headphone socket

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Hey everyone, I'm having trouble with my headphone socket. Im only getting sound through the left earphone, unless I push really hard forwards with the Jack.
This leads my to believe that the socket itself is loose and has moved... after sending my incredible for repair(returned with about 5 of the screws off the back missing)

Does anyone know if its possible to simply remove the back housing. Then reposition and tighten the socket again? Or even get a replacement one to stick in it, as well as replacement screws??

Btw I can't simply send the phone in for repair again, its a long story haha.

Thanks in advance

Sent from my Incredible S using xda premium

Are u sure its the socket?? Did u try other headphones?? Maybe your headphones wires a lose at the end which is very normal!!

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you should try another headphone or another device

if headphone socket is fine then you should send your device for repair again

My Inc S has the exact same problem as the OPs. I've tried many different headphones and they all have the same problem so it is the phone itself. I've returned the phone for repair once already and told them about this problem but it wasn't fixed. I just sent my phone in for repairs the other day so hopefully they'll fix it this time.

I'll let you know if they do repair it, or you can try your luck on your own and send it in if you want. I would be interested in an answer to the OPs question as well though.

Originally Posted by pheonix2468

Does anyone know if its possible to simply remove the back housing. Then reposition and tighten the socket again? Or even get a replacement one to stick in it, as well as replacement screws??

I opened the phone once, and sadly, the socket looks something like this



so to replace it you need to desolder and resolder back

thanks

I had it as well, was fixed by htc the first time i've sent it in though,

now i am familiar with electronics and i can say that with a good amount of certainty that the socket itsself is probably not broken, if you push foreward you are actually pushing a pin that is giving bad contact on the pcb. if you can solder and are willing to open your phone , it's just a small job to resolder the pins of the HP socket on the PCB. you dont have to take it off or swap it, just heat the solder points with a solder pen (20 Watt or less) untill the solder melts and reestablishes contact. This happens because most headphonejacks stick out a bit (especially with large oheadphones) and if a little force is applied on in (eg: from being in your pocket or whatever) it acts as a lever , amplifying the force inside the phone and breaking the tiny solder points of the female jack. This stuff is very common with phones and MP3 players, and i have fixed loads already (when out of warranty)

good luck with it

Thanks everyone, I've tried plenty of headphones and they all work on other devices.
It definatly seems as though it's come loose, and I'm out of warrenty with a year left on my contract, I'll grab the soldering iron out later and let you all know how that goes.

I too had the same issue. Had to send it to HTC to get it repaired

actually it's an issue of all inc s decices. i had the same prob n my friend too