headphone jack broken

[John Zeimet]

thanks for the advice, I cleaned out my jack, I looked in there couldn't see anything, but I took a plastic toothpick and dug around found some lint cleaned it all out and now it works. Thank you

 

[Nick Vollono]

I had been trying to dig dirt and/or lint out for awhile and eventually decided my phone's jack must be broken. I tried again just now for the hell of*it and was able to remove some lint with a small nail, but still nothing was playing from the headphones. I put a small amount of cleaner on a paper towel and rolled it up to fit in the jack. I cleaned it this way and had a feeling it would work because after twisting the paper towel the sound cut off from the speakers, showing the phone detected a connection. Lo and behold it works again and I couldnt be more excited. So paperclip works with lint but you might need a damp cloth to get any smaller pieces or stuff that might've corroded inside the jack

 

[Bobby Schultz]

Trust me, I was SURE it was a problem with the phone, BUT I tried fishing out lint with a wooden toothpick. Sure enough, I pulled out a large amount of lint from the very bottom of the hole, and IT WORKED!

If there is no lint in the hole, you should see a small silver circle at the bottom of the hole.

So, as much as you are a skeptic, try pulling out lint before sending back a perfectly good new phone just to get a refurb back.

 

[YAYTech]

I will reiterate what others have said - CLEAN the jack before your assume it's broken! I use a Square payment reader with my Razr all the time, and have had to clean it out 2-3 times because the reader gets flakey or stops working. I too assumed it was broken the first time before reading, and I couldn't even really see the lint, but sure enough, with some canned air and a little digging I've gotten lint out of it every time, and the reader goes back to working flawlessly.

 

[Frank7132]

This is twice now that the internet has saved me money! Sometime ago my MAC Book Pro would not close and it turned out a flat tooth pick solved that one. I was on a flight recently and went to use my headphones and could not get the jack into the head phone jack receptacle. Today I decided to research this issue a bit on the net before assuming my phone was broke. It was great to find this site! Yes, we have lint!!! It took a while with a small paper clip. My wife decided to try a scaled down q-tip. It seemed to do a better job than the paper clip (retrieved more lint!). I'm flying tomorrow and very happy to report the headphone jack works again! Thanks to all of those that figured this one out!!

 

[Angela Pierce]

Unless you want to use a square card reader.

I have physically replaced the jack with a new one. Still doesn't work.

 

[Spectere Knulee]

Let your battery die 100% and stay dead for 5-10 min, then recharge 100% and sit for 5-10 min.
It will allow your phone to read it as a full batt. as opposed to only 50-100% or where ever you began your charge.
I do it once a week and my batt lasts 1 1/2 days on AP mode, but then again I mainly only listen to music at work.
TY for your advice and hopefully mine can help you as well.

 

[ivan maldonado3]

me just today does anyone have a solution