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iPhone 4- Headphones or earbuds still work when plugged in. Loudspeaker at base works if speakerphone chosen. Earpiece has suddenly stopped working. Had been using headphones just prior. Is this a function of the headphone jack not releasing the sound circuit back to the earpiece or the earpiece itself just died? So do I need a headphone jack assembly or just an earpiece speaker?

Disclaimer! If my troubleshooting steps make the device worst then it already is, I am not…i repeat, I will not be responsible for it. So use these steps at your OWN RISK!: I work as advance tech special for a wireless company. What normally work for that specific device is:

  1. Plug a headphone into the device
  2. Make a test call and make sure you are able to ear call on headphone
  3. Toggle the Speaker on & off and make sure you are able to hear call on the headphone
  4. Toggle Speaker OFF
  5. Remove headphone
  6. You should be able to hear from earpiece now.
  7. If all fails - Restore via iTunes! By: The Subliminal Poet (follow me on twitter, fb, and instagram)

Usually that would be only the earpiece, that’s where I would start, a link to the part, https://www.gounlock.com/details.php?ite…, a guide, iPhone 4 Earpiece Speaker Replacement, good luck, If this Answer is helpful please remember to return and mark it Accepted

Koo.. It worked for me..

This worked for me ….. Your awesome dude!

This worked for me. Thank you so much!!

Thankyou sooooooooooo much! I tried all the other solutions i found online, compressed air into the headphone socket, pushing the jack in and out, squeezing the speaker face and even a restore. I was pretty much ready to start crying when i found this! Thanks again you wonderful genius! :D

Ok so my outter speaker works perfectly fine, but the ear piece speaker doesn’t work properly, it fries and make baffling sounds, when I make and receive calls I have changed my speaker, I have updated to 8.1.1, also restore my phone. But it works perfectly fine when I use viber and Magic jack, or even Facebook messenger so what’s the problem??

Try switching to Android… That’s always worked for me.. Just saying, lol. vviii

First restart your device, then blow the headphone jack and plug your headphone, listen to something first , than unplug it, and test it out

dear sir i cant hear sound during call but hear sound when i on the speaker kindly help me about this problem

My phone earpiece not working I don’t know why