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iPhone Headphone Jack Broken Off Inside (I've been i-Jacked)
Wednesday, 26 August 2009 22:51 | Written by Pauly | 
This weekend I was visiting family for my father's 85th birthday. My son and my nephew had practiced the Beatles' "Birthday" song on their guitars for months, and I was to accompany them using my DigiDrummer app on my iphone. It was to be an awesome performance. Well, during our first rehearsal, the headphone jack in my iphone decided to lose its tip and remain inside my iphone. I wasn't abusing or twisting it, I didn't bang it or bend it, I simply pulled it out like any normal person would pull a headphone jack out of the iphone. Well, for some reason, this one decided to separate and leave a "space capsule" stuck deep inside.
My first thought was.. don't panic (I listened to my first thought). I'm sure I can just stick the plug back in and the broken off piece will magically reattach itself and come out. Guess again! This is when I started to panic! Luckily, I'm a pretty handy guy, and I immediately thought of ways I could get this out. I turned the iphone upside down and gently tapped the iphone on its head, hoping to dislodge the broken piece... nope! Then I tried sucking it out (with my mouth)... nope! Then I tried a vacuum cleaner with the corner attachment tool... nope nope nope! "So... what would any other normal geek do in this case?", I thought to myself. "GO ONLINE!"
Yes, once online, I found a whole community of unlucky people who had found themselves in the same situation. Most were far more desperate, sticking a drop of super glue on a Q tip stick, then sliding it into their phones (some actually had success, some ended up gluing a Q tip in their phones). I personally would not recommend that option unless you're James "Bond". Others had paid Apple $199 to replace the phone (which is what Apple recommended YoPauly to do). Well, YoPauly thought about that option for about 3 seconds before walking out of the brightly lit white store.
I then decided to buy the smallest, thinnest set of tweezers money could buy ($8.99 at my local super market/pharmacy)... Nope, that idea didn't work either, but it did manage to scratch the inside of the jack a bit 
. I w
ent to see a lock smith (nope), a jewler (nope)... nothing seemed to work. I tried sliding different size drinking straws and swizzle sticks in the phone, trying to slide it around the broken piece of jack... those ideas didn't work either! My last resort was to just give up and live with it. After all, I am not one to use headphones anyway... but with this little piece of jack stuck inside, the iphone assumed I was wearing headphones all the time, therefore disabling the ear piece. I was forced to use my speaker phone to make calls, which would do crazy things when my face touched the screen... "ugh!!!" Not to mention having no private phone calls again, and not being able to hear videos or music or DigiDrums through the iphone speakers.
Finally, using my 10X magnifying loupe to peer deep into the headphone jack port, I hoped to gain a better understanding of the problem. This is a really cool tool that I think every geek should own, but in this case it only made me feel that much more helpless. I decided to sleep on it and let the wheels turn a bit more before giving up. I slept on it for two nights (no, not the iphone).
Now, a few days later, and back at work, I decided to consult with a far more experienced geek in our work's electronics shop. Let's call him John. John took a quick look into the jack port and immediately headed for his work bench. There he pulled out what I thought would be a very specialized tool made to extract things from tight, deep places. Some sort of super extractor-micro-needle nose expanding pliers or something... nope. He grabbed a small drill bit ("Oh NO!", I thought). He carefully slid the drill bit into the tiny hole, put some side pressure on it and pulled it back out. "Ting!" That "ting" noise that you just heard was the tiny end of the jack hitting the floor. "There you go" he said. I couldn't believe it. A DRILL BIT?!?! "What kind of drill bit did you use?", I asked him. He walked over to a different work bench where he used his caliper to measure the diameter of the drill bit. ".500 mm", he said... "Not sure what that would be in a common drill bit size though". I thanked him and walked out in amazement, knowing that I now owed him some high quality chocolate and root beer!
In literally less than a minute, he had done what I had been struggling with for several days. And to think.. in one of my weaker moments, I even consi dered trying the super glue idea!
Lessons learned:
1. Be careful what you stick in your iphone. Check it out before you plug it in, and don't use cheap connectors.
2. Don't pay $199 to have Apple replace your perfectly good iphone.
3. Don't give up!
4. Get a second and third and fourth opinion if need be.
5. Don't stick super glue inside your headphone jack port.
6. Find someone geekier than you to help you figure it out.
7. Use a .508 mm drill bit (also known as a #76)
YO !
Comments (94)
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|128.114.232.xxx |2009-11-25 16:14:39 YoPauly - re: Thank youYou're welcome. I'm glad to know that it worked for you as well!
