How to repair earphones

I will answer before looking so i don't know if they are fixed yet, but if you get it to where it plays and tape it in that position, you can get a short time out of them. I have done this in emergencies and with the pair I use at work as they REALLY sound great. If I could find more like them. I would buy them.

It depends on how easy to take apart the headphones are, it sounds like it is at the end right on the phones themselves from what you describe. Were it the other end it'd just be a case of buying a new jack plug. If they are easy to take apart it will just be a case of re-soldering the wire connection from what you describe.

Did you try duct tape? Or have you thrown them away by now.. I'd go with the duct tape.. and maybe a toothpick as a sort of splint.. Actually, I'm not kidding, I'm known around here as the fix-it queen, if I can't tape or bread twist it to life, it just ain't repairable..

I suggest that you should buy a new one, it takes so much time to repair the old one, after your repairing will not last so long.

its not worth fixing earphones these days you get them pretty cheap so why fix them when you can buy a new pair which wil lsave you a lot of fiddling about trying to fix some. its not an easy job and usually ends up making things worse. Just go and buy a new set and be done with it lol ive got a cordless set myself so no chance of the wires shorting or breaking :-)

Wizard of war, Hmm i guess its difficult to fix headphones coz the wires are soo tender and a small pressure on those wires will result in disconnection. its difficult to repair them. i have lost many sets of head phones cause of the same problem. I suggest you get a new set.

Truthfully, if it were me, I would dump them and get a new pair. They aren't that expensive to purchase.

In this case, I would use duct tape and electrical wire to hold the wire in the way that it worked.. I did this and my other headphones lasted me 11 more years, I did it so much so that by the time I got rid of those headphones, the wire was gone by about 10 inches, and well.. I think you get the point when I tossed them there was nothing left of them, and only reason I got rid of them, is because I started to get shocked from them lol. - DNatureofDtrain

Can't help you, wish I could but I am deaf in one ear, they would be fine for me. Unfortunately I can't afford the kind of headphones where i could increase the volume in only one ear so I could hear music with both ears. Trust me, you will get used to it.

Lordy!! How have you been buddy? I wish I could help, I've experienced this problem tones of times and I usually just throw them away. Thankfully decent pairs can be bought fairly cheaply, had tried to mend one pair awhile back but I messed the other side up. LOL Goodluck resolving your issues, if you do manage to fix it be sure to point other users here on your findings.

I spare myself the agony when such problem such as this occur I immediately change it and buy a new one. I have attempted that many times and still I ended up frustated and drained with all my energy, lol. Im not really the techy type, I guess I am just the trying hard copycat.

Hi lordwizard, be honest i don't know how and usually i'm not even bother to fix it...easier for me just go ahead and buy a new one to replace it...and these day earphones not really that expensive..wall, anyway..good luck fixing it!

Are they special or expensive in any way? If not it's not a good thing to repair them, you lose time and money. Just buy a new pair with good quality. Maybe its cord is broken. Do you use it only for computer or not? If you use just for computer buy an USB headset, you'll love!

Your first test should be to take another pair of head phones or ear phones and plug them into the same jack outlet to see if these work and if these do work it is not the jack outlet that is at fault. Next you have to plug back in the pair of ear phones in question and wiggle the wire until the sound goes to both ears. If you can determine the exact location in the line where bending makes a difference you might be able to cut and splice the line by removing the portion that has a possible break under the insulation. If you use a special wire splicing tool and are good with doing this type of thing you should be able to cut and splice the rest of the line so that it has no more breaks. If it is not in the line itself but in either one end or the other that go directly into the headphones themselves there may be a broken connection to where the soldier points make contact to the terminals inside the ear pieces themselves. If you have to take apart the headphones you will probably need to have a qualified technitian fix your phones or just buy a new pair.