My earphones suddenly lose sound in one ear

I have been using the Apple earphones for about 4 months, the one that go with the iPhone 11 box when you buy it. Today when I was playing game, the sound in one side suddenly lost even though it was still good seconds ago. I have never done anything that could damage the earphones, like let it be in the water or such. I thought the problem came from my iPhone 7 at first, but even when I restarted my phone, my earphones still had not been back to its normal state. I tried to use other applications too, but it seems like the problem really does come from my earphones, not my phone.

I have been using Apple earphones my whole life, and my previous ones surely lasted longer than this. Is there any way to fix this? Thank you in advance.

iPhone 7

Posted on Feb 20, 2020 9:57 PM

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Posted on Feb 20, 2020 10:55 PM

could be

  1. metal fatigue in the wire making it only have a connection when the wires angle is so the broken metal in the cable has a connection
  2. could be a damaged connector in the headset
  3. could be dirt or lint in the iphones connector causing it (can be cleaned out)
  4. could be a broken connector in the iphone


testing with another headset and or testing the headset with another iphone should give an indication if which one of the 1-4 is the culprit

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Feb 20, 2020 10:55 PM in response to fayerie-v

could be

  1. metal fatigue in the wire making it only have a connection when the wires angle is so the broken metal in the cable has a connection
  2. could be a damaged connector in the headset
  3. could be dirt or lint in the iphones connector causing it (can be cleaned out)
  4. could be a broken connector in the iphone


testing with another headset and or testing the headset with another iphone should give an indication if which one of the 1-4 is the culprit

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