Peace
Yo
Freaking Pingo wrote:I love you
I had the EXACT same problem, except it was a logitech z-5500 surround sound system. I broke my headset into the jackstick input, and i could not do anything! I was also close to the solution to use the Super glue idea, but then i read this post, and THANK GOD IT WORKED! I asked my father to bring me a small drill, and lucky he is a smith so he is good with tools, the next day, it works with a charm "Excep t i can't use my headset 4; But i got another extern sound card, so thats not a problem
So Thank you, because of you, you saved my z-5500 logitech surround system
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|128.114.233.xxx |2010-10-25 18:31:42 Di - I've been iJacked tooHi Pauly,
Thanks so much - it does work. I did most of the same as you but luckily found your site and solution. After a bit of drilling (by husband) it was fixed - yeh!! I just can't be without my iPhone music in my car. I read your story and lol!! Good one - will have to see what else you write.
Anyway, thank you from Australia
Di
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|128.114.232.xxx |2009-11-30 19:44:45 YoPauly - re: I've been iJacked tooHi Di,
I'm glad you found my article, and that it worked out for you. Let the music play once again!
Peace,
Pauly
Di wrote:Hi Pauly,
Thanks so much - it does work. I did most of the same as you but luckily found your site and solution. After a bit of drilling (by husband) it was fixed - yeh!! I just can't be without my iPhone music in my car. I read your story and lol!! Good one - will have to see what else you write.
Anyway, thank you from Australia
Di
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|128.114.233.xxx |2010-10-25 18:31:19 davezartman - did you drill or just pressureGREAT post! Question, did John actually drill, or only use side pressure? Thanks,--D ave
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|63.249.117.xxx |2009-12-09 05:55:55 YoPauly - Don't Drill !Just inserted the bit, and with a little side pressure, pulled it out!
VOILA!
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|128.114.233.xxx |2010-10-25 18:31:08 elmhurstboy - how did he work that drill bit?Its sounding like the drill bit was small enough to jostle the tip loose. I don't have access to those parts so I went to a Home Depot and they didn't carry drill bits that small. Oh, I'm hoping I don't have to use glue
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|63.249.117.xxx |2009-12-25 07:51:41 YoPauly - re: how did he work that drill bit?elmhurstbo y wrote:Its sounding like the drill bit was small enough to jostle the tip loose. I don't have access to those parts so I went to a Home Depot and they didn't carry drill bits that small. Oh, I'm hoping I don't have to use glue
Yes, it fit very snugly and with just slight side pressure and a "flick ", the broken piece came flying out. I would not recommend glue!
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|128.114.233.xxx |2010-10-25 18:30:59 Nick - I love imperial measurements."Use a .508 mm drill bit"
LOL I love imperial measuremen ts... gotta put that .008 on the end so that it is exactly 7/89's the size of a hogshead of mead
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|128.114.233.xxx |2010-10-25 18:30:40 nick Murphy - excellentHAHAHHA
awesome. took me 20 seconds. you bloody legend.
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|128.114.233.xxx |2010-10-25 18:30:03 Jason - amazing!This just happened to me, so of course I scoured the internet!
Let's assume, for one second, that I would pay $200. I am going to a conference in 9 days and I need a working cell phone. Not an option...
However, this is so much faster and more elegant than anything I would have to do, and cheaper!
Thanks for posting!
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|68.170.176.xxx |2010-03-20 00:09:14 YoPauly - re: amazing!Jason wrote:This just happened to me, so of course I scoured the internet!
Let's assume, for one second, that I would pay $200. I am going to a conference in 9 days and I need a working cell phone. Not an option...
However, this is so much faster and more elegant than anything I would have to do, and cheaper!
Thanks for posting!
Glad you found my post, and glad it worked for you too!
YO
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|128.114.233.xxx |2010-10-25 18:29:47 rjc - tooth pick worked for lintNot sure how it happened, but a combinatio n of lint and dirt managed to pile up enough to push the headphone jack out 1/4 of an inch. Using a toothpick, I gently jostled back and forth, finally pulling out a clump of debris.
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|68.170.176.xxx |2010-05-17 20:38:51 Anonymousthis post was helpful, but when it came down to it the drill bit didn't work. I had to turn to my tech side and open the thing up and figure out a way to pop the sucker out. it was pretty easy. they iphone only has two screws holding everything together. their at the bottom of the phone on the inside of the speaker and mic. take those tiny suckers out and then carefully pop the glass off the phone this was suprising to be that the bulk of the technology was in the glass. you can do this with either very soft leverage with a small (eye glasses screwdrive r) or do it like the pros and use a strong suction cup to pull the glass up. once you're inside you can locate the head phone jack in the topleft corner. there will be a small screw that holds it in place, unscrew that and lightly force the jack down with the same screwdrive r. Be carefull there are components that you dont want to mess with. once its loose flip it up and over to get to the bottom of the jack. then simply push the st...
