Headphone problems with iPhone 4

Hello, I had this problem. New iPhone 4, got it all set how I wanted which took some time, went to listen to some music and it was like the vocals were really faint and echoey the supporting music was much more prominent - almost like a karaoke mix. After reading all of the comments on your problem and having come across the description of the iPhone 4's 4 jack plug, it clicked that I needed to push the plug in one jack further. Ooops! I had tried this before but the last notch has quite a lot of give to it before it goes right in and being a new precious toy, you really don't want to force anything that isn't supposed to be forced. I know certainly that with one of my previous iPhones - I think it was the first model - it was a 3 jack, but I had a pair of headphones that worked on it but was a 4 jack so it would sit 1 notch up in the socket. This is why I was more sure it was a technical problem with the phone and was dreading having to get it replaced and have to get everything back on the new one how I like it again.

I am sure the apple genius knows what he's talking about when he said that not all earphones work on the i4, I'm sure they don't. But I knew this wasn't the problem as it was the earphones that came with the phone that weren't working for me. Therefore, I might be wrong, but if you're still having this problem and any small part of the jack is showing above the plugs "handle", give it an extra firm push in till there's not metal showing. As long as the plug clicks in 4 jacks (or notches), it won't hurt your phone - honest 🙂

Try pushing the jack all the way down until you feel it click in place. If you just insert it without pushing it all the way to it's locked position, it can feel as if it has been properly inserted as with other audio output devices. But The iPhone jack and port have a sort of snap in jack that holds the jack in position better in use.

Not sure why I did this but it fixed the clicking noise

Did the reset settings

Still had clicking sound

Made a call

Heard the clicking noise

Pressed and held the button on the in-line mic until the clicking stopped

No more clicking

I made a couple of calls and they worked as expected

BTW. I went to the "bar" last night and the tech there had no clue, just showed me that the apple buds worked and my skullcandy did not... Even did that on another phone. Not sure if the hold the button fix is an in-documented feature, but I'm happy they work now and sound great...

Mark

Unbelievable; I did try what michaeljamesbrown suggested - and it worked. Didn't expect it to to-be honest, but thought it less embarrasing to try rather than taking it to the Apple store for them to reset it in front of me.

Mine was basically outputting monophonic sound rather than stereophonic; I have a mono/stereo switch on my Pioneer HDJ-2000's - this made no difference. It seemed to start happening after I shoved my BlackBerry earphones/handsfree in to make a call. Anyway, give it a go.

Cheers Michael.

Settings... General... Accessibility... Mono Audio: ON/OFF

Kiss my face....

annie i tried what u said push plug in further till click and it worked thxs so much!!!!🙂

Michael,

Followed your instructions and it worked! Thanks! - M

Mr. Brown:

Your solution worked fine. Simply ..... Settings ..... General ...... Reset. Very easy, works now with 3 different OEM headsets and earbuds. Very easy to return my iphone to its previous operating state.

It is a problem with the iPhone 4 software, correctable by user, and has nothing to do with various listening devices.

ogreinaz

Right, I'm a phone tech and here is my input. Any 3.5mm standard set of headphones without a mic will work on the iphone 4. If howvever the headphones being used have a mic, then the connector jack must be the 4 ringed type. 1ring for constant, 1 for left audio, 1 for right audio and finaly 1 for mic signal. Any other combination may cause issues.