A couple things to point out to everyone before they start to use their phone in the shower, in the pool, in the rain, etc.
When your phone encounters a whole lot of water, or just a little bit in the right places, the following can occur:
1) loudspeaker/earspeaker volume gets cut drastically, but will get loud once again around 30 minutes later.
2) people say they can't hear you well or sound muffled over the phone, just blow into the microphone holes.
3) headphone connection thing popping up, just blow into the headphone jack.
4) water can still breach the inside of the back cover, but will never breach the rubber seal. Always make sure to dry off excess water.
There may be more on this list, but this is all that I have encountered or know can happen. Feel free to post other things you have experienced and I can add them to the list for people to easily see. We don't want people getting their phones wet and thinking it broke just because a speaker cut its volume to protect itself.
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Great post please keep it updated OP if you find out more info.
I can confirm all of that, just a tiny drop off water blocks the speaker but the volume comes right back, the headphone jack issue is a BIG ONE though, that took hours to fix, blowing in the jack and hairdryer did nothing, the big part where this is an issue is that When it thinks that you plugged in headphones it starts playing the mp3 player which killed the battery, I paused the mp3 player but a few seconds later it disconnected the headphones the reconnected them, also I don't know what would happen if you got a phone call
I never use the jack, so I wouldn't mind sticking a rubber stopper in there to keep it waterproof. That's the kind of thing I wish Samsung would have bundled with the phone.
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I have been searching for this problem, but can't find anything about it.
Theres a problem with my Galaxy Note headphones. Every time i plug them in the Note, the audio is really bad, kinda like it only sends half of the music out, and I can normally only hear the music, and then the voice in the song is really really low.
But when I press the button on the headphones it works completely like it should, but I have to keep pressing the button. So if i stop pressing it, the audio gets really bad again.
Does it have anything to do, that I jailbreaked the phone with the Abyssnote kernel?
Did they worked properly before you flashed the kernel?
Maybe the headphones are just broken?
That's what I can't remember
Is there a way to reinstall the stock kernel?
Sorry for being a newbie..
Have you tried other headphones to see if its the Note or the headphones?
Your headphones are broken.
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This has happened to me several times now. Pushing the jack harder and/or rotating it helps in my case.
Probably broken plug. Unfortunately many samsung's heaphones arrive broken...
Sounds like the pin alignment is in the wrong. What brand headphones and what were the made for? Try other headphones. I have a set of Nokia headphones that don't work on an iPhone or the note but work great on my Booklet netbook. Just saying, headphones with mics are not universal.
I own 20 nokia headphones. All had this issue.
normally i only get this issue when i havent pushed the plug all the way into the socket.
Same Issue w/AT&T Version
I purchased two G Note's back in March, and I am just now finding out four days ago that both devices will not allow the Headphone jack to completely be inserted into the port at the top of the phone. When inserted, although not properly seated all the way inside the device, you can hear sound in one side, and if you apply pressure downward you can hear both sides. I told AT&T I don't care that you have not heard of this problem, and what are you going to do about it. After taking my devices to two AT&T Retail Stores and a Best Buy, which is an Authorized Retailer, they all told me I may have defective devices. After being on the phone with AT&T CS Rep, 73 minutes the Rep comes back and says her Supervisor said it's not a warranty issues and not to replace me devices. I said let me talk to the buffon. Guess what, he/she never came to the phone to talk with me, so the CS Rep said she was going to put the Warranty Replacements through anyway. I have tried Samsung, Sony, and Philips Headphones, all of which are 3.5mm and a male-to-male audio jack to listen to my music in my car and this is when I discovered the problem. When at AT&T and Best Buy my Headphones fit into their display models without any problems, and so with their own Headphones. But when AT&T and Best Buy tried THEIR Headphones they would not fit into my phones. So at the moment, I am waiting on my replacement devices and hopefully those will be ok.
So I don't believe it has anything to do with your jailbroken phone or a kernel issue.
Do the headphones work?
I suggest you try to use the headphones with someother device. MP3player, desktop, TV.
See if they work OK with those.
I also suggest you try a different set of headphones with the Note and see if those work.