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|122.109.174.xxx |2010-07-10 09:20:27 AnonymousIn addition to what everyone else has been saying. I had a similar problem but it wasn't a metal object or something stuck in the iphone headphone jack, my headphones just stopped going in one day, without warning.
I got a very thin flat head screwdrive r and scooped out a bunch of lint/fluff that was pushed down in the bottom of the socket. It took a fair bit of pressure to get it out from the headphones compacting it so much. After scooping out about 5 lots of lint/fluff my headphones now go in perfectly again.
I was very happy it was something this simple. I thought at first that something inside the headphone jack had broken off.
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|68.170.176.xxx |2010-07-27 19:38:34 AnonymousHad the same problem, headphone jack broke off in my i-phone. Tried several things but the one that worked was putting small amount of superglue on the end of the broken jack and then put broken jack back into the phone. The pieces lined up and the glue pulled it out.
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|99.248.25.xxx |2010-08-25 17:36:39 Gregory LUCKY Cormier - IM SO LUCKYWhen this first happened to me i was scared to shit I wouldn't be able to use my phone. After trying for a day to take it out with a paper clip and tweezers I had no luck
. The next day we went to the apple store to see if we could get another phone for free since my phone as still under warranty. Those ***** said we had to pay $200 for a new iphone. 
After that we got some super glue because we couldn't find a .500 mm drill bit. We thought for sure that it wasnt going to work. After putting some glue inside the little hole on the head phone jack (the piece that we had) we stuck it inside the phone and said our prayers. After one minuet of holding it in the phone, we finally pulled on it and jumped in joy seeing that the piece came out with the headphones . We didn't use a lot of glue we just put enough to combine the two. Make sure to say your prayers before doing it and good luck.
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|128.114.233.xxx |2010-10-25 18:29:06 Brian - Just got mine outI just bought the iPhone4 a month ago and 2 days ago I got the very end of a headphone jack stuck in my phone. I tried the drill bit thing with several different drill bits with no success. I tried the super glue again with no success. I finally took the plunge and disassembl ed my brand new iPhone
and with a little bending and some prodding I finally found an opening in the headphone port and I pushed it out. It now works great although i just discovered a part that I forgot to put back in the phone... guess it was an optional piece.
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|76.127.200.xxx |2010-09-03 05:10:52 Gr8Nbed - Just got mine outI just bought the iPhone4 a month ago and 2 days ago I got the very end of a headphone jack stuck in my phone. I tried the drill bit thing with several different drill bits with no success. I tried the super glue again with no success. I finally took the plunge and disassembl ed my brand new iPhone and with a little bending and some prodding I finally found an opening in the headphone port and I pushed it out. It now works great although i just discovered a part that I forgot to put back in the phone... guess it was an optional piece.
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|128.114.233.xxx |2010-10-25 18:28:33 Gr8Nbed - Got it doneI just bought the iPhone4 a month ago and 2 days ago I got the very end of a headphone jack stuck in my phone. I tried the drill bit thing with several different drill bits with no success. I tried the super glue again with no success. I finally took the plunge and disassembl ed my brand new iPhone and with a little bending and some prodding I finally found an opening in the headphone port and I pushed it out. It now works great although i just discovered a part that I forgot to put back in the phone... guess it was an optional piece.
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|128.114.233.xxx |2010-10-25 18:28:50 richard - nohi every1 i have the same prob but have no access to a drill and the glue stuff aint working i'm currently thinking of putting a screwdrive r in with a lil glue at the tip of it, then pulling it out, dont kno if it'll work...... .......... .......... ....can i trade in my iphone wiout a warranty
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|128.114.233.xxx |2010-10-25 18:27:45 gianbyHad the same problem on my iphone4.
i try to operate with a micro screwholde r and it works but now only one channe of my headphone work
My phone is going on repair center
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|128.114.233.xxx |2010-10-25 18:28:12 JonathanYour article made me wince, and saved my day. I had the exact same problem - and I went the superglue route. But before said glue could set and dry I had another bold idea. I swabbed the area inside with alcohol to get out the superglue residue. I then took apart my iPhone (gasp, it's ok). Following the iFix It instructio ns I unscrewed the little screw holding the headphone jack in place. It's a misnomer of sorts because that little jack is ALSO GLUED down with a rubbery sticky substance. If you pull it down and away gently from the phone, that little jack will pop out. It's still stickied to the phone so you have to ever so gently, because it's cables WILL NOT DISCONNECT , peel away the stickiness . On the bottom of the jack module there's some more stickiness . Take a deep bread, use a safe pin, and poke straight up from the bottom of the headphone jack module through the sticky goo. Broken headphone jack pin pops right out.
A miracle and a misnomer all in one.
