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Help Headphone issues...

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Terrabytez

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Had my S3 for around a year and everything has been working fine. Until the other day.... I got on the bus to go to school and my Samsung earphones don't sound right. They don't pick up the vocals and a lot of the sounds are gone and i'm left with a tinny sound of the odd note here and there. I tried it with my PC headphones, same issue. Some slightly broken SoundMagic PL11's, same issue. However, I tried it with my guitar amp, mom's JVC earphones and the auxiliary feature in my car and they work...
Today my JVC earphones arrive and I have the exact same problem as before..
I have looked inside the jack and removed a huge bit of fluff and no luck.

Will I need to get a new jack/speaker unit or what shall I do because I can't send it back as I need my phone every day....
 
Hello and welcome Terrabytez:)
What music player app do you use?
The reason I ask, is I had an issue with PowerAmp with the same symptoms you are describing.
 
Hmmm, whilst it may be an issue with the headphone jack, you can try one more thing.
Go to your menu/settings/manage applications/all and scroll to your stock music player and clear the cache and data. (sorry for the late reply by the way...I'm at work:) )
But, doing so will wipe your settings for it....which sometimes is no big deal. Is your music stored on the internal or external sd?
 
Terrabytez said:
All music is stored on a SD card
And no worries, I appreciate the help :)
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ok, well either internal or external, do you have a backup of the music? (I really don't think you will lose it with what I suggested above, I really don't, but just in case, back up your music, then try my suggestion) :)

Edit: perhaps try some "air in a can" and blow out the jack?
 
Nothing was lost and no result. I will grab the compressor tomorrow after school and give it a blow. If not then I think it's time to order a replacement speaker/jack unit.
 
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