Broken headphone jack! 3.5mm dillemma. Help. Please.

So I don't buy the wrong speakers could you tell me what brand/model bluetooth speakers you used that worked? Thanks!

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Just joined to say thanks for this! I was getting no sound from my Macbook & could feel there was something stuck in the socket. I pushed in the refill from a cheap ballpoint(cylinder first) & it magically pulled out the end of a headphone jack! Saved me a lot of bother, thanks!

Hi. Thanks for the suggestions! I couldn't find a pen that would fit so I used a cocktail straw! It thinner so it can grip tighter pieces. As you push in feel that it's getting tough to pull back out... Then twist several times so the straw can go around the stuck piece. It took me 3 tries and I finally pulled it out... Upside down can help but just even holding it sideways helped pull it forward and out. 1 hour of freaking out n I got it out! Thanks.

Here's an easy way to get it out no matter what device you have or what's stuck in it. I took a paper clip and heated the end of it. Next I put it into the jack and let it melt to the plastic then I pulled it out and bam! Problem solved!

Hi All

I too am one of those unfortunate macbook users who got their headphone cable stuck inside the headphone jack. My macbook slid out of my hand as I lifted it up while it was connected to my stereo and the cable snapped off inside. I tried all the super glue tricks and super thin tweezers. Nothing worked. I was pretty devastated.

I even went to the Apple store and wasted 1 hour of my time waiting to get served (with an appointment) only to be told that the Genius guys would need the macbook for 3-5 days to have a look if they could fix it, but that more than likely the logic board would need to be replaced at a cost of $600-800. I laughed and said thanks but not thanks.

Don't waste your time or money on either of the above.

What you need is an external mini USB audio interface that plugs into your USB and your sound is automatically diverted through the interface. You can then plug in your headphones directly into the interface to hear sound, or you can plug in an audio cable from your stereo so that the sound can come out of your speakers.

THE SOLUTION

I got the BEHRINGER U-CONTROL UCA202 for about $40. It took me a while to find a place that sold it, but I eventually found it in a music shop. It's a small unit and a small price to pay for being able to play music out of your macbook or laptop again.

This is what it looks like: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/pro-audio/behringer-u-control-uca202-usb-audio-in terface

The downside is that you are always carrying out the small interface with you... but I'm ok with that.

Good luck and I hope this helps !

Thank you for the suggestion of using a ball point pen refill (I used a Bic round stick grip fine), it removed the pesky piece that was stuck. I didn't need to alter the the pen refill in any way, I just pushed the non-writing end into the port, twisted a couple of times and the piece came out. Thank you!

+1 for the idea with the pen's refill. I only had to increase the inner radius a bit (using a knife) and then it worked like a charm! Simple and effective!

I had this problem just before 1 week and the solutions you've wrote hadn't worked so i tried using a baby nail scissors and it worked 🙂

Thumbtack worked for me! I got nearly my whole headphone jack stuck in the port, was considering to try glue, but I didn't want to permanently damage my iPad. So I got the thumbtack, bent the end, after about 5/10 minutes of trying, out it popped. Very very happy!

Hooked tack solved my problem. Superglue not helpful for some reason.

The glue on a toothpick worked perfectly but regular super glue isnt strong enough so I used 2/3 jewlery glue which bound to the mteal much better

so I tried the thumbtack method and the superglue method and they both just made a mess really. i took my computer to an apple store today and they just made up some ******** about replacing the logic board for $600, so don't do that... i recomend to anyone who has this problem to take their computer to a jewelry repair store. sounds crazy, but they have much more presice tools than thumb tacks and superglue, and if your jewler is as much of a bad *** as the one i went to, they'll do it for free.

I took my macbook to a jewelry store thinking the same thing. I could actually see the prong of the headphone when I looked in the hole so I thought the jeweler would have a small tweezer like tool to pull it out. He took a small drill to it and ruined any chance of removing the prong of the headphone jack. Just don't let anyone do that. Wish I would have tried some of these other ideas......except superglue.....never have been good with that.

To get the ink tube without glue to work is all about the pressure you put on the plastic tube while pushing it in around the broken jack in phone. I put it in then pushed the exposed tube and phone down against my table and it went in farther and bam out came the tinny end of the jack.

Thumb tack tip worked perfectly for me. Took about 1 minute!
Thanks a lot guys