. Something like silly putty might work better.
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Thanks for the tip the 1st few times i used a softish toothbrush and was ok, silly putty ive seen aimed for tech stuff and more jel like would work better i think next time and had used the tooth brush before ok i just think i removed the adhesive bond when cleaning it with the wipes as the phones not been expose to any heat for it to warm up enough for the grill to slide off.
Fingers cross Razer would good will a return / repair for me as now the speaker is a bit tinny and while holding the plastic tightly to the phone its not great abover 70% volume level but looking at the speaker grill in the middle its torn away a patch. This maybe to allow the sound out as it was a neat cut in the material thats left. Still wouldnt want to superglue resin (self repair) it until razer come back and say if they will fix it for me or not.
https://www.amazon.com/Scotch-Adhesive-Transfer-Tape-Clear/dp/B00HD27UJC
This stuff would be good.
Cheers i did compile a post and closed the wrong tab went away from my desk. Im waiting for someone in Razer to agree to the repair under warranty but if not ill be getting some tape hopefully i can find some thin and strong enough to go between the plastic thats come off and the non sticky adhevsive tape thats still there. Im not 100% sure if i should tape around the little square cut out or not. i was thinking small path between the left edge and camera/sensor and then a small bit to e right between camera and the torn away patch and then the last strip to the right of the pacth. its odd the patch is thereand its alot thiner than the rest of it.
Applying some pressure to the patch part i can only assume its the speaker as when covering it up the phones quiter. just unsure why its a patch? when playing last night with the bit that fell off theres some vibration so thinking where the patch is i just secure it down with the tape where i can.
Also may get a screen protector to remove the lip between the screen height compared to the plastic that fell off as this is not smooth and is a little sharp. - I may flag this with razer as a design flaw which could have lead to the problem as if it was sunken down it wouldnt have moved out of place
Something like this almost seems better. https://www.amazon.com/Innovative-C...&sr=8-4&keywords=cleaning+gel#customerReviews