Earphones don't work with phone anymore

Lisa_74

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Jul 31, 2016
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Hi, I recently got a new pair of earphones and they were working very well but they stopped working with my phone, even though they were fine a few hours ago. They work on my laptop and on other phones and I also tried other earphones on my phone and they work, so they both work, just not together. I tried restarting the phone and nothing changed. I don't really understand how that could happen and I was wondering if there was maybe a way to fix it?
 
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Sounds like the contacts just no longer match up, you can try come contact cleaner and see if that helps with a soft thin brush like this http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Clean-a-18-3.5mm-Headphone-Jack/ Only catch is that there is a chance of some damage to the jack while cleaning it. If other headphones work with your phone, I suggest you just use those and use yours somewhere else. If the phone jack gets damaged, no headphones will work with it.
Sounds like the contacts just no longer match up, you can try come contact cleaner and see if that helps with a soft thin brush like this http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Clean-a-18-3.5mm-Headphone-Jack/ Only catch is that there is a chance of some damage to the jack while cleaning it. If other headphones work with your phone, I suggest you just use those and use yours somewhere else. If the phone jack gets damaged, no headphones will work with it.
 
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