Headphone jack broken in socket - problem solved.

HI
I've recently removed a broken headphone jack from an ipod touch and as there appears to be a number of people to whom this has happened i thought i'd share how i did it.
Firstly the more of the plug you can see the better.
Secondly can you see any plastic ? Yes ....then great.
Next find a thin needle and a pair of pliers
what i did was heat the needle until it was red hot over a gas ring
then push the end of the hot needle   into the plastic of the plug about 1-2 mm
hold it steady and blow to cool it down. Hopefully the plug will now be attached to the needle.
Then lifted the plug out          as you can see there was precious little left so the more plastic you can seee the better.
I have never heard of this method being used so you heard it here first ....

After trying a load of other methods (I dare not try superglue) - I followed vespuccio's advice to the letter and it worked a treat - just when I was on the point of giving up - Bingo!
You do have to take care when using the hot needle, but I couldn't believe it when it worked on my second attempt.
What a brilliant solution! Thank you so much for posting this you made mine and my daughter's Christmas so much better.

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