hi, my uncle gave me his s3 i9300 last week and ive been using it fine ever since. rooted it a couple of nights ago and so im running 4.2.2
today in school i dropped my phone from KNEE level, to the floor which was carpet, the phone slide abit on its face
i didnt notice any problem til after school when i put my earphones in. only the left earphone worked. and the right earphone worked if i played around with the wire and held it in a certain way, by pushing it to the left slightly.
i did some online research and noticed people had the same problem but their solutions have not worked for me.
i have tried using a q-tip with alcohol to clean it out, however this didnt work. i have tried different earphones, the samsung earphones, my big headphones and nothing has worked.
any suggestions? im 16, i dont want to take it to a corner shop to get bumped off....
thanks in advance!!!!!!!
You've broken the socket or the connection to the motherboard. Take it to a service centre.
boomboomer said:
Try different earphones first, if still the same then you've broken the socket or the connection to the motherboard. Take it to a service centre.
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i have tried 3 different earphones, and hmm, would they charge?
Yes, they will.
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Yes, they will.
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wow this seems ridiculous. dropped it from knee level and it fell flat and slid on carpet :/ dont seem realistic to me :|
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I got new headphones about a week ago (shure se535) and had been using them with my note for at least twenty hours already. Yesterday while walking to work I was using them with my note and they were working just fine, and same with right after. Then when I was getting ready for bed I wanted to listen to some music so I popped them in and picked a song and only the left side worked! so I threw them in my laptop and they both worked. Tried them in the note.. only the left works.
When I push on the headphone jack slightly to one side, the signal returns to the other ear.. I checked for lint in the hole but it still looked brand new. It seems as if the little connector inside the jack for the right side has somehow become almost flush with the rest of the jack, if not pushed in somehow. The weird thing is, when I tried it with the stock headphones with mic, both sides worked! wtf!. It doesn't make any sense lol.
What should I do? Send phone in for warranty repair? Has anyone else had similar problems?
It happens to me too. But it's random.
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I had the same issue with my old Shure headphones the other day. The Samsung headset works fine with the Note. The Shures work fine with my laptop. It's intermittent though with the Note.
This is discouraging to hear. 3.5mm jacks have been in use for so freaking long that you'd think there wouldn't be any problems...
I'm worried that if I do go to Telus and get a repair done that they will say there is no problem and not even touch it. I wonder why my $500 shures out of the blue lost connection, yet the cheapo OEM headphones work lol. I'm very careful to not let anything put pressure on the jack when plugged in..
Sigh.
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Hi there, I recently bought an HTC amaze and I love it so far, but I do have one problem. When I use any pair of headphones or 3.5mm jack my music will play out of both sides, but it's much quieter on the right side. I've tested this with many sources and nothing has worked so far. Is this a common problem? I have 30 days to return the phone but I'd really rather not if I don't have to.
Not an issue on my Amaze.
Have you tried different headphones? Or maybe one of you ears is going bad.
Haha... Definitely not my ears. I've tried several headphones and aux cables and none have worked. Guess I'm going to have to return it. I figured it was probably a hardware issue.
Before you do that try using compressed air in the headphones jack to see if there maybe something in there.
Double0EK said:
Before you do that try using compressed air in the headphones jack to see if there maybe something in there.
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That was actually my first guess. It almost looks like it won't go all the way in, but even with tons of force it won't go down any further. Looks like I'll be using bluetooth headphones.
eShrooms said:
That was actually my first guess. It almost looks like it won't go all the way in, but even with tons of force it won't go down any further. Looks like I'll be using bluetooth headphones.
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i say return the bad boy cause once one problem starts another one will persist :crying: and you want your phone 100% not 99% i bought my 4th amaze from ebay returned it cause guy said everything worked when i installed AndroSensor for Google play https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fivasim.androsensor&hl=en it showed me the proximity sensor readings is messed up so THANK god i checked or i would had a 90% working phone ^_^
P.s did get my money back and the guy said keep the phone as he will not return to his shop in 3 months ^_^
I tried using my earbuds last night. The plug doesn't go in tight (it literally wiggles in the jack) and in no position that I held them, did they work.
dbgeek said:
I tried using my earbuds last night. The plug doesn't go in tight (it literally wiggles in the jack) and in no position that I held them, did they work.
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mine works without any problems, try another set of headphones, if problem still persist. Contact AT&T to get an exchange.
dbgeek said:
I tried using my earbuds last night. The plug doesn't go in tight (it literally wiggles in the jack) and in no position that I held them, did they work.
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Hi,
I just purchased this phone about 4 hours ago, I just now plugged in the headphones and mine too was not going in all the way and wiggled, I pushed a little harder than normal and it clicked as if it locked into place and works just fine now.
Good luck
onyxius said:
Hi,
I just purchased this phone about 4 hours ago, I just now plugged in the headphones and mine too was not going in all the way and wiggled, I pushed a little harder than normal and it clicked as if it locked into place and works just fine now.
Good luck
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Mine was defective. I took it back to the store where the rep tried it out. He couldn't get it to work either, but neither of us had a prob with the new one.
Wiggling??
Hell, I have to use my upper body strength to pull the headphone plug out of the jack.
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gregk232 said:
Wiggling??
Hell, I have to use my upper body strength to pull the headphone plug out of the jack.
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Yea I pulled them out and it was a little tougher than I would ever imagine, good thing i don't use them much.
They definitely could have designed the jack better. Shame to have to use brute force to get the headphones in. Thought I was gonna break the interior of it.
yeah, i've been noticing how tight all the ports are (or both ports... whatever). I have to force my charger in so hard and pull it out so hard I'm scared that beautiful glass will crack.... Same on the headphone jack. That, and the millimeters of raised glass above the front bezel, are the only two things about the design i'm not thrilled about.
