Loose headphone socket on iPhone 3GS

I have had my iPhone 3GS for 24 months now and the headphone socket has become loose from wear, meaning that the headphones when in the socket are sometimes undetected and music is played out loud through the speakers. This can become quite embaressing on the underground!
Is there any way of fixing is?
And is this a problem which many people have had that the new iPhone 4S has decided to overcome?
Kind regards,
Sharley530

If you don't want your iPhone exchanged again, then you have to live with it. You might as well open the iPhone yourself in that case since you won't be interested in an exchange under warranty - unless a far worse problem develops.
Per the writen warranty, an exchange under warranty will be a new or refurbished iPhone with no way to tell the difference. A refurbished iPhone is probably more closely inspected and tested than new iPhones when manufactured.
An exchange under warranty is provided in a white box regardless if the exchange is new or refurbished. It is called a service unit. Apple does not take an iPhone that was exchanged and just stick it in a white box. An iPhone returned for exchange is refurbished.

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