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|68.170.176.xxx |2010-10-30 14:25:40 YoPauly - re: hellofloria wrote:
Thanks for your sharing. It's so kind of you.
Glad you found the article. I hope it helped!
Yo
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|68.170.176.xxx |2010-11-29 19:53:53 lindawell,thank you for share your article
I like your article very much, and I would appreciate it if you can write more article about this.
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|202.81.69.xxx |2010-12-20 00:10:06 Claire - iPhone headphone jack stuck!Hello.
Thank you for sharing!
I also have had the end of the headphone cord break off and get stuck in the headphone jack. I also tried tweezers, blue tac, safety pins to no avail.
I'm a bit confused as to how exactly use the drill bit. Do you just poke the drill bit in the headphone jack and this releases it, or do you actually drill the stuck piece slightly?
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|68.170.176.xxx |2011-03-01 22:39:27 Claire - iPhone headphone jack stuck!Hello.
Thank you for sharing!
I also have had the end of the headphone cord break off and get stuck in the headphone jack. I also tried tweezers, blue tac, safety pins to no avail.
I'm a bit confused as to how exactly use the drill bit. Do you just poke the drill bit in the headphone jack and this releases it, or do you actually drill the stuck piece slightly?
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|68.170.176.xxx |2011-03-01 22:31:51 Chris - AMAZING!I had my iPhone for a total of 24 hours before this happened to it. I didn't realise what the problem was until I went to put my other headphones in and they wouldn't go all the way in. Then I suddenly realised that it wasn't a broken speaker at all. Found your article and 60 seconds later the broken jack was retrieved and my iPhone is working perfectly again!
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|68.170.176.xxx |2011-03-01 22:44:12 YoPauly - re: iPhone headphone jack stuck!Hi Claire,
No drilling required. Just give the bit a slight side pressure while you pull it out, and out comes the broken piece. That's the way it worked for me anyway... Best of luck.
Yo
Claire wrote:Hello.
Thank you for sharing!
I also have had the end of the headphone cord break off and get stuck in the headphone jack. I also tried tweezers, blue tac, safety pins to no avail.
I'm a bit confused as to how exactly use the drill bit. Do you just poke the drill bit in the headphone jack and this releases it, or do you actually drill the stuck piece slightly?
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|128.114.232.xxx |2011-04-29 10:59:03 Anonymous - iPhone headphone jack stuck!I had the same problem, but didn't have any luck with the drill bit. I ended up using a T5 Torx screwdrive r. Hold the phone with your left hand and push the driver head firmly into the broken jack with your right hand. Then, in one fluid motion, gently turn the screwdrive r toward you (while turning the phone away from you) and pull the screwdrive r out. The jack popped out with less than a quarter turn of the screwdrive r.
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|128.114.232.xxx |2011-04-29 10:58:31 Anonymouscant find a #76 drill bit anywhere, i've looked at ALtex, Lowes, Home depot
any suggestion s
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|128.114.232.xxx |2011-04-29 10:58:05 Jan - Use a cotton swab (q-tip)I managed to get mine out with a cotton swab swaft. The jack broke at a place in the middle part where it is much thinner so I took the cotton of a cotton swab. the plastic shaft is hollow in the middle so i forced a piece of the jack into this hollow part and pulled out
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|128.114.233.xxx |2011-08-15 15:14:24 Miles Barley - SavedThe drilling alone doesnt seem to work, however with the iPhone 4, if you take the back off and after drilling a little bit around the broken piece, push the jack end up out of the socket... only takes 5 mins and everything still works afterwards .
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|128.114.233.xxx |2011-08-15 15:13:31 Liz - AlternativeWith this post as inspiratio n, I managed to pull the side pressure maneuver off with an eyeglass screwdrive r. The end came out in a couple layers, but each piece was just as easy to remove. Not actually screwing, just side pressure to pull up. Whew! Close one!
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|128.114.233.xxx |2011-08-15 15:13:14 Liz - Eyeglass screwdriverI just used an eyeglass screwdrive r and the same pressure on the side and pull up method. Based on the way it had broken, it came out in a couple pieces (layer at a time), but all three pieces were really easy to pull out with just a little pressure from the eyeglass screwdrive r. I didn't do any screwing, just used it to push up the pieces stuck inside.
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|128.114.233.xxx |2011-08-15 15:11:42 kumo - re: Thanks a millionTried it and it worked!!! Needed some courage poking the jack.
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|24.58.68.xxx |2011-06-24 13:18:13 Joe - 1/16" Drill Bit Success!Thank you so much for your post! The drill bit trick worked perfectly! I poked a 1/16" drill bit into the hole. I did not turn the drill on! I only used the drill bit and spun it in the jack hole (haha) until the broken part of the jack fell into the groove of the bit. I put side pressure on the broken piece and held the ipod right side up to use gravity to my advantage. After a few patient, prodding minutes... voila! It worked perfectly. My ipod is happy I didn't have to abuse it and so am I!
