A couple weeks back I started experiencing a problem with my headphones/headphone jack on my S3. I've had the phone for a year and had no problems up to this point.
When I put in a pair of headphones into the jack, a few things happen. First of all, I get a clicking noise, regardless of whether or not any media or sounds are playing. Second, unless I fiddle with the jack, take it out, plug it back in, twist it around, it doesn't recognize the headphones as being connected. Strangely, it seems to have a better shot of recognizing them if they're half unplugged, and not in all the way. Third, when it does finally recognize them (if it does), it automatically starts up the stock music player app, but on pause and not playing anything. Finally, when I do get them in and recognized, and whatever app I want playing the media I want, the clicking persists and there is a lot of static and crackling, and the volume is very low even when turned up all the way.
I've tried a few things. First, I tried this with 3 pairs of headphones, and the problem persisted with each pair. Additionally, I confirmed those headphones all worked by plugging them into other devices. But here's the strangest part to me -- none of these problems arise when I plug my S3 into my car's auxiliary audio jack. Everything works fine there.
Anyone else encounter anything similar?
When I put in a pair of headphones into the jack, a few things happen. First of all, I get a clicking noise, regardless of whether or not any media or sounds are playing. Second, unless I fiddle with the jack, take it out, plug it back in, twist it around, it doesn't recognize the headphones as being connected. Strangely, it seems to have a better shot of recognizing them if they're half unplugged, and not in all the way. Third, when it does finally recognize them (if it does), it automatically starts up the stock music player app, but on pause and not playing anything. Finally, when I do get them in and recognized, and whatever app I want playing the media I want, the clicking persists and there is a lot of static and crackling, and the volume is very low even when turned up all the way.
I've tried a few things. First, I tried this with 3 pairs of headphones, and the problem persisted with each pair. Additionally, I confirmed those headphones all worked by plugging them into other devices. But here's the strangest part to me -- none of these problems arise when I plug my S3 into my car's auxiliary audio jack. Everything works fine there.
Anyone else encounter anything similar?
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