Q: iPhone headphones suddenly not working properly?
I've had my iPhone 4S for no more than 4 months, and only took the headphones out a couple weeks ago.
At first they'd worked perfectly fine but then the mic stopped working on them so when I answered calls I couldn't respond with the headphones in or hear the call audio properly, at first I ignored this at thought of it as a glitch as it happened all the time but it was pretty irrelevant at the time.
They've been working fine in terms of listening to music and then over the christmas break they were put safely back in the box to stop them from breaking.
Yesterday I took them out again to plug them into my iPhone and realised that the sound had been effected too. It sounds muffled and tinny (you can no longer hear the bass and the vocals are extremely quiet) and I've tried using different headphones to check it was a phone problem but they all seem to work properly while plugged into the phone. When that didn't work I changed the EQ around which failed and I also tried checking if volume limit was on but that didn't work either. I've tried blowing in the socket to clear it out or cleaning the earbuds but that dosen't work either.
Is there any way I can fix the headphones because I'll have to wait atleast 3 weeks of early-morning journeys before I can get new ones
iPhone 4, iOS 7.0.4
Posted on Jan 8, 2014 9:02 AM