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|128.114.233.xxx |2011-08-15 15:08:46 Shamel Sumpter - Need helpHey i tied glue i thnk i have gotten gluein the port and i need help getting it out of my ipod.....I f anyone can help text me 413-464-52 52..Thank you!
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|128.114.233.xxx |2011-08-15 15:07:50 Oscar - ......Thank you for sharing stuff like this answer. I found this informatio n ideal useful. That??™s a wonderful content. Return how to go over Some even more. =-=
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|128.114.233.xxx |2011-08-15 15:07:17 ellsaYay!! Thanks so much. I didnt have a drill bit, but I managed to use my tweezers to the same thing, and out it popped!!! You are a life saver
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|68.170.178.xxx |2011-08-25 22:38:51 rick - cotton budcut the end of the cotton bud and then push it hard into the broken bit in the phone and when the plastic of the cotton bud get enough grip of the broken jack, then u just simply pull it out.
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|128.114.232.xxx |2011-10-04 16:12:42 christian christodoulouTHANK YOU SO MUCH
YOUR A LEGEND , I WAS GOING TO PAY SOME INDIAN SHOP £25 TO REPLACE IT , PLUS I DIDNT USE A DRILL PIECE , I USED THE SMALLEST FLAT HEAD SCREW DRIVER I COULD FIND , PUT IT DOWN THE EDGE OF THE STUCK HEAD PHONE PIECE AND TWISTED , WHEN IT WAS TIGHT , I PULLED
THANK YOU SO MUCH !
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|128.114.232.xxx |2011-10-04 16:12:01 Ryan - Easier fixI put the jack that broke back into my iphone and it extracted the piece! Try that first!
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|68.170.186.xxx |2011-10-23 12:04:35 Colorado - AwesomeThe cotton swap technique worked great! Thanks!!!
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|68.170.186.xxx |2011-10-23 12:05:46 Natasha - Glue trickI tried nearly everything on here and more. I put the broken headphones in about twenty times, used a cotton bud, tiny nail scissors, tweezers, a screwdrive r, a hairpin and a nail - none of these worked. I didn't have a tiny drill head so I tried the superglue trick. You need glue (obviously ), tissues and a hairpin or a pen. Get the glue and put a tiny bit in the broken headphones . Push it down with hairpin/pe n. Make sure the glue doesn't exceed the hole (not overflowin g basically) . Wipe away all excess and insert into iPod/iPhon e. Leave it for a bit - depending on how quick your glue dries. Once does dry pull the headphones out. It should be stuck together. This worked amazingly for mine!
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|128.114.233.xxx |2011-10-26 19:18:52 Anonymousnew one try the end of the plastic inside of a ball point pen
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|24.6.94.xxx |2012-12-28 17:10:08 Anonymousawesome. it worked. thank you. could not get the drill thing to work, but this worked first time. just needed to find the right sized ball point pen plastic thingie.
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|128.114.232.xxx |2011-11-17 20:31:05 YoPauly - re: side pressureAnonymous wrote:What do you mean by side pressure?
I mean, just put the drill in carefully, then tilt it slightly to one side as you pull it out. This caused the broken piece to "adher e" to the drill and made it able to pull it out.
Best of luck!
Yo
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|24.6.89.xxx |2011-11-27 22:02:25 kmrb - THIS WORKS WITH NO WAY TO MAKE MISTAKES!The very tip of my NEW headphones just broke off into my new LG Remark phone
hock:' title='hock:' class='postemoticon' /> . The first thing I thought of was glue, then I went online and saw a ton of people have this idea with some pretty bad outcomes . Well, I have come up with the BEST way and it took less then 2 seconds 
. Get yourself some Elmers Craftbond GLUE SPOTS. Those little round clear sticky dots. Luckily I had received some as samples from Elmer's. OK, now grab your headphones and take the end that's broken and put the tiny dot of glue spot on the end making sure that there isn't any glue extending over the edge. make sure it is sitting perfectly in the middle of the broken piece (so when you plug it in it won't touch the sides at all) and plug it back into the phone or whatever. Pull it out gently and there you have it. It's not wet and won't make a mess or dry and completely ruin your device. I actually am in shock at how easy it was and how brilliant an idea it is 
. No muss no fuss!...
