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Only one headphone works?

I've been going through headphones really quick lately, but i realized it was actually my phone. No matter what headphones i use only one of the buds work but if i put those headphones into my ipod, both work on every headphone.
At first i thought it was possibly the rom i have, but i converted back to stock because i bricked my phone lol (but i fixed it) and it was the same thing on stock...what could the problem possibly be?

Do you use a case?

maybe the headset doesnt go all the way in, also try cleaning the headset port maybe theres something stuck in there

g.sembhi said:
maybe the headset doesnt go all the way in, also try cleaning the headset port maybe theres something stuck in there
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exactly how would i clean it?

1. put some light and see if there is anything in there if not
2.try twisting the part you plug in your phone

what probably its happening is that there its an accumulation of dust/debris that's blocking the connection. Try holding it with the headphone jack facing the ground and try plugging and unplugging your headphones a bunch of times. That has fixed it for me on a few devices.
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tomthebomb94 said:
exactly how would i clean it?
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use something like a paperclip or a needle and gently clean it and see if something comes out.

Could there be a mono setting?
When going back to stock did you use ODIN?

yes i did use odin...how could i check the mono settings?

Sounds like you got some eddy currents in the johnson rods

S3 3.5mm jack

I noticed today that my headphones / car stereo etc is only playing out of the left speaker unless I jiggle it. At first I assumed it was a wire going so I tried 5 different aux cables and 2 different headphones, it's all the same deal.. have to look for that sweet spot to make it play in both speakers.
I bought this launch day and I am pretty shocked the 3.5mm is going already, I've already tried cleaning it with dust off (air can) and it's still the same. What does sprint generally do to fix this? I have insurance, but I really hate getting a refurbished phone back... had bad luck with them in the past! Let me know if you guys know anything else I can try to repair it myself or if its a lost cause and just let sprint replace it.
thanks!

p2flol said:
I noticed today that my headphones / car stereo etc is only playing out of the left speaker unless I jiggle it. At first I assumed it was a wire going so I tried 5 different aux cables and 2 different headphones, it's all the same deal.. have to look for that sweet spot to make it play in both speakers.
I bought this launch day and I am pretty shocked the 3.5mm is going already, I've already tried cleaning it with dust off (air can) and it's still the same. What does sprint generally do to fix this? I have insurance, but I really hate getting a refurbished phone back... had bad luck with them in the past! Let me know if you guys know anything else I can try to repair it myself or if its a lost cause and just let sprint replace it.
thanks!
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Honestly...I would just let sprint fix it. I don't think they would send you a totally new phone, but instead ask you to take it to a repair center. I have had that problem before but with a few cheap aux cables I had. I always tried a fresh new one and it worked fine...maybe all of your cables are going bad haha you never know!
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rmoore84 said:
Honestly...I would just let sprint fix it. I don't think they would send you a totally new phone, but instead ask you to take it to a repair center. I have had that problem before but with a few cheap aux cables I had. I always tried a fresh new one and it worked fine...maybe all of your cables are going bad haha you never know!
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hah, ill look into that tomorrow thanks.. I even swapped one of my cables with a brand new one and still the same thing so I guess it's the phone :\. Time to get a bluetooth aux adapter for my car so I don't have to unplug replug over and over.

Yours is defective. I use my 3.5mm jack everyday no issues.

jbadboy2007 said:
Yours is defective. I use my 3.5mm jack everyday no issues.
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yup its just from plugging it in and out too much over the past month, they replaced the jack free of charge in 20 minutes, works great again thanks

When I got my GS3, the same thing happened to me. I was about to unroot and call Sprint for a new phone... The I saw a thread with someone else with the same problem.
Turned out that what was wrong was that I just hadn't pushed the jack in far enough. Sounds to ridiculous to be true... But try it. Push your headphone plug in nice and firm until you hear a resounding "click".
I felt dumb, but saved me the grief of returning.
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iomega311 said:
When I got my GS3, the same thing happened to me. I was about to unroot and call Sprint for a new phone... The I saw a thread with someone else with the same problem.
Turned out that what was wrong was that I just hadn't pushed the jack in far enough. Sounds to ridiculous to be true... But try it. Push your headphone plug in nice and firm until you hear a resounding "click".
I felt dumb, but saved me the grief of returning.
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app
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yeah I thought that at first, it wasnt that. a pin inside the jack somehow became loose enough to not make contact with the plug. the guy showed me after he fixed it.

p2flol said:
yeah I thought that at first, it wasnt that. a pin inside the jack somehow became loose enough to not make contact with the plug. the guy showed me after he fixed it.
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Glad that wasn't the case for me... Would have hated having to unroot and reflash! Glad you got your phone fixed.

