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Released in 2017, the JBL E45BT are wireless on-ear headphones with Bluetooth 4.0 and 40 mm drivers, rated for 16 hours of battery life.

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Left side of JBL Headphones doesnt work/works again

Hi everyone, my JBL Bluetooth headphones' left side stopped working suddenly. I purchased these 3 months back. Havent dropped them, bent them, etc.

The left side stopped working but then started working again if I gave the headphones a slight tap on the left side of the bridge/ear cup. However, since a few days this solution stopped working too. The other day I was looking for solutions on the internet and a YouTube video had like real bad audio so I had to turn the volume all the way up and VOILA! The left side works again. Now this is happening everytime. The problem exists in both wired/wireless(Bluetooth) modes.

  1. The left side doesn't work initially
  2. I maximize the volume on any loud song.
  3. Left side starts working again albeit a bit slower than the right one.
  4. Repeat 1-2-3
  5. Can anyone tell me what the problem might be and how can it be fixed? Can I do it on my own? I can't really afford to buy new ones so will have to do away with trying to fix these ones. Any help would be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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You look to be in a bad spot, it’s probably a broken connector somewhere inside that’s connecting then disconnecting. Maybe if you know how to solder you can open it up like How do I open it up? and see if anything is obviously broken.

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I have been having the same problem with my JBL live headphones. Could you tell me what the problem was?

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Mine had a loose circuit board. It was easy to fix with a couple of drops of super glue. Just like in this video: https://youtu.be/iTHJBDAdRos

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The wire of that left driver is really prone to breakage because its too thin..

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Prakeern Gupta will be eternally grateful.
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