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|49.248.67.xxx |2012-06-26 07:11:49 Kiran Pawar - thank u soooooooooooo muchU saved my money and ipad 2 thank u dudeeeeeee e
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|24.6.89.xxx |2011-11-27 22:00:28 Antonio - HelpMine just broke right now do I need a drill to or just that .508drill thing????hock:' title='hock:' class='postemoticon' />
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|70.78.48.xxx |2012-01-06 06:29:08 Dap - ijackedTook me a while, thanks for the suggestion s.
Pulled off the other tip (of the broken patch cord) so I could see what I was after.
Drill bit did not work.
Ball pen tube did not.
Had an old dissection kit that had a needle attached to a plastic handle. Bent the end a little to make a hook. There is one side of the phone jack that has an opening that allowed the hook to go alongside the broken tip. Was able to pull quite hard on the tip- but it did not come out(likely dislodged it though)
Then used the ball pen ink tube which grabbed it nicely and the tip came out!
Thank you all.
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|2.96.85.xxx |2011-12-10 19:02:17 will - sorted!I too did this to my brand new ipod and after hours of fiddling gave up. My ipod remained in the drawer for 2 years until i decided to have another go at it.It resulted in the use of a small self taper screw being screwed into the stuck bit until it finally found grip when when i simply pulled it out. PROPER JOB!
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|121.210.49.xxx |2011-12-17 11:00:25 BenSo I found your post but it was 8 pm at night and didn't have any drill bits so I sat here and fashioned a prison shank if you will with a coat hanger just shaving it down till it fit inside the piece of the jack that didn't get stuck and magic it worked haha so if you don't have a drill bit this works
Ben .bondi beach
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|75.94.78.xxx |2011-12-21 21:48:10 CloudedSo i was one of the idiots who tried glue first.. and now the broken part is super glued in my phone. Am I screwed? :/
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|174.253.162.xxx |2011-12-27 01:28:17 Sheldan - stuck jackWould it be possible (and safe) to use a rare earth magnet?
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|41.190.90.xxx |2011-12-31 00:43:53 Maxwell - Sowing needle and thread works!!I am not sure exactly what size sowing needle I used but It is about average size. Make sure the head has a thread passing through to fit tight enough into broken jack in phone. Hit gentle when u Place into broken jack to make sure it is tightly fit and then pull. I was jux joking arnd but it worked like a charm!!!
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|66.234.218.xxx |2012-01-05 05:29:26 John in Calfornia - 1/8 Screw Driver Tip WorksSince Golum lost the ring you haven't see one so dismayed as myself, when my headphone tip broke off in my 3gs. This was NOT happening! I use my phone for SO many things. But, Google landed me at this site, I read about the drill bit and the side pressure. I tried...at first the plastic insulation broke off, scaring me. But, I continued to side tug at the metal cable that was left, and after 22 seconds, it came out. The whole attempt with the screw driver bit took about 3 minutes to have it out. TTTTHHHAAA AANNNNKKK YYYYYOOOOO UUU! Precious!
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|61.171.196.xxx |2012-01-16 13:19:33 Ed - Hope i find someone with that kind of drill.Funny thing, this happened to me...
and I actually DID superglue a q-tip,
i thought i was pretty original, i was wrong.
hope i find someone with that kind of drill.
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|60.240.142.xxx |2012-01-19 06:34:07 Nicole: Help the drill bit didn't work maybe it was too big ...I have the same issue with an iPad I'm having no luck at all desperate enough to try the superglue option as I cannot make any progress any other suggestion s
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|98.112.175.xxx |2012-01-25 20:54:23 jpacmom - OH BOY!first off idk why this happened (my headphones are mysterious ly missing - so i think it was one of my kids) - wish me luck. Im starting with the bit...hope it works...if not...well taking it apart i guess...
so annoyed - but happy to see that it's not just me!! haha sorry. THIS affects my business, I need the hole for my square credit card swiper
!!
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|174.253.225.xxx |2012-02-17 23:30:36 Chuck - HelpSo do you actually put the drill bit on a drill and drill in the hole where it is stuck or do you just manually put pressure on the hole with just the drill bit? Thank you
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|24.6.94.xxx |2012-08-09 23:37:45 JacquelineWe stumbled over here from a different page and thought I might as well check things out. I like what I see so i am just following you. Look forward to going over your web page yet again.
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|124.188.85.xxx |2012-02-29 11:55:25 Elisha - :(Mine broke and its inside the headphones jack nothing working im so worried guys !! Help
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|200.76.91.xxx |2012-03-10 13:30:17 Pepe - ThanksSir, first of all, thanks, even though i didn't use the drill, i used the pushing to get that thing out and worked, i idnt have a drill so i used a forki i l know risky, but man i just couldnt even sleep!! Haha i felt luke freakin mcgiver, but somehow relieved, thanks!