AW: Problem with the Note and it's headphones
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I'm going to go way outside the normal thought process. Do you ever carry your phone in your jeans pocket? I've actually experienced a couple times where the lint in my pockets got into the headphone jack hole and it would do what has been described in previous posts about the jack not seating properly. Forcing the jack in, only compacted things further. I ended up spending a while with a needle and bent paperclip to get the stuff out. Get a good light and look inside. Maybe even compare what you see to another devise with a headphone jack. Good luck.
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unglued94ta said:
I'm going to go way outside the normal thought process. Do you ever carry your phone in your jeans pocket? I've actually experienced a couple times where the lint in my pockets got into the headphone jack hole and it would do what has been described in previous posts about the jack not seating properly. Forcing the jack in, only compacted things further. I ended up spending a while with a needle and bent paperclip to get the stuff out. Get a good light and look inside. Maybe even compare what you see to another devise with a headphone jack. Good luck.
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This is true. I got one of those cheep screen pens with a rubber tip as it has a plastic thing to hold it in the Jack hole by athread. I use the plastic bit to plug the hole to stop lint & moisture
From box 13......
Never happened to me and i am still loving the out of the box headphones. Maybe urs broken..
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had the same problem here:
It started with the same symptoms as you described, then (as a guy mentioned) I could make it working by turning the jack a little around when plugged in.
then Iost the left channel, then it stopped working.
went to the service: they replaced the whole input part (the internal audio in/out hardware) which sits right behind the 3,5 mm "headphone out".
Then it worked. However, I was curious to find out what had caused the malfunction. So I gave it to a Chinese friend (he has a repair shop for phones).
He found out that by plugging in "non compatible" head sets (probably my old Nokia one), which do have different sections at that pin for the remote control, I caused a short circuit to the audio hardware. We could simulate this on his computer, where he has a simulation software to control the current flow caused by head sets. So, If it is not your ROM (you said you are not on Stock) , you will have to replace your audio in/out at your service center.
hope this helps
greetings from Sichuan China
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!
Doesn't matter what I connect, it doesn't feel like it's every inserted completely and because of it I've been getting really irritated when the music stops.. Can I replace it and keep the same audio quality?
Or should I wait to trade it in?
Are you 100% sure that there is nothing stuck inside the port that is blocking a secure connection? Could be something pretty tiny even as it wouldn't take much to prevent the plug from clicking in completely
Yup, mine is the same. H918. I just take a little piece of the rubber off the plug in part and haven't had any problems since.
i faced this with my g3, if the headphones do not have a mic its a 2 connector and idk why but it makes teh phone think u hit the answer/call/play/pause button, just get a headset with a mic, problem soft or get bluetooth and dont sweat it at all
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Yup, mine is the same. H918. I just take a little piece of the rubber off the plug in part and haven't had any problems since.
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I'll try that, thanks
Pocket lint has done this to me several times. I put a little hook on a tooth pick and reached in. Every time I think no possible way, that's what it is.
You can also pull the cotton off a q tip and twist in there.
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yup. my v20 started this with my car aux cable. activates google now constantly, stops music, any slight bump of the 3.5mm jack and im jacked.
Took phone apart cleaned with denatured alcohol and still the issue. The port is cheap and the connectors are not sufficently making contact with the aux end. Its a sh!tty quality part LG dumped on the phone so our quad dac experience would suck.. Just poor manufacturing is the issue imo
I have the same issue whenever I use a headset or plug without mic/buttons; Google Now keeps activating unless I position the cable just right, and it is extremely annoying. I also checked the circuit board when fixing my SD Card slot and noticed that the headphone jack is soldered on, so I wouldn't mess with that unless you have a lot of soldering experience under your belt.
Here is what I did to reduce the buzzing sound of my Pixel 2 xl bottom speaker.
First I know the buzzing sound is caused by the bad adhesion of the grill.
So I downloaded the app "Frequency Generator" (any app that can make the phone play sound in specific frequency will work). The I turn the volume to 100%, and toggle the frequency bar in the app to find out on which frequency the buzzing is most serious. (I found it's around 500Hz to 1000Hz, but it doesn't matter) Then you use a toothpic to gently press on the grill to see if the buzzing sound reduce. (WARNING: This action may make your phone NOT water proof anymore! Do it at your own risk!)
