Droid headphone jack self-fix?

[JimmyD]

That's why I asked first :-/ Just trying to create a more solid connection. I'll try a straw instead.

Sorry if I came off kinda harsh. I would just hate to read that someone fried their Droid!! :happy:

Yeah, I would try anything else before something metal based!

By the way, since you mentioned a straw, I wonder how well a coffee stirrer straw would work?! Those are REALLY small in diameter, so it might help with fitting the contour of the area you put it in.

 

[etipaced]

No worries, thanks for the warning actually. You read my mind with the coffee straw, too. Hitting the grocery store later today.

 

[Ryan325678]

No worries, thanks for the warning actually. You read my mind with the coffee straw, too. Hitting the grocery store later today.

Let us know if you find something that works well--the paper is great because it mostly does the trick but it does tend to wear down after a while and needs to be replaced.

 

[jroscos]

thanks thisismyname.
the straw idea works and rocks.

 

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

Straw fix is a go. It works very well. When I jiggle the jack icon_eek there is no break in sound. I also left a little tab in the straw so I could pull it out if I need to. I tucked it behind my case. Pics soon, seeing that I use my droid for my pic uploads I'll wait to use my friend's.

 

[JonCor2577]

Pics?

Any pictures of the straw fix? I'm interested!

 

[Charlie_Don't_Surf]

Any pictures of the straw fix? I'm interested!

Oops my bad I forgot to take pics. I'll try to have them up soon. The trick though is to cut a small piece of straw that can slide between the rear half of the jack and the phone. I made a piece that looked like

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I left the top part as a tab so that if I wanted to pull the straw I had something to grip. Also because I have a case I can just bend the tab to go between the phone and case. I gotta wait until I have access to a good camera or cameraphone but I'll post pics soon.

 

[vphreeze]

wont be able to try this for a couple days myself, but maybe you should try some nautical heatshrink tubing. it's basically regular heatshrink (which maybe more durable than a straw) and the inside of its coated with what amounts to a thin layer of "hot glue" (like from a glue gun) so that it forms a water tight seal when you shrink it. this would be sturdy, as well as have a bit of glue to help hold it in place, and i buy a new batch a couple times a year at Harbor Frieght, so its pretty cheap too ($5?).

 

[brando56894]

Ive been meaning to do this since originally I thought it was the headphone jack then I thought it was a loose connection on the headphone cord extension, then I realized it was the jack itself. I finally did it and it was a slight PITA to get the bit of straw in there (hindered by dull scissors) but once I did it worked perfectly. Thanks!

 

[pc747]

no fix huh.........

 

[brando56894]

this stopped working for me after about three weeks, I had to put another piece in there (this time slightly longer) and I couldnt get it in all the way (yes I know, thats what she said lol) so it left a piece of the straw left out and wouldnt securely lock the the male and female ends together, instead of taking it out, retrimming it and reinserting it I just applied some heat from a lighter and melted the SOB and pushed it down. I now have a green crescent shape around my headphone jack (yes I know I should have used a black straw, but theyre hard to find) but now it wont move!

 

[indefactorX]

Thanks for the fix, it worked perfectly... I use my phone as my car radio and it was insanely frustrating to have the music crackle after a slight turn... or bump in the road

I used a Mcdonald Straw & trimmed it down with an exacto knife

 

[Darkseider]

Thanks for the fix, it worked perfectly... I use my phone as my car radio and it was insanely frustrating to have the music crackle after a slight turn... or bump in the road

I used a Mcdonald Straw & trimmed it down with an exacto knife

McDonald's straw here as well but without the exacto. Used a pair of busted ass scissors and bingo! Insta fix!

 

[msmojorisin]

need help

Well I'm on my third Droid for exactly this issue. I treat it with kid gloves and every time the verizon employees have replaced it without a peep.

Its a crazy weakpoint for such an expensive device. The issue I found was that the jack itself had too much give in its slot, it would wiggle a bit and eventually this effects the connection.

Here's my diy fix. I took a standard envelope, cut a small triangular wedge from the flap, folded it in half, wedged it in between the outside of the jack and the phone, and then trimmed the edge with a bit left so I can still get it out if needed. This did the trick.

Sorry if I am not using this forum correctly. But I am having the same issue with my droid right now. Crappy headphone port. Do you think verizon will still replace my droid even though I bought it through Dell.com and not verizon??

 

[Corinacakes]

I'd call dell.com. I bought a camera thru there and it broke. They next day aired me a box and sent me a new camera. Great customer service there.