Whenever I listen to my earbuds and walk, I get this SUPER annoying crackling noise from the earbuds. This is only when it is in my pocket while i'm walking, so when I hold the Nexus 4, I get no crackling whatsoever. I have almost no clue on what this might be but I think it might be from my baggy pants and how it keeps hitting my leg when I take a step. Thanks!
Ryan35310 said:
Whenever I listen to my earbuds and walk, I get this SUPER annoying crackling noise from the earbuds. This is only when it is in my pocket while i'm walking, so when I hold the Nexus 4, I get no crackling whatsoever. I have almost no clue on what this might be but I think it might be from my baggy pants and how it keeps hitting my leg when I take a step. Thanks!
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By crackling do you mean like the cord rubbing against your body or your movement shifting the plug in the phone making audio cut out and crackle? Try moving around the plug with your fingers and seeing if it does it. I know mine has an issue where the plug wobbles and audio cuts out, but I haven't gotten around to RMAing yet.
lopezk38 said:
By crackling do you mean like the cord rubbing against your body or your movement shifting the plug in the phone making audio cut out and crackle? Try moving around the plug with your fingers and seeing if it does it. I know mine has an issue where the plug wobbles and audio cuts out, but I haven't gotten around to RMAing yet.
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I'm kinda stupid. Sorry for wasting your time right off the bat. I found out that my pants had a lot of static and that caused the crackling noises. Sorry, again.
Could be one of these:
1. The piece on the headphones where the cord connects to the plug (Usually thicker rubber here) could be messed up.
2. The jack in your Nexus 4 might be dirty. You can clean it in the following ways:
Tool needed: Air can.
It's simple: use an air can to blow out dust and lint that may have accumulated in the hole of the headset jack.
Tool needed: Q-tip.
Carefully insert a dry Q-tip in the headset jack to clean it out. Be sure to do this gently so you don't cause damage to your device.
Tools needed: Tape and a paperclip.
We call this last option "The Homemade Lint Roller Technique". First, open a paperclip into a straight line. Next, take a small piece of regular office style tape and wrap it around the paperclip with the sticky side up. Make sure the tape is firmly in place. You have just made a micro lint brush. Very gently insert the sticky taped paperclip end into the headset jack and pull out any lint or debris.
Have you tried the headphones in any other devices?
The fact that when you hold the Nexus 4 (I assume farther up), doesn't mean that it's the jack. The cord could also be messed up.
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Lol its k.
ninjosh97 said:
Could be one of these:
1. The piece on the headphones where the cord connects to the plug (Usually thicker rubber here) could be messed up.
2. The jack in your Nexus 4 might be dirty. You can clean it in the following ways:
Tool needed: Air can.
It's simple: use an air can to blow out dust and lint that may have accumulated in the hole of the headset jack.
Tool needed: Q-tip.
Carefully insert a dry Q-tip in the headset jack to clean it out. Be sure to do this gently so you don't cause damage to your device.
Tools needed: Tape and a paperclip.
We call this last option "The Homemade Lint Roller Technique". First, open a paperclip into a straight line. Next, take a small piece of regular office style tape and wrap it around the paperclip with the sticky side up. Make sure the tape is firmly in place. You have just made a micro lint brush. Very gently insert the sticky taped paperclip end into the headset jack and pull out any lint or debris.
Have you tried the headphones in any other devices?
The fact that when you hold the Nexus 4 (I assume farther up), doesn't mean that it's the jack. The cord could also be messed up.
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Lol its k.
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Haha, thanks for typing that. But it seems like you found the solution that I answered myself. Sorry.
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The tip of a headset snapped off inside the black plastic headset jack, so the phone thinks that headphones are always plugged in. This causes the speaker to not work. I got a broken motherboard online for cheap. I am going to attempt to switch the jacks. Besides "That's a dumb idea", does anyone have any suggestions or words of wisdom? Thanks.
-Ross
Broken headphone socket
You could try a matchstick or something similar with a tiny dab of superglue, let the glue go off and with a bit of luck you'll be able to remove the bit of broken jack plug without disassembling your handheld. Good luck.