Earphone Jack Module

I'm so sorry if I posted this in the wrong section, I will remove this ASAP.
Continuing:
I got into a serious problem, I wanted to ask, I got an earphone's small golden pin stuck into the jack (which accidentally got broken), no body can take it out, I tried every possible way to get it taken out. So I asked the technician about it, he said a new Earphone Module will be placed there which has a mic and earphone jack. My phone can't play a sound or I can't call anyone because the phone thinks there is an earphone inserted. Please help me and tell me where I can get a module(online), I live in India and want to know possible solutions.
Any mod is there using which I can play the sound via speakers? Like any app or so?
Thanks in advance.

Disassemble the phone yourself and simply remove the pin!

TechnoZombie said:
Disassemble the phone yourself and simply remove the pin!
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I'm afraid a friend of mine used a tutorial on youube where you've to use super glue, so you know what happened there

Try a wooden skewer with a dab of super glue on the end. Or anything round just slightly smaller than the opening. Yes or just disassemble the phone.
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[q] speakers not working

Hi guys this is my first post here [excuse my bad English]
So i gave my phone to a repair guy because of the device have been broken. After repair the small microphone for calling is not working. Also the main speakers is not working when i play music or videos. But it WORKS when i receive an incoming call or a notification sound.
I formatted the phone but nothing happened. If you know the solution i would really appreciate if you leave a comment.

Anybody ???

I have had the same situation b4, but it was bc I WAS using an audio mod, and it somehow is malfunctioning with the speakers, causing it not being able to play musics/videos, while the notification and alarm sounds still works.
So, having said that, were u using an audio mod? If you were, removing it could be a solution.

Zerelth said:
I have had the same situation b4, but it was bc I WAS using an audio mod, and it somehow is malfunctioning with the speakers, causing it not being able to play musics/videos, while the notification and alarm sounds still works.
So, having said that, were u using an audio mod? If you were, removing it could be a solution.
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No man i just repaired the phone its like brand new

AhmeD98HF said:
No man i just repaired the phone its like brand new
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Yeah well, then this situation is kinda...weird. Did you try plugging a headphone, play a song, then pull it out and press the play button? Somehow this will make the phone's speaker work. But it's just a makeshift solution, you can't just rely on it for, like ever.

Zerelth said:
Yeah well, then this situation is kinda...weird. Did you try plugging a headphone, play a song, then pull it out and press the play button? Somehow this will make the phone's speaker work. But it's just a makeshift solution, you can't just rely on it for, like ever.
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Unfortunately it did not work

AhmeD98HF said:
Unfortunately it did not work
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Then I have no idea what's the problem =.="

AhmeD98HF said:
Hi guys this is my first post here [excuse my bad English]
So i gave my phone to a repair guy because of the device have been broken. After repair the small microphone for calling is not working. Also the main speakers is not working when i play music or videos. But it WORKS when i receive an incoming call or a notification sound.
I formatted the phone but nothing happened. If you know the solution i would really appreciate if you leave a comment.
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Don't worry bro. I have experience of disassembling my phone and reassembling it. I quess the problem is because that the repair guy did not fix the speaker module correctly .Everything in our phone is just press and lock system. If it is not correctly fixed / if lose contact is there.,Secondary microphone and speaker issue will arise. If you are brave enough to do it by yourself go ahead like i did it for myself. But i should warn you opening your phone might void your warranty. Use below videos to disassemble and understand where is speaker module located. You can easily identify the speaker module as , headphone jack, speaker, primary camera comes in a single plastic unit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TphuokWueAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yADs4OsAXg

gokukaushik said:
Use below videos to disassemble and understand where is speaker module located. You can easily identify the speaker module as , headphone jack, speaker, primary camera comes in a single plastic unit.
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The only thing I would add is to take care of replacing the double-sided sticky gasket before putting the back cover on when reassembling the phone. Without it, there is no seal around the back cover (the fit is quite loose, even with latches and all), and all the dust and dirt that is supposed to be kept out of your phone will get in. Use either a proper seal made specifically for your phone (can be ordered online), or some quality tape from 3M or similar. When I was replacing a battery in my ZL, I took an unused gasket that was left over from one of my previous repairs (Xperia Z1), and cut pieces from it to size. Worked perfectly.

