What is the headphone probl

I've read a number of messages talking about people having it, but what is it's Is there a way to tell if I'll have a problem with my Micro? Are there ways to either prevent it, or fix it once it happens (other than sending it back in for a new one?)

It is definatly NOT 50% of Micro owners. That is not even close to the failure rate of these devices. It's something less than % most likely. They most likely have sold at least million Micro's by now and there are perhaps 3-4 dozen people reporting headphone failures here. I know it doesn't pay to speculate but I'm not pulling these numbers outta my butt.
Also, Creative Support has never been anything to me but helpful. I got a full replacement player in a matter of 2 weeks from Creative as soon as I spoke to them about my failed headphone jack. Support forums are not the the place to take to heart what you read. A lot pf people here are disgruntled or frrustrated with a problem they've encountered so you have to take what you read here with a grain of salt.

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    This player has become a liability and talking to the customer service is like talking to a stone.
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    tyMessage Edited by McKinnell on 04-9-2005 0:29 AM

    They are not admitting it as a common problem because they either don't want to or the problem isn't such a big thing to them. Anything that deals with wear and tear is pretty much our faults, which is why Creative isn't saying that it's their fault. They might say, well you jammed to hard. You use the wrong type of headphones. You didn't put it in a protecti've case. etc. But if you think about it, this is what we normally do. We sometimes drop something or bump it here and there. Pull that headphone in and out so that I can put my headphones in a case. Then I'll plug it back in and then realize something isn't right.
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  • Zen Touch - Headphone Socket - What is the bit next to the 3.5mmjack f

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  • My waterbottle leaked on my ipod touch and now the headphones dnot work what do i do ?

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  • HT201401 I have I phone 4s and the speaker stop working suddenly, I can hear through the headphone, please advice what is the problem? Thanks

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    Go to settings>icloud>storage and back up>back up
    after that preform a restore by going to
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    this will delete everything except the enabled stuff on icloud.
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