Repair your bose headphone with a piece of paper
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- I got slept using my headphone...I woke up and only one side was working. I pressed it from the outside and it works....then I opened to take a look.
I found that u can fix it with a paper. Just insert a piece of paper over plastic membrane (the speaker) to make contact with the posterior aspect (where apparently a cable is located).
I hope you can save some money trying this...
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This fixed my headphones. Since I didn't have to buy new ones, I took the money I was going to spend on that, and donated it to the Humane Society (of Puerto Rico, since it seems like that's where you are) just now.
Thanks!
It is September 2023 and today I followed this method to fix my Bose QC 35 I headphones that had no sound coming from the left ear. I am here to report that this method is a success! Thank you Sebastian!
I was a bit confused by what the "membrane" was referring to after seeing this video. Its not the silver flap that is glued to the outside shell that you see as soon as you take off the felt cover. The "membrane" is a very thin piece of plastic that is under the hard plastic shell. It looks like a round cushion that goes around the circumference of the middle of the speaker. In the video, he has wedged a piece of paper through the hard plastic holes, and just touching that thin (and probably fragile) piece of plastic that is underneath. I also see a copper wire over the outside of the membrane, right in the section he put the paper. It appears to go into the main winding for the speaker magnet. I don't know if this has anything to do with it - but it might be a sound or electrical grounding issue that occurs over time, and touching this wire also is necessary... I didn't have any luck wedging that paper in any other area. This part of the headphone is probably very fragile and easy to knock connections loose. I would be extremely careful about how and what you wedge in there.
Chris Moler Thanks for taking the time to explain. We had to use two strips of our business card with each small strip doubled over.
Genius fix for a very frustrating situation. The English subtitles helped as did the comment from Chris Moler further down in the string. Thank you so much for taking the time to do this. I was extremely frustrated after spending $300 for these headphones and had them for 1.5 years but only used them a total of maybe 10 hours. I called Bose today 04-13-17, and they told me that they would send me another pair for the discounted price of $225 plus shipping. I literally laughed at the Customer Service Rep. There was no way I was going to throw away more money on another pair of headphones. I am upset that the CSR acted as if they were not aware of this being a common problem. Shame on them!!!
I'm astonished - 8 years on and this post still helps people. I fell asleep with QC25s on and woke up, left ear not working. I tried foam but it wasn't dense enough to keep the pressure on the diaphragm but a bit of folded paper that I Sellotaped in place did the trick. Thank you so much Sebastian Gatica Moris
You're a hero. This method still works with the upgraded design AE2s (which have a different plastic cover under the black cloth (scrim). Just wedge a thin piece of paper into one of the small holes (I picked one of the outer holes) and that side should start working again. Try different holes until you find a winner.
The right channel of my 3 year old QC3s packed up a few days ago. Bose wanted $250AUD to exchange them for a new set (fair enough) but this did the trick for the cost of a piece of paper. Much appreciated!
Just had the same scenario with my QC5 - but the price is now 350 AUD.
Just fixed my qc 35 Ii and saved couple hundred dollars, no thanks to Bose crappy quality control. You sir are a saint!
Mine starting buzzing in one ear , the battery side. Having spoke to Bose,and them wanting to charge me £80 for a replacement pair or £220 for QC25's I decided to give this a go - and boy did it work - they are now perfect again.
Thanks so much for this simple but very effective fix.
OMG. Had mine almost a year to the day. Thought what would I lose trying this solution. Tried with paper but it was too flimsy so switched to thin piece of card. Absolutely perfect. Just connects the foil surround and the speaker drum and must do something like complete the circuit. Amazing. Thanks so much
It worked! Thanks Sebastian!! Bose should hire you as their customer service ambassador.
This worked for my QC35 (no sound on the left side). After peeling off the cover, I turned on music on the speakers at 100%, then used a screwdriver pressing down on the plastic membrane to out where the key spot is. When you hit that key spot, music should come back on that left speaker. MY key spot is on the top inner side. I folded a piece paper and slot it in adding a little pressure until I can hear the sound come back. I made sure to not crack the plastic or create too much dissonance from what used to be. I did shake it a little to make sure the paper was good and firm
Just to note that the sound might feel a little obstructed but nothing too obvious.
