Hi,
So my Samsung Galaxy Nexus headphone jack has gone, with sound only from one ear. I assume as with MP3 players this is related to the pins inside.
I have purchased a new headphone jack and torn down the phone to remove the speaker/headphone assembly.
I am now stuck though as I can't work out how to remove the old headphone jack from the assembly as it appears the entire housing is fused together. Has anyone had any experience with this or can offer some advice?
Thanks,
JJ.
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I am trying to adapt an external dynamic microphone for use with my Exhibit 4G (there is no forum section for this phone and I believe it is similar to the Epic 4G). I bought a 3.5mm PRRS plug with three discrete shielded stripped end cables (White=Left Audio, Yellow=Right Audio, Red=Mic), a PRS inline jack, and a female XLR mic connector.
Using the PRRS pinout of P=Left Audio, R1=Right Audio, R2=Ground, and S=Mic, I soldered the shields of White and Yellow to the sleeve of the PRS jack, White to the pin and Yellow to the ring. My stereo headphones work perfectly with this arrangement.
I then soldered the shield of Red to ground of the XLR and Red to audio. I then successfully tested all connections from the PRRS plug to the PRS jack and the XLR connector with an ohmmeter.
When everything is connected, the headphones still work the same but the phone doesn't "hear" the external mic or disable the internal mic like it does with the headset that came with the phone.
What am I doing wrong? Any ideas?
Thanks!
WTF is the Exhibit? Is it a SGS? Is it on touchwiz? I don't think it is a Sprint phone either....
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It is a T-Mobile Samsung Exhibit 4G (SGH-T759).
Its not an epic 4g... this question doesnt belong in this forum... sorry.
Sorry, I would love to help, but I have no idea.
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I searched around for some better headphones for my galaxy S3 (GT-I9300), to unleash the full music experience the phone got. As I prefer a more powerful earphone I feel not as comfortable with the sound of the original ones, but I don’t wanted to lose the comfort of the Samsung Headset - Microphone and Remote control.
As you can see here, I changed the original Samsung headset cable to a pair of Sennheiser Headphones. In case you are interested in doing the same here is what I Did.
What i used:
A Pair of Samsung Headset Headphones, in my Case Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300)
A Pair of Headphones, as shown in the Pictures a Sennheiser CX 300-II
A Solder Station, a bit of soldering wire
A Tool called third Hand, or another little vice
Fine Pliers and a little slot screw driver
A Voltmeter
Just to ensure. I am not responsible for any injuries, damages and defects on the headphones, your mobile, other components or your health. The following hints worked for me and my equipment, yours may be different.
If you aren’t use in Voltmeter testing’s, soldering and fine mechanical works you shouldn’t do this.
First I dismounted the silicone Ear Adapters from all headphones. Then I used the pliers to demount the Samsung headphones. In My case I grabbed the stick where the Ear Adapter was on and ripped it off. I have no further use for them, so I broke its housing.
Inside the Cables are mounted on the speaker. I used the solder station, to liquefy the soldered cable connection from the speaker.
In next step I opened the cable knot and got the cable out of the Samsung housing.
Openig the Sennheiser Headphones:
I used my fingernails to get of the silver ring of the housing, maybe also a guitar plektron will do the same. In my case it worked when I turned it around while pressing my nails in.
Please see Picture 1
With the little slot screw driver I opened up the in key and slot position of the housing.
Please see Picture 2 and 3
I also used the solder station, to liquefy the soldered cable connection from the speaker.
I noted myself on which connection which colour of wire was. On the back side of the Sennheiser Speaker there was a red sign on one of the contacts.
I opened the knot and pulled out the cable. Then I inserted the white Samsung cable in the rubber bumper. I think its important to make sure inserting the right side of the Samsung cable into the right side of the new Earphone. To ensure better gliding I used a little of my wives hand cream on the cable.
When mounted the cable in the headphone, I fastened it again with a knot. I had to be carful, the cable isn’t as strong as it seems.
