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Q: Headphone jack broken snapped inside ipad, iphone, ipod... socket

Dont Stick Glue!! I think thats dangerous... I say this because I found the easiest and simplest way to fix it!!!!

 

(Note: This is for those where only the metal bit is stuck inside, and no plastic covering the pit in the middle of the head)

 

My headphone jack's top bit broke off and got stuck inside the ipad socket (this can be any 3.5mm sockets) After searching the internet for over six weeks, 4 of which were when I was waiting for my 'drill bits' to arrive... i finally recieved them yesterday... got the tip from eHow to use one bit and push it towards the side and pull it out.. didnt work for me, its too weak to exert any proper pressure being 0.5mm think.. so here is what I did:

 

 

Cut the crap - straight to business:

 

I see no Risk here !

 

What you will need:

- Five 0.5mm drill bits (easily available from eBay, I got a pack of 10 for $3)

- nothing else!

 

How to do it:

- Place the swirly side of the drill bits inside the pit in headphone jack's head stuck inside your socket (in iPad, Pod, phone or whatever) (I mean in the dead centre of the think stuck inside your socket)

- Four will fit quite easily; put the fifth one in and you will feel resistance, push it in with whatever way you fancy, i just stroked it in with my car keys and all five fit easily in the headphone's pit

- Now you can feel the five drill bits are tightly holding together (and they are holding the jack's head tight )

- Push it out!! Can describe the feeling when I saw the head stuck on the drill bits after reading crazy solution on the internet for 6 weeks.. didnt wnat to risk with the glue option.

 

I have the drill bits with me now, not any use for me... if you are in Sydney, you can collect them from me...

 

BTW I tried searchingfor 0.5mm in Bunnings etc.... no luck... had to go eBay and took four weeks to arrive .

 

Good Luck..

Cant believe it was so simple....!!!

iPad, iPad, iPod, iPhone, 3.5mm jack

Posted on Dec 7, 2011 3:19 PM

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  • by Sherryfuzz,

    Sherryfuzz Sherryfuzz Feb 9, 2014 6:23 PM in response to AsherSydney
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    Feb 9, 2014 6:23 PM in response to AsherSydney

    After reading all your suggestions, i tried the  pen's  ink lead  with  some hot glue. 2 attempts, and it was out.

    Thanks all!

  • by amanda_923,

    amanda_923 amanda_923 Mar 3, 2014 7:59 AM in response to AsherSydney
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    Mar 3, 2014 7:59 AM in response to AsherSydney

    I saw the Qtip trick on youtube. I tried it and it didn't work. After 30 minutes of troubleshooting I stuck the Qtip end back onto the broken jack and very lightly tapped with a small hammer and it came right out! If only I had tried it sooner!

  • by buckwheatloafs,

    buckwheatloafs buckwheatloafs Mar 4, 2014 3:19 PM in response to AsherSydney
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    Mar 4, 2014 3:19 PM in response to AsherSydney

    i used the tweaser method. mine broke off with the white rubber and metal parts both in the jack so first i had to get the rubber part off the metal tip and extracted from the jack. once you do then there's enough room between the sides of the jack and the metal tip of the headphones that you can just use tweasers to pull it out. so what i did was i held an inch long very thin nail in between a pair of wire cutters and slipped it between the rubber part and the sides of the jack. i did some leveraging motions and it slid a bit off the metal part and towards the entrance. i kept doing that and once it was poking out enough i grabbed it with the tweasers. that was the hardest part. getting the metal part out afterwards isn't an issue if your tweasers are small enough to fit into the jack as much as they need to, and mine were.

  • by show sydney,

    show sydney show sydney Mar 5, 2014 8:27 PM in response to AsherSydney
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    Mar 5, 2014 8:27 PM in response to AsherSydney

    Hi AsherSydney,

     

    Can I borrow your drill set for a day..I wanted to fix my ipad quickly, can't wait till i buy it from ebay.

     

    Please let me knwo how can i contact you..

    or email me shobha.tukkannavar@gmail.com

     

    Thasnk so much for your help

     

    Regadrs,

    Show sydney

  • by show sydney,

    show sydney show sydney Mar 5, 2014 8:28 PM in response to AsherSydney
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    Mar 5, 2014 8:28 PM in response to AsherSydney

    Hi AsherSydney,

     

    Can I borrow your drill set for a day..I wanted to fix my ipad quickly, can't wait till i buy it from ebay.

     

    Please let me knwo how can i contact you..

    or email me shobha.tukkannavar@gmail.com

     

    Thasnk so much for your help

     

    Regadrs,

    Show sydney

  • by UWSProf,

    UWSProf UWSProf Mar 6, 2014 4:05 PM in response to Aikins1105
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    Mar 6, 2014 4:05 PM in response to Aikins1105

    Thanks so much for this. The ink cartridge extraction trick worked like a charm. You guys are a-freaking-mazing!!

  • by johnsz558,

    johnsz558 johnsz558 May 1, 2014 7:14 AM in response to Chema777
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    May 1, 2014 7:14 AM in response to Chema777

    Thank you!

