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[Q] EarPhone Jack issue

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.
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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?

HTC Sensation Headphone Jack

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!

ear piece stopped working after digitizer swap

Hey all looking for help. I cracked my screen and got a replacement screen/digitizer/frame and successfully switched everything to the new chassis. Everything works except for the ear piece. Any tips to getting it to work?

Linch89 said:
Hey all looking for help. I cracked my screen and got a replacement screen/digitizer/frame and successfully switched everything to the new chassis. Everything works except for the ear piece. Any tips to getting it to work?
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Make sure that the contacts are lined up right to the motherboard, and make sure those contacts are clean

Thanks! I ordered a replacement anyway it was $9 on amazon. I accidently touched the ear piece with a magnetic screwdriver when I was trying to get screws. Would that fry the ear speaker? There's only one way the ear piece can possibly go that's why I'm confused about why its not working

Take a look at your old chassis where the old ear piece was there should be a little plastic seat that boosts it up closer to the contacts. You have to transfer that with the earpiece to your new chassis.
This might be a necropost but I figured it might help someone else who is googling with this problem.

It helped me. Thank you for posting!

TechParadoxUSA said:
Take a look at your old chassis where the old ear piece was there should be a little plastic seat that boosts it up closer to the contacts. You have to transfer that with the earpiece to your new chassis.
This might be a necropost but I figured it might help someone else who is googling with this problem.
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Can you order that part as a replacement? I think I got rod of my old chassis before I realized I needed the piece underneath the earpiece.

Aux Tip Broke Inside Headphone Jack

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.

roaduardo said:
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 put the sim tool pin in the upper microphone

hey guys , so i just put the sim toolkit in the wrong hole (upper microphone) and i feel like i click something something like popping i dont know how to explain , i read that the upper mic is for noise cancellation , so did i just damage my mic?? i have upper and lower mic my device is oneplus 6
i need your help guys , thanks

You probably damaged water resistance

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NateDev said:
You probably damaged water resistance
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but it will affect the noise cancellation? because its for noise canceling

Sorry but couldn't control... You just put it in the wrong hole... Answering your question, u would have damaged a rubber gasket covering the mic, nothing more than that...

vigneshnallamad said:
Sorry but couldn't control... You just put it in the wrong hole... Answering your question, u would have damaged a rubber gasket covering the mic, nothing more than that...
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Wrong hole gets you into trouble every time. I've ended up on the couch a few times. A rubber definitely helps cushion the blow, gasket I mean of course.

vigneshnallamad said:
Sorry but couldn't control... You just put it in the wrong hole... Answering your question, u would have damaged a rubber gasket covering the mic, nothing more than that...
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hmm ok so nothing happens to the noise cancellation??because theres no way to test it , should i return the phone or just live with it ? thanks for your reply

crixley said:
Wrong hole gets you into trouble every time. I've ended up on the couch a few times. A rubber definitely helps cushion the blow, gasket I mean of course.
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A rubber definitely helps cushion the blow , i didnt understand this sentence , is there a waterproof damage or noise cancellation?? or its just a rubber? thanks brother

mohdz91 said:
A rubber definitely helps cushion the blow , i didnt understand this sentence , is there a waterproof damage or noise cancellation?? or its just a rubber? thanks brother
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Lol was a pun of sorts, but there is usually something blocking the microphone. A lot of times that actually make the hole curve in a bit to avoid the potential for damage in this situation. On my essential phone the hole was actually right next to the sim slot and there was a similar thread as this about 10 pages long. I wouldn't be overly concerned tbh.

Lol. I thought I was the only one. I did the same thing. It's all good, nothing has happened to my device. I just won't allow water near anymore.

CraigUK87 said:
Lol. I thought I was the only one. I did the same thing. It's all good, nothing has happened to my device. I just won't allow water near anymore.
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i dont give a f*** for the water , the whole device is not water resistance anyway , but am worried about the (noice cancellation) or the mic function it self because i feel like i click on something or pooped something lol

Got the same when I was using a HTC U11.
And then I sold it.

Thechnically, puting the simm tool on the upper mic hole wont affect anything because it's a straight hole and the there is a 90° angle and the the grill then the speaker which is attached to the motherboard, so i don't think you damaged anything
See the video of jerry rig everything at 2:17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z47gXtbXjw&t=250s

Chinaroad said:
Thechnically, puting the simm tool on the upper mic hole wont affect anything because it's a straight hole and the there is a 90° angle and the the grill then the speaker which is attached to the motherboard, so i don't think you damaged anything
See the video of jerry rig everything at 2:17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z47gXtbXjw&t=250s
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as the video , maybe i just damaged the water resistance?

mohdz91 said:
as the video , maybe i just damaged the water resistance?
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how could you damage the water resistance if the sim tool is straight and the water resistance is in a parallel plan lol

Chinaroad said:
how could you damage the water resistance if the sim tool is straight and the water resistance is in a parallel plan lol
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lol ok am stupid