Thanks for the hack. This saved me 300$.
I'm flabbergasted that this trick worked on my old QC15 (2010) headphones after the right speaker decided to stop working! Instead of a piece of paper I use a piece of cotton wool. TY so much!
I couldn't be more happy. First time I saw the link to this video I laughed thinking - there is no way paper will fix my my 300 dollar headphones. I'm extremely happy to say I was wrong. Cheers!
shoved a very small piece of foam under that plastic peg instead of paper and it worked again. thanks so much for this video, sebastian.
1 word : BRAVO!!!
Sebastian, I started my day sad with my left one doing static and finally just dying... it really looked like a connector issue or cable...was about to order a new cable and I decided to have a browse around...and bump into this video...almost laughed and thought that couldn’t be related to the connection issue I had...but and 2mn and a paper strip later, I was a happy camper! You made my day!
I am glad to hear that ;)
I also tried this and managed to get my QC15's working again. For those who are still trying, the membrane is the bubbly thing behind the large chunk of plastic - Use a pencil (that is not sharp) to lightly press it - If you press it all the way down, it does not work - There is an in-between. Cheers
Any idea how to "unpress" it when you've gone too far? Tried unscrewing it to really access the magnet and all, but can't figure out how to open the case.
I am so glad I found this video. Mine broke exactly the same way, and I was highly surprised to find nobody could repair them, not even Bose themselves. After unscrewing the earphone and looking around for loose connections and measuring wattage etc. I had given up. This trick fixed it right away, though paper was too flimsy, so I used some thicker foam. Thanks a lot for sharing. You saved me a lot of money.
Unfortunately this was only a solution for a short time. Now they keep losing sound if I move my head while wearing them, and I have to tap on the right ear cup. Annoying, because it makes them all but unusable unless I'm sitting perfectly still.
I wish I could hear this video, but my headphones are broken :(
All you would hear is Spanish
Every video like this one has 100 people posting that same comment.
Go buy some fucking headphones.. or unplug them dumb fucks.
Stupid chucklefucks.. You shitbirds need a man spanking.
@@xpmule i'm sure they were joking. dope.
Dude this totally worked! I had left ear cup mute out and put that peace of paper in where you showed and BAMB!!! Back to jammed out again. Thanks! saved me 300 Bucks on a fix!
totally worked for me. I used a piece of card, and then taped it down, with the piece of card making contract with the plastic membrane. Of course be careful when you do this: you don't want to puncture the membrane or it's new headphone time.
My issue is the the right side noise cancelling feature and the bass response was clicking in and out. The membrane was moving and not held in place against the outside of the headphone (which make it work).
When i tried this, put the felt cover back on and clicked back in the headphone's cushions - et voila. Solved.
THANKYOU so much Sebastian! :-)
Worked for me on QC25. For the price they sell these headphones, can't say I'm impressed by the design. I hope this holds for a while. Otherwise I might try my chance with Bose for a replacement even though I'm outside the warranty.
I was prepping to buy new headphones, because all the other ways to fix it included soddering and stuff I didn't want to do and I didn't think this would work at all but it totally did!! thanks man, you're a genius. !!!!
This is incredible. Thank you so much. So simple, yet so effective. Worked like a charm with my QC25's. You sir, are a miracle worker.
Your 2 min video fixed my headphones that were broke for about 2 years. Thanks so much.
IT WORKS. I thought it wouldnt at first since my cable was not in same spot as yours, take a flash light and it should be like a copper wire and push the paper down and voila THANK YOU SO MUCH just saved me 350
Thank you so much Sebastian, a very good friend offered me the QC15, i have just repaired with your video. It can continue to follow me and now with the Bluetooth option it is like a new one.