When I found out the location where I apply pressure can reduce the buzzing. I try harder to slide the grill left and right or up and down.(Again! WARNING! You may damage your phone!) Then I use the toothpic to hold the grill in the position where the buzzing is minimal, then apply heat by hair dryer or hot air gun. In order to soften the grill adhesive to relocate the grill to the less buzzing location.
I've tried this process 3 to 4 times and now my phone buzzing sound is not noticeable even in 100% volume. But I still feel some buzzing sound somethime I don't know if it is a feeling only, or it's really happening.
Anyway, I am now satisfy with my speaker.
After fixing this I am not confident to put my phone in water again, cause I dunno if the water proof it done by the grill or the speaker itself, if it done by the grill then the fix I mentioned will really ruined the water proof.
But I guess water proof is done by the speaker itself since water can pass through the grill anyway.
Haha, but I wouldn't put my phone in water deliberately anyway.
So good luck guys, on fixing the buzzing sound.
Just do it gently, don't press too hard on the grill, I think it will be fine.
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Here is what I did to reduce the buzzing sound of my Pixel 2 xl bottom speaker.
First I know the buzzing sound is caused by the bad adhesion of the grill.
So I downloaded the app "Frequency Generator" (any app that can make the phone play sound in specific frequency will work). The I turn the volume to 100%, and toggle the frequency bar in the app to find out on which frequency the buzzing is most serious. (I found it's around 500Hz to 1000Hz, but it doesn't matter) Then you use a toothpic to gently press on the grill to see if the buzzing sound reduce. (WARNING: This action may make your phone NOT water proof anymore! Do it at your own risk!)
When I found out the location where I apply pressure can reduce the buzzing. I try harder to slide the grill left and right or up and down.(Again! WARNING! You may damage your phone!) Then I use the toothpic to hold the grill in the position where the buzzing is minimal, then apply heat by hair dryer or hot air gun. In order to soften the grill adhesive to relocate the grill to the less buzzing location.
I've tried this process 3 to 4 times and now my phone buzzing sound is not noticeable even in 100% volume. But I still feel some buzzing sound somethime I don't know if it is a feeling only, or it's really happening.
Anyway, I am now satisfy with my speaker.
After fixing this I am not confident to put my phone in water again, cause I dunno if the water proof it done by the grill or the speaker itself, if it done by the grill then the fix I mentioned will really ruined the water proof.
But I guess water proof is done by the speaker itself since water can pass through the grill anyway.
Haha, but I wouldn't put my phone in water deliberately anyway.
So good luck guys, on fixing the buzzing sound.
Just do it gently, don't press too hard on the grill, I think it will be fine.
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Fix worked and its still waterproof
when i plug my earbuds to the jack, only the left side outputs sound, even though it was fine just a couple minutes before, I tested it with multiple headsets and can confirm that it's not the headset's fault, i don't think there's water in it since it was in my pocket the whole time and it was not dropped either. I'm pretty sure it's the jack but I don't know how it could've broke. I'm a heavy listener and have some kind of headset plugged in for pretty much the whole day, but i don't think that wear could be the issue (I have a really early model if that helps) i would like to know your thoughts in this.
I had a similar problem, only difference i couldn't hear the vocals of a song but sound was coming from both the ears. It happened all of a sudden. But then i recalled later that, earlier while i had my headphones plugged in i was walking and the wire got stuck on the railing of a stair case and the earphones got removed from the jack very abruptly and thats what had caused damage to the jack.
I got it fixed from an asus service centre. It was the forst time fixing my phone so they did it for free.
You should try and recall if something like that happened to you while your headphones were plugged in that could have danaged your phone.
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when i plug my earbuds to the jack, only the left side outputs sound, even though it was fine just a couple minutes before, I tested it with multiple headsets and can confirm that it's not the headset's fault, i don't think there's water in it since it was in my pocket the whole time and it was not dropped either. I'm pretty sure it's the jack but I don't know how it could've broke. I'm a heavy listener and have some kind of headset plugged in for pretty much the whole day, but i don't think that wear could be the issue (I have a really early model if that helps) i would like to know your thoughts in this.
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Clean lint from inside the port your earphones aren't plugging in correctly. It'll solve your issue. Try cleaning with a rubber stick or something that won't damage it but will also collect the lint and remove it. I use match stick (the non phosphorus part) for this and it always works.