Magnet ball stuck in headphone port

kakarott · 2 Mar 2023 at 16:39

One of the kids inserted a small magnetic ball inside the headphone port which no one knew about and now there's no sound from the speakers. Then after taking the earphones out there's no sound. With phone light shining in the port, we can see a coloured magnet ball.

I removed the back case and tried to run a stronger magnet over it but won't come out, not sure if its fully stuck after the headphone jack went in. I tried disabling drivers but speakers still don't play sound.

Any advice?

throwaway4372 · 2 Mar 2023 at 16:40

Matchstick with super glue on the end

Semple · 2 Mar 2023 at 16:50

Got a pair of long needle nose pliers?

Mrp1980 · 2 Mar 2023 at 22:54

To get sound back while you figure out how to remove it disconnect the front panel audio connector from the motherboard atleast you should get audio through speakers then.

kakarott · 3 Mar 2023 at 00:10

throwaway4372 said:
Matchstick with super glue on the end

Sounds very risky

Semple said:
Got a pair of long needle nose pliers?

Won't fit

Mrp1980 said:
To get sound back while you figure out how to remove it disconnect the front panel audio connector from the motherboard atleast you should get audio through speakers then.

Thanks I'll take another look

Philtor · 3 Mar 2023 at 00:18

I would just replace the port and the kids. Only other option is to try using a neodymium magnet to remove the little one in the port.

One 48 · 3 Mar 2023 at 03:46

What about scale model pointy tweezers, something like this? Could try gently prise it out gradually if it wont grip it.?

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