IPhone 3G headset jack not working

HI,
The headset jack of iPhone 3G suddenly started playing up. I can listen to music without any hiccup, can hear the other person loud and clear but people complain of a lot of static noise at times and at other times they cant hear me at all. I have personally tested this scenario.
Now to troubleshoot I plugged in my Bose headset which works fine. Hence I asked for a replacement of the headset which came with the phone. Inspite of the replacement the problem remained.
Then I checked out the new headset with other phones having 3.5mm jack and it worked fine.
This confirms that the jack is the problem. I tried to clean it with a clip but no dirt came out at all.
I tried blowing some compressed air into it but to no avail.
Now in India the only support available for the iPhone is through the cellular service provider (Airtel in my case). But those guys understand nothing about technology and have not been able to help me out with cleaning the port.
The only option left for me now is to send it to the Apple support center through Airtel which leaves me without my phone for at least 7 days. The rest of the phone works just fine.
Is there any other solution to this problem other than sending it to Apple for either a repair or a replacement?
Thank You,
P.S: I know that this topic has been discussed but not the exact problem. Appreciate any answer.

Thanks mate. Just found out another weird issue! There are headphone jacks which have 2 rings around the jack and others which have 3. My iphone works well with the ones with 2 rings (infact the new in-ear headphones are the ones with two rings around the jack) but not with the ones with 3. This is true for other 3.5mm jacks. Checked that out as well. Do you think it could be an issue with the 2.2.1 firmware?
Thanks

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