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|74.65.233.xxx |2012-03-18 14:50:51 Anonymous - So simpleMy boyfriend has a really old ipod classic. He had the same issue with the broken headphone piece. I went to the apple store and they said they couldn't do anything for me. Then I spent a couple of days trying to get it out myself. Finally I looked online and found your solutions but none of them worked. So I pulled the ipod front from the back, pushed the piece out from the inside and was done in a matter of a minute.
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|99.33.185.xxx |2012-03-28 22:50:31 Anonymous - Q tip and glue WORKSI just tried the Q tip and it worked. The trick is to take the cotton off one end and use glue for fake nails or eyelashes, which dries quicky but is not permanent like super glue.
This just saved me from a massive argument with my hubby.
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|71.233.94.xxx |2012-04-04 04:36:17 Lo Harris - Super glue it was!Had a great laugh finding this post 10 minutes after going the superglue route. I simply put a tiny drop on the stem that didn't break off of my headphones , slid it back into the jack(upsid e down) don't know why, it just seemed right.lol I waited 10 minutes ( found and read your post )... Looked in the mirror and yelled idiot, should have went the drill bit way. Cautiously pulled the stem out and BAM...work ed like a charm.
Never underestim ate the power of superglue. ..or duct tape for that matter! But if it happens again...I' ll definitely use the drill bit idea. Thanks!
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|166.205.136.xxx |2012-05-05 08:12:40 Nicole - re:Anonymous wrote:new one try the end of the plastic inside of a ball point pen
Did this and it worked!!! I tried everything else except superglue. I thought "why the hell not". To my amazement that sucker came right out!!!
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|75.97.177.xxx |2012-05-16 19:53:51 Alan - Same IssueA customer just brought an iPhone 3GS to me with the same issue. I ended up taking the screen off, and shoving a small straight pin through the bottom of the jack on the phone and pushing it out. There was a ribbon cable on the bottom of the jack that I had to go through, but the straight pin fit perfectly between two of the wires inside the cable, and everything still works fine. What a fun project
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|186.151.106.xxx |2012-05-20 20:46:18 Anonymous - small screw driverthese instructio ns saved me, as I live in Guatemala and there are no iStores close to where I am. Instead of a drill bit, I used a small mini screw driver, similiar to ones used to disassembl e computers. Worked in less than a minute.... Thanks
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|71.110.53.xxx |2012-05-23 04:01:18 Jorge - HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!Mine just broke inside. I tried EVERYTHING . Toothpick and super glue, q-Tip and superglue, the other end of the jack with hot glue(bad idea). I cant find a drill bit anywhere.
I think I might have to send this to iResQ and pay $60
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|203.189.3.xxx |2012-05-25 04:17:17 Jordan:P - Thanks this worked javascript:JOSC_emoticon(%22:D%Thanks bro i went to my ted room in my school and got 1 of the teachers to get it out
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|173.71.212.xxx |2012-06-04 03:52:08 BenHey well the same thing happend to me but i tryed super glue and it didnt work and the top was whte from the super glue its not glued in there and i didnt read ur article very well and drilled it now everything is working fine but some things are a little sensitive ( the vibrate button and the power button) and i have to holes in my jack where the white use to be and i still cant get it out i can put up some pictures if you want so u can see for your self and i dont have a problem replaceing the whole thing but i know its risky and i dont want to mess it up sooo any help woul be greatly appriciate d should i just replace the jack??? Also be free to email me if its faster at ben20115&# 64;gmail.c om
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|176.248.46.xxx |2012-06-09 13:48:25 Debbie Anderson - Not brave enough to try a drill!The same thing happened with my I phone. I used a sewing needle, which I heated in a flame and then stuck it into the plastic that was jammed. As the needle cooled as I was able to pull it out with the broken piece of plastic jack firmly attached and no damage to phone.
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|64.17.85.xxx |2012-06-10 16:34:55 Lukas Crosby - ThanksThanks a lot for this guide, I didn't have the drill bit size you used. So I just used a tac instead and started pushing it around in there and then soon enough I tipped the Iphone upside down and out comes my problem.
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|175.136.43.xxx |2012-06-27 14:02:24 Aliah - Yay! It worked! :3My brother left some pieces of his headphone in our iPad. My dad got really mad at him.. So while he was being scolded, I searched for a solution on the Internet.t hen I read your story and decided to try it out. Sadly, we didn't have any drill bits that small at home. So my mum suggested that I used a compass. ( the thing used to mak a circle,not to show direction) . It worked! thanks so much for the tip. It really helped.
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|205.178.99.xxx |2012-07-08 04:19:57 AnonymousI used an eyeglass screwdrive r to pull it partially out, and then i pulled it out with my teeth!
