iPhone headphone jack - loose?

Raider · 2 Feb 2008 at 16:34

I'm loving my iPhone so far but the only problem I'm having is with the headphone socket. Basically if I'm listening to music with the built-in speaker I have to jam the headphone plug all the way in in order for them to work. Any slight pull on the headphones and you go back to using the speaker. The one iphone I tried in the shop had the same problem.

So the socket seems very loose.

Anyone else experienced this?

Squarehed · 2 Feb 2008 at 17:58

I had an issue a while back with it not detecting headphones plugged in. Was happening for about 20 minutes, had me swearing like a trooper, but it magically fixed itself (like all problems with my iphone do) and not had any such problems since.

Raider · 2 Feb 2008 at 18:51

I think i've found the answer:

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=384772

It seems that Apple deliberately made the socket narrow, probably so you have to buy Apple headphones. The bundled Apple headphones fit perfectly..
Still adaptors seems to be on sale. Has anyone on here bought an adapter?

Spyhop · 2 Feb 2008 at 18:57

I got a super cheap one from ebay and it works fine.

The deliberate needlessly narrow housing is just ridiculous. Imagine if Microsoft had done that with the Zune - they'd get slammed for it every time the thing was mentioned.

Logsi · 2 Feb 2008 at 19:25

I had a 1M extension cable with my Sony ear phones so just cut away at it until it fit. Looks fine also!

Josh

Raider · 2 Feb 2008 at 19:32

wush said:
I got a super cheap one from ebay and it works fine.

The deliberate needlessly narrow housing is just ridiculous. Imagine if Microsoft had done that with the Zune - they'd get slammed for it every time the thing was mentioned.

Yeah just bought an adapter off eBay for £2.98

MTWest · 2 Feb 2008 at 23:38

I knew about the recessed jack beforehand and hoped that I could live with using the supplied stereo headset. But after using it for a day I just had to toss them aside and wanted to go back to my sennheiser cx300.

Of course it didn't fit, so I basically marked how far the apple headset fits in, took a knife to my cx300 and shaved it bit by bit until it was slimmer. Took an hour and hurt my thumbs a bit, but boy was it worth it

Otherwise I woulda forked over the cash for an adapter off eBay, but I'm too cheap.... lol

Raider · 6 Feb 2008 at 20:53

Raider said:
Yeah just bought an adapter off eBay for £2.98

Bah just received it in the post and it only works out of one ear! Damn faulty item :mad:

Logsi · 6 Feb 2008 at 21:33

Raider said:
Bah just received it in the post and it only works out of one ear! Damn faulty item

Are you sure you have pushed both things in all the way?

Josh

Raider · 6 Feb 2008 at 23:22

5bjoshua said:
Are you sure you have pushed both things in all the way?

Josh

yeah. Forced the whole way. Tried it in my ipod nano too, same thing.

J1234 · 6 Feb 2008 at 23:28

I use one of these with mine, works perfectly.

theheyes · 6 Feb 2008 at 23:52

^ I've been looking at those because I have some cx300s going to waste. It's disappointing though because its something else to buy and more importantly carry around.

It just spoils things a bit but bleh, suppose nothing is perfect.