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Old 24-10-2014, 18:27
rewind
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I managed to snap the end of my earphones in my Nexus 4 and part of it is lodged in the phone now and I am having difficulty removing it. I have tried:

- Cotton buds
- Toothpicks
- Tweezers
- A combination of glue on the remaining part of the headphone connector
- Glue on the cotton bud/toothpick etc..

Nothing seems to work!

Any other tricks? Don't want to bin a perfectly good phone because of this! If I took it into a jewellers, would they have small enough tools to get it out?

Thanks.
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Old 24-10-2014, 19:24
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A jeweller might be able to drill a small hole in it and then tap a screw into it to pull it out. Not sure how small their drills are though. A high street phone shop might be able to take it apart.
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Old 24-10-2014, 19:47
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The part is only £7 on eBay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Replacemen...item2a3f93fed7

It would a fairly easy job to replace if necessary, check ifixit for instructions.
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Old 24-10-2014, 20:00
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The part is only £7 on eBay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Replacemen...item2a3f93fed7

It would a fairly easy job to replace if necessary, check ifixit for instructions.
Thanks. Don't fancy opening the phone at this stage!
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