I should have mentioned that I tried super glue and disconnecting the battery and wrapping a wire arounda thin piece of metal and pulling out the plug with an electromagnet. Neither worked. It is lodged in there really good.
Nightmare! I've got a long shot but it may be worth a go. Given that some people are using the ink tube part of a bic biro pen to mod 2.5-3.5mm adapters I guess that the ink tube part is slightly wider than 2.5mm. Is it possible that you could slide a bit of ink tube in the socket over the broken bit of jack plug and pull it out?
i have to advice to
if you are going to dismantle your xda there is a pdf here that shows how you must do it and the tools for it search and you will find it (serarch my posts) i posted it here cant remember where lol
its a step by step guide ....
hey guys,
here is the short story of whats up. I broke off the tip of a headphone adapter in my wizard. basically the smallest piece of metal is stuck in the headphone jack and refuses to come out.
First, any ideas on how to get it out, I tried toothpick/paper clip with super glue not too much luck. If its easy to take apart say so and I'll try that.
The other part is that my phone makes no noise and I can't talk into the mic on it cause the phone thinks there is constantly a headset attached. Anyone know a workaround on getting the jack disabled or a workaround like that?
Thanks in advance
It happened to me once. I took the phone apart, and poked a pin into the other end of the headphone jack (the one facing inside the phone) and it eventually popped out. Maybe you could try some small tweesers if you don't want to take it apart.
Taking it apart isn't so hard, you need a small torx key, and somethign flat to prise bits open.
So my g2 has a couple of chips and scratches, but thats okay given the things its been through, and idk, it gives it more of a personal kinda feel. I cant explain. But recently, my headphone jack began to stop detecting earphones at random intervals, and it was becoming a pain.
So i decided to pop off our "non removeable" but totally removeable back plate, and have a look. Its easily done by removing the sim tray and using a guitar pick or pry tool.
I saw the headphone jack in the corner, grabbed a small implement and cleaned it a little, and then put some double sided tape over it, making sure it touches no metal, and some more in other places to stop that annoying creeking my phone sometimes does.
Put it all together, and voila! I dont know why this worked, it just did and i thought id post it here in case it works for others.
I think its because when i walk the pressure against my headphone jack pushes the port against the back of the phone slightly, and angling the jack. The tape, if this is the case, holds it all together, and reduces creeking
Like i said, might just be a one off, but it worked so i thought id tell you guys, if it turns out it was just me this works for ill have the thread removed.
Thanks for reading!
I don't post much but I googled this issue yesterday and tried your solution and it worked! Just wanted to log in and thank you!
I tried to plug my headphones today, and the won't go all the way in, they stay loose, anyone had this problem? I don't get a click sound or anything, they won't stay in.
Check for lint !
rolozombie said:
I tried to plug my headphones today, and the won't go all the way in, they stay loose, anyone had this problem? I don't get a click sound or anything, they won't stay in.
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Like the other poster said, it is almost certainly lint. The easiest way to get lint out of a headphone jack is to use a small drill bit. Here are the steps you can find from searching around a bit:
1) Do not put the bit into a drill! ...
2) Press the end lightly into the lint-filled bottom of your headphone jack and spin it clockwise.
3) Pull the bit gently out; there should be some lint on the tip.
4) Repeat steps 1-3 until lint is gone.
After having pulled out my headphones cable a little too vigorously, I am facing the problem that no matter which headphone I insert, the sound gets thin and disturbed. Still stereo, but really not good. The only thing I can do is slightly push the plug on the right side to the left, causing the inside part to be pushed to the right, which gives full quality sound again, but will return to bad sound once I stop pushing. So I assume some pin is bent inside the jack. Is there any way to repair this, or any idea what to do except buying bt headsets or a new phone?
Thank you for all helpful suggestions
Check if you don't have lint or some dirt in the headphone jack - I use thin sawing needle to dig out accumulated dirt from headphone jack and USB port every few weeks/months. If it won't help, you should be able to carefully bend the inside pin with the same tool. Strong flashlight will help to visually check the situation
As a last resort, you can buy the part from aliexpress, its like 3 dollars.
Take it to service center they'll do everything fr you