Stuck in headset mode: permanent, easy fix

[mr91mr]

In the spirit of al-Haytham, how do we know the results we're receiving are the result of the graphite/silicon and not just the act of the restart?

I shaved the pencil down to get the graphite. I went to turn the phone off so that I could dump the shavings into the jack, but I mistakenly hit device restart instead. After the standard 9 minute wait, the device restarted. However, the device was no longer in headset mode and the audio worked fine. I've put the headphones in and taken them out several times now, and the device has still been functioning properly.

I'm not saying the graphite isn't a fix. It's great if it is a real fix, because this problem is incredibly annoying. I'm merely suggesting that just because it rains doesn't mean it's the dance that brought it.

[jon0604]

Originally Posted by Dan Pass

I just completed a Sprint to FrankenPre2 conversion and had this exact symptom, stuck in headset mode, speaker phone working fine. Your suggestion led me to reopen my phone and I discovered that I had accidentally let the battery removal tab get stuck under the bezel. So it was physically preventing the head phone jack prongs from making contact with the circuit board. It's an embarrassing mistake, but an easy one to make and relatively easy fix. So, in case you've just swapped comm boards on phones and your phone seems to be stuck in headphone mode, make sure that you didn't do the same thing I did. If so, just loosen the two top screws and pry the battery out. You should be able to pull the tab out from under the bezel.

Thanks for the tip!

thank you Dan

yep -i did the same thing

Jon

[edmacias]

Even now this is still a magical solution!

I had 2 stuck in same mode and thinking of a weekend project to take them apart!

Great work man!

[Grabber5.0]

I re-activated my Sprint Pre yesterday after a 6 month sabbatical, and have been having headset mode problems today. Got it working again, hope it stays that way. Note if you leave too much graphite in the jack, headphones won't work -- get all that stuff out of there that you can!

[blue duck butter]

Man, this is the perfection!

[WJLandess]

Cannot believe this worked! Honestly, I was thinking, "This is the craziest fix. No way this will work." I also used the pencil lead shavings like some of the others on this forum. I didn't have a metal nail file, so I used a paring knife from the kitchen and shaved the lead with that. I used the tip of the paring knife to pick up some of the shavings and dump them into the jack, plugged in the headphones twice and IT'S FIXED. Thanks for the tip!!!!

[rizwos]

Just wanted to share my 2 cents. Due to water damage, my phone would occasionally get stuck in headset mode. I reluctantly went with the advice here shaved off some graphite into the microphone jack of the phone, and much to my surprise it's no longer stuck in that mode!

Here's the downside: Headphones that I plug in no longer work. That's ok for me, because I never use it, but just sharing my 2 cents.

** UPDATE #1 **

This only worked for a few mins. The microphone icon has returned and no matter how much graphite or pencil shavings I put in, it still is stuck in that mode.

** UPDATE #2 **

Applied more graphite. Seemed to fixed the problem again. Hopefully permanently this time.