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|71.252.221.xxx |2012-07-10 12:12:35 Ko - I did it!Instead of trying to pull it out with tweezers from the top, get a good grip from the farthest point you can and pull! It worked for me within seconds. I wouldn't risk having a drill it anywhere near my iPad.
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|86.144.47.xxx |2012-07-22 17:46:33 Anonymous - 1.5mm works tooI used a 1.5mm drill bit and it worked fine!
Well done!!!!
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|50.136.198.xxx |2012-07-24 04:00:54 AnonymousThe drill bit trick worked for me as well. I broke my drill bit though
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|24.6.94.xxx |2012-09-12 22:54:06 Jman - Screwed :/Whelp, I was another one of those idiots who tried super glue and failed so now the broken price of headphone jack is glued in...... paint thinner would be another horrible idea too.... If anyone has ideas that would be great, because I'm all out.
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|24.6.94.xxx |2012-09-12 22:53:04 Jason G. - Same problem, but worse.My headphone jack broke off as well, but very close to the bottom of the jack. So a very small piece was stuck way down inside that POS!!! I tried the drill bit method, which my dad said would probably work best, even before reading this post, but to no avail. I just kept chipping off little pieces of plastic and getting nowhere fast. Then I grabbed a paper clip out of sure desperatio n at a last ditch effort, and it failed as well. Then I went to clear my head and have a cigarette. I still had the paper clip in my hand and my iPhone in my pocket. As I lit my cigarette, EUREKA!!!! I thought to myself, "maybe I can get this paperclip red hot and stick it into the plastic, creating a jimmy rigged sort of back a^^ward soldering jobbie...& #34;. Well guess what, that didn't work either. But I noticed that I melted some of the plastic away from the side of the socket, EUREKA AGAIN!!!! I got the paper clip red hot again and hit the same spot, melting more of the plastic away from the ...
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|166.137.100.xxx |2012-11-01 01:57:25 Annonomous - HelpI am trying to do this same thing- but I am wondering, looking at my broken jack the peice inside my iPhone 4 has an exterior bump in the center and I am wondering if the drill bit didn't work because I have an out-dent if you will.. Did yours have an indent or an outdent? If outdent, could you be more specific in your instructio ns. How hard should I push? Am I going to scratch and ruin my headphone jack? Do I twist, or.. What?
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|123.2.139.xxx |2012-12-03 14:41:35 TC - Thanks!
Thanks for putting this informatio n online. I inserted a Philips headphone adapter into an iPhone and the very tip snapped off on the first installati on. Awesome...
I used your suggestion to find a thin piece of steel wire and jiggled it out, as you suggested. I'd been trying many techniques before this technique and getting nowhere fast, so you saved the day!
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|123.2.139.xxx |2012-12-03 14:42:21 TC
Thanks for putting this informatio n online. I inserted a Philips headphone adapter into an iPhone and the very tip snapped off on the first installati on. Awesome...
I used your suggestion to find a thin piece of steel wire and jiggled it out, as you suggested. I'd been trying many techniques before this technique and getting nowhere fast, so you saved the day!
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|110.159.246.xxx |2012-12-07 23:40:59 Pop - I am going to try superglueMy headphone jack stucked and at first I don't know that it will be a problem with me. I thought I just have to use a needle and pull it out. Who knows, my needle not pulling it out but it seems more into the bottom. I am planning to use the superglue' s method first.
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|78.101.52.xxx |2012-12-14 04:04:21 Allisonkey - This actually worked!Thank you so much for everything .. And also for taking the time to write this
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|128.114.233.xxx |2013-01-11 09:51:08 Suzi cherise - Please help . This happened to my ipadWill this work for the iPad also . A peice of my headphones broke off into there . The ipad assumes the headphones are still in and i have no sound what so ever but everything else works fine . Any suggestion s for the ipad will be greatly appreciate d .
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|128.114.233.xxx |2013-01-11 09:55:53 YoPauly - re: Please help . This happened to my ipadSuzi cherise wrote:Will this work for the iPad also . A peice of my headphones broke off into there . The ipad assumes the headphones are still in and i have no sound what so ever but everything else works fine . Any suggestion s for the ipad will be greatly appreciate d .
Hello Suzi,
Chances are it will work the same for your iPad. If you read the comments, you will see what has worked and what hasn't worked for others.
Best of luck, and let us know how it turns out.
YO
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I had the EXACT same problem, except it was a logitech z-5500 surround sound system. I broke my headset into the jackstick input, and i could not do anything! I was also close to the solution to use the Super glue idea, but then i read this post, and THANK GOD IT WORKED! I asked my father to bring me a small drill, and lucky he is a smith so he is good with tools, the next day, it works with a charm "Excep t i can't use my headset 4; But i got another extern sound card, so thats not a problem
So Thank you, because of you, you saved my z-5500 logitech surround system