  • by bcca47,

    bcca47 bcca47 May 4, 2014 3:55 PM in response to Chema777
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    May 4, 2014 3:55 PM in response to Chema777

    I also was able to solve this problem using the plastic insert from a Bic pen. There are several reasons why I think this works so well. Most obviously, the inside diameter of the insert is a perfect size. In addition, the plastic it is made of has just a tiny bit of "give" so that it  stretches over the shaft of the broken tip and yet remain tight enough so that the tip comes along when you pull out  the insert.

     

    The other less obvious factor is that, when you push the insert into the phone jack (stretching it over the broken tip), it spreads the metal clips that normally hold the headphone plug in place so that it doesn't fall out of the headphone jack. Once the metal clips have been spread by the plastic insert, the insert and broken tip can be more easily pulled out.

     

    Thanks to all the contributors who worked this out and took the trouble to post it here.

  • by mrmchardy,

    mrmchardy mrmchardy May 8, 2014 4:33 AM in response to bcca47
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    May 8, 2014 4:33 AM in response to bcca47

    If you go to Maplins in the Uk they sell a pack of 4 tweezers.  The ones with the flat edges got the broken jack part out in about 2 minutes.  Apple store couldnt help offered me a new one for £200 why dont the stores have these tweezers?

  • by bgmutantx,

    bgmutantx bgmutantx Jun 21, 2014 8:28 AM in response to Ithacan99
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    Jun 21, 2014 8:28 AM in response to Ithacan99

    Thanks for your suggestions, below is a combination of your method and some other posts on this forum. Take any drill bit small in size just enough to fit into the headphone jack.

     

    Step one: have an approximate idea of how deep you need to go by using another AUX cable

    Step two: start drilling full speed and make sure you hold the iPad at 90 degrees to make sure you're squared

    Step three: begin changing from regular to reverse drill and the jack will start breaking apart

    Step four: periodically stop, take the drill bit out and clean it

     

    Probably i should have backed up the iPad, however i had tune-in radio playing with wifi on and when i was done it turned on the speaker. That was my way of finding out i went deep enough. Risky but i have the iPad 3 with engravings at the back and the unit is flawless. Apple wanted 300$ for refurbished and 48 hour service. I think ill pass and take the drill to any apple product from now on.

     

    bgmutantx

    MBP 2013 OS X M w/ BOOTCAMP Windows 7, MBA 2011 OS X 10.7.5, TimeCap 2010 ver.7.5, iphone 4 2012, iphone 4s 2012, iphone 5 2014, and MusicBase 2005 and of course newly drilled iPad 3 2012 (works great and didn't damage the tiny silver beads)

  • by Nikivine,

    Nikivine Nikivine Jul 10, 2014 7:29 AM in response to Chema777
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    Jul 10, 2014 7:29 AM in response to Chema777

    THanks chema777.  The bic pen worked straight away.  Problem solved and piece out in less than 30 seconds.  iPad working perfectly now. 

  • by Scott_TR,

    Scott_TR Scott_TR Jul 19, 2014 5:54 AM in response to Chema777
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    Jul 19, 2014 5:54 AM in response to Chema777

    Awesome.

    The BIC pen insert works perfectly.

     

    My daughter took her phone to the Apple store in Bluewater who could not fix it! :-(

    ...they wanted £290 for a new phone...*****!

     

     

    Thanks for the tip Chema777

  • by Supermariiiii,

    Supermariiiii Supermariiiii Jul 31, 2014 8:40 PM in response to Chema777
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    Jul 31, 2014 8:40 PM in response to Chema777

    Genius!! I did the pen thing...it totally worked! Thanks!!

  • by bb-15,

    bb-15 bb-15 Oct 9, 2014 4:09 PM in response to jade santal
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    Oct 9, 2014 4:09 PM in response to jade santal

      

      

    This problem scared me (a broken Apple earpod jack jammed into my iPad).

    I tried the pen cartridge idea but it did not work.

    Jade santal's solution did the trick.

    I used my wife's cuticle scissors and used that to pull two pieces of the jack out (one metal, another white plastic).

    That exposed the metal core and tweezers yanked the rest of the jack out.

    Thanks Jade! 

  • by Jarymokin,

    Jarymokin Jarymokin Oct 15, 2014 1:06 PM in response to AsherSydney
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    Oct 15, 2014 1:06 PM in response to AsherSydney

    I've broken off 3 or 4 inside my phone.  The first time Apple tried to pull it out but couldn't. Said i would need to buy a new phone.  My friends husband pulled it out with a pair of needle nose pliers.. 

    Since 3 other headphones have broken off inside,

    1. ipad on the airplane, it fell off the food tray while I was trying to get comfortable watching a movie. The stewardess was upset, she could not

    get it out. I used  tweezers to get it out.

    2. Broke off when  I pulled it out of my ipad, II used needle nose pliers to pull it out.

    3. It broke off when I was trying to pull it out.

     

    I think the earpod is purposely designed to break off. It is flimsy and sectional. It breaks off within the sections.  The action of pulling it out of the jack is going to wear it out. 

    If it didn't have the sections, it would not break off. 

    Apple say's you have to replace your phone when it breaks off inside when a pair of pliers will pull it out.   This design does not seem like an accident.

     

    Bad Apple.

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