Sorry people newbe

[scsialan]

Hope this is the right forum
I have damaged my XDA2 headphone jack I removed it and tried to fix it with no joy.
Can I get a new one from anywhere? I spoke to O2 what a laugh that Was. They wont sell the part but will replacew it for £120 $200.
Never gonna happen.

[100]

You cannot buy them. Well you can, but you need to buy 10,000 or something ridiculous from a chinese factory somewhere in shenzen probably.

How damaged exactly is it? Or does it just need resoldering?

[scsialan]

When I plug the earphones in I have to push on the plug to get a good connection. I have unsoldered it and tried to manipulate the connections but it didn't cure the problem.
I used the head phones a lot so I wanted to fix it but I might just sell it.

He thanks for taking the time to reply though.

[elefas]

Idea:

Just buy a stereo headphone jack and wire it to the unsoldered connections. Maybe this will give you the opportunity to use high quality stereo headphones. Don't know what to do with the microphone though.

Or since you use a lot the headphones wire them to the unsoldered connections. You wont be able to move them (the cable will be attached to the ppc board) though.

[100]

There is a great Idea! Solder yourself a 3.5mm female on there. Grab a pair of earphones, some spare wire and poke around your naked xda for which is left/right channel on the pcb!