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Headphone Jack Replacement

Introduction

Have you ever had a loose wire or bad jack on your headphone? This guide will help you repair your headphone jack like a new one.

Before proceeding with the replacement, you need to be familiar with the parts as this will involve connecting the right parts with the right cables.

What you need

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    • Have all of the tools and parts ready for use.

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    • Cut off the old faulty headphone jack.

    • Use the wire strippers to strip off the outermost rubber sheathing to expose the individual cords inside.

    • Most headphones have 3 internal wires, sometimes 4.

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    • Unscrew the new headphone jack casing.

    • Separate the wires.

    • If you can have it held, it will be easier for working with the soldering iron.

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    • Begin adding solder to each of the contacts of the headphone jack.

    • Every so often wipe off the soldering iron on a piece of sponge/cloth.

    • Wipe off excess solder to keep it in good condition

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    • Take the casing and thread it to the wire, make sure to put it right way around.

    • Trim excess wire. (optional)

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    • Add solder to the ends of each of the wires.

    • Give it a few seconds to make sure it gets through the coating.

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    • Solder the wire to the headphone jack.

    • Make sure each wire goes to the right connector.

    • Red and white wires connect to the signal. The remaining one connects the ground connector.

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    • Use pliers to crimp the ground connection onto the wire to make it nice and secured.

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    • Wrap around the contacts with electric tape to prevent shorts.

    • Move up the outer casing and screw it to the jack with pliers.

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    • Test the headphone by plugging it into device.

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