Be blessed from France
Still works in 2023! My QC15s are back in the game, baby!
thank you literary i was trying to find my warranty and stuff but you saved me so much time and effort for me. At first i didnt get it but the comment section people helped me!!! Thanks You
Thank you Sebastian, I found this video and in 5 minutes my QC15s were working again. Seems like a bad design, thankfully you have a really simple fix.
Thanks for your comment :)
Worked just great for me! I had them in pieces looking for a wiring fault... the paper was the fix that was required all along!!!
Finally after 3 years it's working again! Thanks chap!
Thanks for the vid. Shocked how common this problem is. Mine gave up after 2 weeks so i just took em back.
"The paper method" actually works! Thanks, man! I think Bose has a quality problem...
Thank You! I had to fold up piece of an index card and fold it a couple times and used a piece of electrical tape to hold the paper down so it would stay down, it helped to play a song to make sure it was working too, couldn't have done it w/o your help. Thanks again!
Thank you very much, Sebastian. I was offered replacement headphones for A$185 by Bose since mine were out of warranty but I tried your method and it worked just fine! Its magic!!
Mate you are a GOD! I live in University Halls and i depend on these greatly to get some quiet time. God bless Portugese people!
I just fixed my Bose using your method after scouring the internet for a cure. Thank you for this video!
Thanks so much Sebastian! I just fixed my headphones which had been broken for the past year. It took some experimenting on the placement of the paper but finally got it to work.
Worked great...just to note you have to push the membrane toward the back. Muchas gracias amigo!
I know that you probably heard this a thousand times but you are amazing!!!!!
Thank you very much. I had these headphones just sitting in my closet for months because they weren't working and I did not wanna let go of them. I found this video and it fixed my problem. Good thing i didn't drop 100 for these again!
Tried this and it worked perfectly. I found this a day late though, already dropped $500 on a new set of Shure's.
I was so pissed about 2 hours ago, frantically searching for a solution since I'm out of warranty and stupidly lost my reciept....this worked, what is that plastic "membrane"? man, thanks so much.
the membrane is a thin clear plastic locared just below the hard black plastic
Holy shit this fixed my $330 headphones! Bose wanted me to pay $90 to replace a shoddy speaker...
Sounds to me that you have an intermittent driver - meaning that the wire that takes the electrical signal from the driver's stationary terminal to the swinging voice coil has partially broken. Depressing the membrane temporarily "closes" the partial break of the signal wire and the driver resumes playing. I haven't seen the driver up close yet so I don't know if it is a tinsel wire (multiple strands of foil braided with polyester or cotton fibers for damping and fatigue) or a magnet wire (either solid copper or CCAW (copper clad aluminum wire). It is likely the latter, aluminum does not like dynamic loads as it ages and breaks eventually. Either way, once it is intermittent, it will only take so many stress reversal cycles before it fully breaks.If I had closeup pictures I could give you a more definite diagnostic.
Amazing, quick and to the point, saludos de Ohio
awesome, it works! only problem is the sound is an extremely tiny bit unbalanced and there is a constant bass in the part of the headphone i fixed, thank you so much though!
I put a plastic toothpick in mine thanks to this video. I already paid for $150 for an upgrade and the same thing happened to this pair. Shame on Bose Engineering for allowing this to happen. These are expensive headphones and so many have this problem. Made in China? Really?
In English: there's a thin, transparent plastic sheet that has to be in contact with the back of the headphone for it to work properly. You will find it behind the hard plastic cover which is below the cushion and the felt cover. Both the cushion and the felt can be removed easily (see video.)
Any sufficiently thick sheet of paper could be used as a wedge to push the transparent membrane back. Insert it through one of the holes in the hard plastic cap as you see in the video.
Thank you so much. I went on a trip and when I used my qc 25s after i came home, i found out my right side was dead. Thanks to you i fixed it. I will probably give it back to bose and get it replaced. Thank you so much!!!
Sebastian, you are brilliant mate!! just saved me hundreds of dollars. This took me 5 mins to complete and works perfect on my Bose QC25 headset. Thanks for Australia buddy!
