headphone jack not working

[Mya Gonzalez]

Compressed air?

 

[Sorry I]

Thank you,it worked.Didn't know you have to clean headphone jack regularly.Almost bought a new headphone.

 

[Christine Strayer]

My headphone jack appears to have stopped working. When I plug headphones in, music still comes out of the phone speaker. I tested a second set of headphones to confirm it's the phone. I was wondering whether this has happened to anyone else, and whether they were able to fix it in any way.

How did you get the lint out of your phone?

 

[KN4F Clan]

The problem appears to have been lint in the headphone jack. I guess I'll leave this here in case others have the same issue.

How did you get the lint out, I have the same problem

 

[Natasha Meechan]

ok so this is whats happeing to me and its like i have to put it in a sweat spot for it to play. if i move it it will stop playing. already tried air can

That is the headphones. All it means is that the headphone wires have fallen slightly out of the rubber. Nothing you can do to the jack or the headphones, just get new ones (headphones not phone)

 

[rwhitu]

my android has music but only like the background music works like the beat not the singing need help what do i do

 

[Twingo1974]

My headphone jack appears to have stopped working. When I plug headphones in, music still comes out of the phone speaker. I tested a second set of headphones to confirm it's the phone. I was wondering whether this has happened to anyone else, and whether they were able to fix it in any way.

I had the same problem. I have Samsung Galaxy s6. I restarted the phone then the earphones worked again. It must have been an open app that conflicted with the sound setting.

 

[Timothy Nicholas]

My problem is none of the above. My Headphones click so it's in the right place and not off. There appears to be nothing inside my headphone jack, I checked for lint. I can't even find a option for disableing the headphones, and it can't be the case since I borrowed my brother's bluetooth headphones and they worked fine, but I don't want to use the bluetooth headphones, the audio quality is crap compared to my headphones. Someone help, this is beyond my reach.

 

[Stewie1111]

How do you find lint i dont see any lint

 

[taym_2]

OMG MAN I LOVE YOU, I've been looking for fixes for about 4 months. You saved my life you don't know how happy I am. Thank you

 

[Renaenae0223]

Thanks, yeah, it appears to be just the result of an accumulation of lint in the jack.

I tried the lint thing but my phone jack is still not working. It's a brand new phone so I don't know what to do.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! If it's a brand new phone, the easiest thing to do would be to bring it back to the store and ask for a refund or exchange. The second easiest thing would be to contact the manufacturer for warranty repair or replacement.

 

[C Uzibeatle]

Ended up here as result of some internet searches.

THought I'd share the story with my brand new Samsung Galaxy A 10.1 with pen tablet.

I was nearly furious and bumbed out that I may have to return the device to Amazon as none
of my headphones or external speakers would work with the audio jack. All of which worked with my ancient IPAD2.
Yes the weak built in speakers worked (Netflix test)

Long story short I stumbled across the solution which I found arcane and almost did not try it.
https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/172833/Why+won't+my+tablet+produce+sound

TLDR. Power the device down totally. Plug in headphone to mini jack till it clicks. Power up the device while holding
the volume button down until the device boots up.
NOw the device properly detects the audio jack plug insertion and vice versa.

I wonder how many of Samsungs tablets are returned for this silly reason. It is a most odd solution.

THis is my first android device if I don't count my Sony big screen set .

 

[Abhijith_jil]

The idea of toothpick really worked well for me.thanks guys.

 

[Abby247]

Ended up here as result of some internet searches.

THought I'd share the story with my brand new Samsung Galaxy A 10.1 with pen tablet.

I was nearly furious and bumbed out that I may have to return the device to Amazon as none
of my headphones or external speakers would work with the audio jack. All of which worked with my ancient IPAD2.
Yes the weak built in speakers worked (Netflix test)

Long story short I stumbled across the solution which I found arcane and almost did not try it.
https://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/172833/Why+won't+my+tablet+produce+sound

TLDR. Power the device down totally. Plug in headphone to mini jack till it clicks. Power up the device while holding
the volume button down until the device boots up.
NOw the device properly detects the audio jack plug insertion and vice versa.

I wonder how many of Samsungs tablets are returned for this silly reason. It is a most odd solution.

THis is my first android device if I don't
count my Sony big screen set .

This worked for my htc after removing the lint didn't work

 

[Kesa Bulewa]

What should i do

 

[Murali M2]

My headphone jack appears to have stopped working. When I plug headphones in, music still comes out of the phone speaker. I tested a second set of headphones to confirm it's the phone. I was wondering whether this has happened to anyone else, and whether they were able to fix it in any way.

Hi, im facing the same issue.
How to fix this

 

[moonsh0t]

Still relevant 5+ years later. Thank you !