This is the pin configuration I measured on my headphones. As I heard that there is more than one pin configurations in different countries, please ensure what’s yours. So the wire connection I made may differ to the one which is the correct in your case.
Please see Picture 4
Soldering, I made,
Please see Picture 5
Right Headphone:
In my case I attached the red wire of the Samsung headset cable on the Sennheiser headphone at the solder position where the red dot was.
Left Headphone:
I attached the green wire of the Samsung headset cable on the Sennheiser headphone at the solder position where the red dot was.
Please see Picture 6
Reassembling should be no problem then.
Have fun with your modified headphones.
Please see Picture 7
Nice work looks pretty good do they sound alot better?
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SoundsLegit said:
Nice work looks pretty good do they sound alot better?
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I think the originals are ok but, I'm am a bit of ambitious in music, the original samsungs speaker don't have such powerful bass and not so clear highs. So they don't give a good picture of what a great sound experience the Phone itselve provides.
If you buy a original Headset at Amazon its about 5€, the Senheiser are 35€. There might be the difference from .
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Awesome
I don't understand though why you used the samsung cord couldn't you have just bought headphones from amazon that had their own cord? Or did you have to have the samsung cord because of the plug to match the microphone? Thanks
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Nice job. Thanks for sharing.
Hello, my headphone jack is broken: left earpiece doesn't work always, and it's really annoying, so i'm thinking about a hand-made replacement...
After some days of researches on google i found this: http://www.mytrendyphone.it/shop/jack-av-per-83223p.html
The only problem is that original jack is soldered to the motherboard
has anybody tried to do the same? is there any how-to?
do you think it can be done?
It would be pretty easy to do BUT looking at the motherboard, 4 of the legs are covered by a metal plate (which is used to mount the proximity/light sensors)
Don't know whether that plate can be removed or not.
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Hello All,
I have been having issues with my headphone jack. It started out with static on the headphone jacks and ended up becoming completely dead in a span of 2 months. Reading through many of the Google search results, I did what everyone suggested. Tightened the screws near the camera and then replaced the headphone jack assembly. I am still not able to make it work. The earpiece is working fine though. Any suggestions?
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Have you tried different headphones?
Are they are plugged in all the way?
If you push the headphone plug in a direction perpendicular to the jack (try several directions), does it make it any better/worse?
I had issues with my headphone jack and I just replaced it today and it works perfectly. Are you sure the cable connecting the jack to the motherboard is connected completely? You could also inspect the connector on the motherboard to make sure the connector looks in good shape with nothing bent, etc. If all is well and you are confident the replacement was good, I would say your motherboard could be bad...which is a little strange since your earpiece is working and it uses the same connection.
I give mine a good smack against a hard object. Usually just below the camera lens, and under the headphone jack works the best. I know it sounds like I'm joking, but seriously, give it a shot. I suspect the root cause is probably a loose connector, but I've never cracked mine open.
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Hello All,
I have been having issues with my headphone jack. It started out with static on the headphone jacks and ended up becoming completely dead in a span of 2 months. Reading through many of the Google search results, I did what everyone suggested. Tightened the screws near the camera and then replaced the headphone jack assembly. I am still not able to make it work. The earpiece is working fine though. Any suggestions?
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Try tightening the screws on the back of the phone. I have heard it can fix the loose connection.
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I had the phone in my pocket with the headphone jack stick out while doing a job, must have bent over too far and caused the jack to come loose or something inside. At first sound would start going off intermittently, but now I'm only getting sound from 1 earbud - I have a few spare Nexus 5 jacks - are they the same as the N5X ones? I've already bought a replacement N5X jack from ebay anyway because I don't want to have to open the phone up more than once. Anyone else had issues with the jack?
I just hope a simple replacement of the port will fix it.
I replaced the ones on my Nexus 5 a couple times (aswell as swapping the whole PCBs over to a new screen etc, so i'm not afraid of opening it up, the internals look pretty much identical looking at this guide here: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Nexus+5+Headphone+Jack+Replacement/73195
Thanks in advance.