gokukaushik said:
Don't worry bro. I have experience of disassembling my phone and reassembling it. I quess the problem is because that the repair guy did not fix the speaker module correctly .Everything in our phone is just press and lock system. If it is not correctly fixed / if lose contact is there.,Secondary microphone and speaker issue will arise. If you are brave enough to do it by yourself go ahead like i did it for myself. But i should warn you opening your phone might void your warranty. Use below videos to disassemble and understand where is speaker module located. You can easily identify the speaker module as , headphone jack, speaker, primary camera comes in a single plastic unit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TphuokWueAI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yADs4OsAXg
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Thanks for the replay i will try to do it

AhmeD98HF said:
Thanks for the replay i will try to do it
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Static noise when headphones are plugged-in

Hello,
So I have my Zenfone 2 since some months now and since the start, my phone has a problem:
When I plug earphones or headphones, there's a static noise on the left earphone (or on the left side of the headphone).
I contacted Asus, they told me to update my firmware, which I did (I even updated to MM today), but it didn't fix the issue. So they told me to RMA it.
I'm just posting this to know if someone here got the same problem and if he fixed it. I saw a post on a forum which said to deactivate every single sound (notification, etc) and only activate multimedia sounds. For some reason, it worked, and I didn't ear the static noise again but some days later. I tried to do this operation again but it doesn't seem to work.
Thanks for your help,
Best regards,

Have you tried cleaning your jack input?

oguz298 said:
Have you tried cleaning your jack input?
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I thought of that but I don't really know how to do to be honest, I don't wanna break anything. How should I do it? Should I wet the tip of a cotton swab and "polish" the jack input?
Thanks for your reply!

Spidersouris said:
I thought of that but I don't really know how to do to be honest, I don't wanna break anything. How should I do it? Should I wet the tip of a cotton swab and "polish" the jack input?
Thanks for your reply!
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Usually i dont use liquids on my phone. Get a pin and a light source. First look inside of the jack if there is some dust or cotton thingys take out with pin

oguz298 said:
Usually i dont use liquids on my phone. Get a pin and a light source. First look inside of the jack if there is some dust or cotton thingys take out with pin
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Hello!
I tried to see if there was some dust in it but couldn't find anything. I, however, used the pin but the problem still persists
I noticed that when I was plugging in my earphone, if I plug in "at the middle" of the jack, there will be sound on the left earphone but not on the right. If I plug it in completely (when you hear the "click" sound), then there'll be sound on the right but not on the left earphone, like I first said on the first post. Maybe this can help you.. I'd like to not send it but if I really have to, I will ._.
Thanks for your help.

Have you tried another headphones?

oguz298 said:
Have you tried another headphones?
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Yeah, I've tried 3 different headphones but the problem still persists.

You can clean it with a compressed air can, the kind that is used to clean computers. I have one at home to clean my keyboard from tieme to time and have also used it to clean the headphone jack, since it doesn't use any liquid. You can get one at the local computer store or online from Amazon and similar sites

jman0 said:
You can clean it with a compressed air can, the kind that is used to clean computers. I have one at home to clean my keyboard from tieme to time and have also used it to clean the headphone jack, since it doesn't use any liquid. You can get one at the local computer store or online from Amazon and similar sites
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Hello,
Fortunately, I had a compressed air can at home. I tried to clean it with that but the problem is still here
Thanks for your help though, I really appreciate it.

So I "resolved" my problem.
Since I think my jack is broken, I bought this on Amazon. So I did a little setup so I can properly hear music/sounds:
I have a Logitech G430. When I want to listen to music on my phone, I plug my earphones on the G430 adapter, then I plug the USB cable into the USB-microUSB adapter I just bought, and I plug the microUSB cable to my phone. And it works perfectly!
Some may say It's a pretty rough setup, but for me, as long as it works, that's perfect.
Thanks for your help!

Spidersouris said:
So I "resolved" my problem.
Since I think my jack is broken, I bought this on Amazon. So I did a little setup so I can properly hear music/sounds:
I have a Logitech G430. When I want to listen to music on my phone, I plug my earphones on the G430 adapter, then I plug the USB cable into the USB-microUSB adapter I just bought, and I plug the microUSB cable to my phone. And it works perfectly!
Some may say It's a pretty rough setup, but for me, as long as it works, that's perfect.
Thanks for your help!
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I'm sure a pair of cheap BT headphones is cheaper than that setup. Anyway, if you want to keep using your 3.5mm headphones (I would since mine are very nice and were expensive) you can also try a 3.5 to BT adapter, which is also a cheap and nice option. Music through BT is usually of less quality than through the audio jack, but it¡s better than nothing and you don't need so many cables.
Something like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00UUDZSKE
That one is $19, but you can probably get a cheaper one from a Chinese store such as Dealextreme, GearBest, etc. I have one which I got on eBay years ago and I think it was worth something around €10