GREAT!!! It worked!!!! THANK YOU SEBASTIAN!!! Saved me 300€! My R ear didn't work anymore, with this trick it worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you! ;D Nice New Years gift!
I'm a pilot and use this headphones every time i fly and as a passenger. Noise canceling is great. Life without this headset is more stressy than without it :) So i was just ready to buy a new one, but then i've found this videopost. Great initiative to post this. First thought i had was... "hahahaha, this will never work".. but it did, perfectly ;) Thanks again, cause i hate spending money for nothing! ;)
It worked! You are a genius sir. Saved me a fortune.
Genius! Thanks for posting this... saved me money and frustration of trying to get these fixed or replaced...
I tried the paper. It didn't work. Then, a little exasperated about the constant clicking in my ear (the sound in the right ear didn't go away, but it lost presence) i realised something... my girlfriend's long, thing black hair clip. I stuck it from one end of the black grate to the other. The ear cup inside doesn't bounce around anymore. Et voila!
An upgraded paper trick, with more support for the issue.
If that worked for you too, let me know.
BTW as mentioned, i used the paper before and it didn't work.
The metal hair straight hair clip did, and it was the perfect size for the job.
Issue with lack of prescence in the earcup, or a cut out in sound, seeems to be totally always about that little plastic membrane not sticking close to the back side of the earcup.
Been testing this method for 10 minutes now, works a charm. No more issue! No clicking, sound is panned fine, accoustic noise cancelling is working fine :)
edit: use card instead, the black hair clip buzzed after a while.
You lost me at "your girl-friends long, thick black.."
But it's when it's noise cancelling
In disbelief that this worked. Thanks, friend!
It sounded too good to be true, but It worked.Thanks.
Me ha funcionado perfectamente en mis QC3 !!! Solo que he tenido que poner un trozo de cartón (pequeño obvio) ya que el papel no daba suficiente presión. Solo espero que esto no afecte la calidad del audio... Muchísimas gracias !! Has salvado mi cartera ! Un fuerte abrazo.
Thank you! Super-easy! I actually did this at the airport, waiting for my flight at the gate! Now that two-hour flight will just "fly" by! Thanks again! (And why on earth would Bose release a product that collapses so easily?)
Thank you so much! This worked for my QC25 right cup which got busted 1 year and 1 month after purchase.
+1 repaired mine with a piece of old business card and some tape, 300 bucks saved.
Bravo Sebastian! I tried this with my QC35ii and it worked! Needed to use a thicker card but left side now working - thanks Legend!!
Just done this on an old pair that I thought were broken, now i have 2 working pairs !!!
Just tried this and, after a bit of tinkering, it has worked really well. Thank you!
Thanks - at least this tip restored partial functionality (I had to insert paper at top and bottom), but now the repaired speaker crackles when I walk. Very disappointed with durability of QC35s.
Thank you so much! This worked great. It does make a small rattling noise when shaken, but otherwise its working perfectly!
Thanks for you video, my friend! Saved me $300 as well. After almost 2 years, it's still my go to headphones! :)
thank you so much, it worked for my QC25 !!!
¡Funciona! Me pasó exactamente lo mismo, me quedé dormido sobre el audífono derecho y después de eso no funcionó. El trocito de papel lo resolvió inmediatamente. Gracias.
+yoyo200001 Que bien, excelente! :)
Sir, thank you so much! It worked. I used a thin piece of cardboard.
This is a great fix but also Bose will replace them if the earcup stops working. Mine stopped after a couple months so I talked w/ their support online and they gave me a prepaid shipping label and sent a new set as soon as the package was scanned in at the post office.
I was so sceptical about this but it actually worked on my QC25! Thank you so much!
Hey man. Thank u very much about your video. I was looking for a solution and I found yours. Maybe I can help by sharing your video to other people with the same problem.
I speak Spanish so I have no problem with communication in that language.
¡MUCHÍSIMAS GRACIAS! En verdad.
¡Saludos desde México!
