Droid headphone jack self-fix?

[SteveInSac]

Plastic straw piece works!

 

[vanessa2155]

Crazy response from verizon on this.....

I went into the verizon store yesterday and asked if the droid incredible or X still has the headphone jack issue because I wanted to upgrade my phone. The guy looked at me like I was crazy and said, 'I've never heard of that issue'. Well of course I looked at him like he was even crazier. I said, are you serious? Just Google it and you will get about a million hits. Either it was his first day and he had only been working about an hour or he was a complete liar. How frustrating.:icon_evil:

 

[FEIFMASTERFLEX]

Jack Problem

Could someone please post a pic of the wedge fix
thanks

 

[qkpony]

I fixed mine by taking it apart and using a dental pick I am going to do a video on it if someone needs me to I will do it sooner

 

[smd12]

so what's the straw trick for the DX? i'm on my 2nd X and i'm about to return it. i totally lost audio this time

sigh

 

[julius386]

Thank You!

Just had to post a big thank you! My headphones had been crackling for a while and then eventually the left channel completely cut out unless I jiggled the damn plug in just the right way. Gave up on using my Droid as a music player for months. Finally found this thread, cut out a little piece of plastic from the packaging for a pack of batteries, and am now happily listening to Rise Against.

What's more, there's now actually some bass to the music since in the intervening time between when I last used my Droid for music and now, someone finally came out with a dsp manager.

Yeah, I'm pretty happy:icon_ banana:

 

[alwerner]

This fixed my problem as well. Instead of a straw or paper, I used a small zip tie and cut it to the right length. Static is GONE! I can also heat the plastic to melt it into place.

 

[duyna]

I have problem for the Jack where it pauses my music randomly any ideas?

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[alwerner]

I don't have a Droid2 but my phone would either pause on it's own and/or create static. The fix(es) posted here fixed both problems.

 

[campersand]

Just in case someone else has the same problem I did...I tried the straw thing but it didn't work. Unlike most of the posters here, my problem wasn't that the jack was loose, as I had to push my headphones extra hard into the jack to get a connection rather than push forward or back.

It sounds kinda stupid but I finally tried digging around in there with a paperclip and realized there was just a ton of lint that had accumulated. Got that all out and it's as good as new!

 

[Ossoblanco]

Recently the headphone jack on my D3 has not been working well. It is not loose and the headphones work just fine in other devices. Sometimes I can get it to work if I move the male end of the headphone plug around a bit and press it to one side or another. I am not sure if this has anything to do with me rooting my phone or the launcher im using (QQ Launcher). I am assuming its just a bad jack in my phone or a bad soldering job. I am going to try updating to steel when I get home in a couple days to see if that changes anything. I am tempted to just send the phone back, but think it might be less hassle to just claim it was stolen than unroot and do a factory restore.

Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks for any help y'all can give me.

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[coeus82]

Just in case someone else has the same problem I did...I tried the straw thing but it didn't work. Unlike most of the posters here, my problem wasn't that the jack was loose, as I had to push my headphones extra hard into the jack to get a connection rather than push forward or back.

It sounds kinda stupid but I finally tried digging around in there with a paperclip and realized there was just a ton of lint that had accumulated. Got that all out and it's as good as new!

Thank you! This whole time I was trying to stick a piece of paper between audio jack and case, in the end the problem was lint! Cleaned it out and my audio jack now works!

Thanks for posting this

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[capndroid]

Straw fix, thanks! Original Moto Droid with bad headphone jack. Now to put the iPod classic back in the closet!

 

[Julez2012]

my Dinc2 has had the SAME problem, and sometimes I lose the sound COMPLETELY! I don't wanna replace my phone, but I've tried the straw/paper method, and it didn't work! Since they're NOT selling the Dinc2 anymore, what would happen?? Am I stuck with a broken headphone jack for 2 years?

 

[krosenqu]

Unfortunately, yes. You are stuck with a broken unit for two years if your phone is currently not under warranty.
My droid 1 had this problem. Fortunately for me, the d1 was easy to take apart and fix. I applied electronic conducting grease to the pins and reassembled it. Works like new now and I can yank and torque on the jack with no audio loss or quality issues.

The droid incredible might be just as easy to fix yourself. Do a LOT of research and find teardown videos on YouTube to see if it's a simple matter to get to the jack (assuming it works similarly to the d1). You might just have a broken component.