And here I thought it was just me... I had to force my earbuds in... It scared me, I love my earbuds and I didn't want to hurt them... I feel I have to be careful how I pull them out so that I don't pull the cord right off the end of the jack.
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And here I thought it was just me... I had to force my earbuds in... It scared me, I love my earbuds and I didn't want to hurt them... I feel I have to be careful how I pull them out so that I don't pull the cord right off the end of the jack.
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Yeah - using mine were a pain at first also, but with time it "loosened up" I assume. Now I have no problems.
Same ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Mine have broken in nicely.
The other day while listening to music on my note the sound from the right ear phone went dead. If I played the with cord or bent the jack and held it that way I could hear music again from both ears. So naturally I thought I just needed new ear phones. However my ear phones work fine for every other device and even a different pair of ear phones in my phone gave me the same problem. If I listen to music without ear phones the speakers work fine. Is my phone damaged or is there a way to fix this?
Your headphone jack might be malfunctioning. Try a different pair of headphones on the device.
toddx77 said:
and even a different pair of ear phones in my phone gave me the same problem.
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Your headphone jack might be malfunctioning. Try a different pair of headphones on the device.
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I would say malfunctioning headphone jack since you had the same issue with more than one pair. do you have a case on it? The case could be blocking it from fully entering and making a good connection
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I would say malfunctioning headphone jack since you had the same issue with more than one pair. do you have a case on it? The case could be blocking it from fully entering and making a good connection
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Also if you keep your phone in your pocket, it could be lint in the port. That happened to me on my streak
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A good tip for cleaning electronic connections is a qtip and rubbing alcohol. So long as your device is without power. I would even remove the battery. Try cleaning out the phono plug with some rubbing alcohol first.
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A good tip for cleaning electronic connections is a qtip and rubbing alcohol. So long as your device is without power. I would even remove the battery. Try cleaning out the phono plug with some rubbing alcohol first.
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And a can of air can help blow out the lint and dry the alcohol.
I took it out of its case and still the same problem. I did blow in it and there isn't a problem if the jack is in the right position. If I still have sound problems I just turn the jack until I hear sounds from both ear phones again and it seems to stay that way. I don't have any pressurized air or rubbing alcohol and if I can even get them here I will have to go into the city so lets save that for last. Considering that my ear phones are working fine if the jack is in the right spot, does that mean there could just be more dust deeper in there or some sort of problem with the phone?
If there's a sweet spot where it works fine, then there's corrosion in there. Possibly the alcohol and q-tip will remove gunk, but you need some mild abrasion like a pipe cleaner.
Could be dirt or it could mean loose solder joints.
Ok so the problem got a little worse, Even if I twist the jack a certain way just moving the wires to much or the phone it will cause the sound to go out. So if I am walking or even have the phone in my sweatshirt pocket the sound will go out. The only way to get sound to play clear from both ears while walking is the kind of bend the top of the ear phone jack and hold it. If I have the phone on my desk and twist the jack to a spot that works and just leave the phone there I do not have any problems. I will see if my host family or anyone in the village has alcohol or pressurized air but if that does not fix the problem then is something like this worth getting fixed or should I just buy a new phone?
Yeah, that means the soldering has been worked loose. The part is $20 or less on ebay, and there is a disassembly video in the general section. Its not a complicated process to replace the headphone port.
I think you may be right. Today I noticed that if I press down really hard on the jack music plays fine in both ears and twisting and turning the jack doesn't affect it at all. Does that pretty much prove it then?
Yes, its getting worked loose. I've seen someone duct tape the headphone plug to the phone in the sweet spot. It lasted for about a week until the last connection broke.
Ok, I am not in the US so now ebay is out of the question. I will go into the city and see if I can find the part but as someone who never never taken a phone apart and fixed one would watching the video be good enough for me?
You can learn from the video. But if you have a store that sells the part, why not have them do the repair? I can't imagine it would cost more than $50 US.
Hi Guys,
So unfortunately yesterday my (3 week old OnePlus X) Fell into a container of mustard, it was on a bench and got knocked! (Devastating)
I've cleaned the device the best I could, it still works, however it's thinking headphones are connected all the time now, I have read up how-to clean on google, and have tried q-tips with alcohol to clean it! It's been at least 12 hours since the incident.
I've come across an app called Sound about Pro, this has the ability to disable headphone detection and I can use the phone as normal, My Main question is should I just give this time? Or will it always be this way with the need to use this app now..
I highly doubt this is anything covered under warranty for this type of incident
Maybe it's a stupid question but have you tried plugging some earphones in and out? Did earphones work when plugged in?
I think when it will be completly dry, you could insert in and out earphone to make it right. I should be save after that.
Drying can be long as mustard is fat.
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Maybe it's a stupid question but have you tried plugging some earphones in and out? Did earphones work when plugged in?
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+1 to this.
And no it doesn't sound stupid-if I were in op's situation this is the first thing I would've done (after cleaning ofc).
Hi Guys,
Been a few days and I thought I would post back the positive outcome I got myself in
After 12 hrs of the incident I tried cleaning it with a cotton bud and a tooth pick, used the following liquids (Nail Polish remover, CK One, Detol) I had the phone switched off when I did this, after at least one day after repeatively cleaning this, the device is now working as it should!
If you wanted to know how I applied those liquids I just sprayed them or put alittle bit on the cotton bud then pushed it in with a tooth pick and twisted it around, then carefully removed all fluff, (Plus check with torch to ensure all debris is removed.
I'm so glad it's working correctly now! *Fhew*