Can't hear out of earpiece. Please Help.

**Ritz0420** · 03-26-2011, 03:26 PM

I have and iPhone 3G. I cannot hear through my earpiece at all. I can hear fine through speakerphone or through headphones or bluetooth.

I have done the following to try and fix:

1. Checked #3 cable.

2. Re-jailbroke, and set up as New in itunes.

3. Replaced the digitizer.

4. plugged and unplugged headphones multiple times.

nothing has worked as of yet.

Does anyone know what I can do to fix this problem?

**Stray** · 03-26-2011, 03:50 PM

are you sure the connector on the motherboard isn't damaged? Does the proximity sensor work?

**Ritz0420** · 03-26-2011, 04:13 PM

Yes the proximity works fine, so does speakerphone and headphones. its just the earpiece. When someone calls, or if I call, I can't hear through earpiece.

**Stray** · 03-26-2011, 04:14 PM

i it blocked by something?

**Ritz0420** · 03-26-2011, 05:22 PM

nope. Could it be a jailbreak issue? It worked fine before. My LCD screen went out, and I had to replace it. And when I JB it again, my earpiece wasn't working.

**Stray** · 03-26-2011, 05:28 PM

It may be a jailbreak issue

**iamkadaj** · 03-26-2011, 06:36 PM

Did you try replacing with a new pre assembled front unit, instead of just a digitiser?

could be just a bad quality part.

**805 93003** · 03-26-2011, 06:45 PM

The several 3g iPhones with no ear speaker function that I have repaired have all been damaged flex cable #3. Some have perfect proximity function, some both speaker and proximity are out. But all have been due to bad flex cable #3. It is a simple fix that can be done leaving the digitizer and LCD on the mid-frame. You need to get a new cable #3 however. Flex #3 is very fragile, you have to be very careful with it.

Good luck,

Brad

**Ritz0420** · 03-27-2011, 08:35 PM

I'll try that. I have an extra #3 cable. I was having issues with my proximity before, I replaced the digitizer and it repaired it. The ear piece was working fine. It's just now that its not. Thanks Everyone.

**iamkadaj** · 04-01-2011, 02:07 PM

Flex cable 3 easy to install guys?

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I have and iPhone 3G. I cannot hear through my earpiece at all. I can hear fine through speakerphone or through headphones or bluetooth. I have done the following to