Muchas gracias, funciona perfectamente use la pestaña de una caja de pastillas y suenan como antes
Ha sido el descubrimiento mas random de mi vida....no puedo creer que mas de 100,000 personas han visto el video. :)
he estado experimentando un poco con el asunto y depende el tipo de papel y la forma de ponerlo pueden haber ruidos en especial con los bajos, me ha funcionado mejor el papel de baño jajajaj, igual gracias por tu descubrimiento no quería comprar otros.
Thank you so much for this! i was so upset when the one side went out and my warranty was up, such an easy fix tho, thank you for doing this!
Thanks! I just saved £300 with a piece of paper!
This fixed my QC15! Exactly the same problem. Thanks! Muchas Gracias!
Amazing! It just worked for me on the right side of my QC15's. Thank you !
I was very skeptical, but sure enough, pushing down on that plastic piece seem to fix the sound. Did this on the QC25. Why does this work?
It completed worked! Saved a $$$ in repairs and buying a new one. Thank you!
Curisouly, this seems to be a recurring problem with electronics that have small speakers. My daughter has a Furby doll, and sound stopped coming out of it (which for me was a good thing! :). But I fixed it a bit differently: a toothpick did the trick. But the idea is the same - to push inwards the speaker cup.
Thank you so much - worked perfectly on my QC3 headphones.
So what was your headphone doing or not doing, for you to do this? Do you have to put the paper to cover all of the membrane or just the lower part that you covered?
Thanks
I almost gave up. Thank you very much for your video. It worked as you described!!
Hola Sebastian, tengo los mismos auriculares y me están dando fallo, cuando la música esta un poco alta se enciende y apaga solo, lo mismo si le doy un pequeño golpe con el dedo, en cualquiera de los altavoces, cuál piensas que puede ser el problema?
Suena a exactamente lo que me pasó a mi. Un par de golpes por el lado y funciona transitoriamente. Creo que mi solución del video puede resultar. Déjame saber si tienes dudas.
Sebastian Gatica Moris muchas gracias, mañana lo pruebo!
Bueno!! no he podido esperar, te cuento, le he quitado almohadilla y protector, y he alucinado de la porqueria que tenia dentro (la semana pasada estuve desbrozando con ellos), he soplado bien, y seguia fallando, he probado con el papel y nada, pero de repente funciona de nuevo y de momento no falla, a ver que dura.
My headphones were busted for a long time. Gracias man!
Incredible! It worked perfectly after I tried place the piece of paper in different position. Muchas gracias Sebastian.
Holy shit dude you just saved me 300$ thankyou soooooooo much
This was a fix for me too, it look differente when remove the cushion but also with a piece of paper it solved.
Thank you so much, i just saved some dolars
Dude thank you! Muchas Gracias! This fixed my headphones it was so annoying to keep pushing on the earcup. Dude I cannot thank you enough.
I cannot thank him enough too.
:)
Thanks to all of U! ...this success was totally unexpected!! Technology is amazing! :)
you are a legend my friend!!
Perfecto funciono perfectamente, cuando fallo mis QC 15 del lado izquierdo compre los QC 25 y tambien fallo el mismo lado, ahora gracias a tu consejo tengo los dos operativos gracias!!!!
Thanks a lot Sebastian !!!! QC15 revival !!!!
Thanks man! That really helped me with my QC 25 when my left ear went out. Happened from sleeping with them with me as well :P
Walter Kuppens Just the same for me.. I got really upset, just after a few weeks later and the left ear went off when sleeping on bus.. can't believe such a simple solution saved me some bucks!!
***** Hey, sorry about the languaje...I was not originally recorded for sharing. Take a look at Chris Moler comment (a few comments below this), he explain very well the repair in english. Good luck :)
Play English please
I was so bummed, the right speaker kept cutting out, I could tip it or turn my head and it would cut in and out. Then I put a piece of paper in the space between the plastic and the membrane, BOOM it works again, this is awesome. Love the internet.
Sebastian, I really didnt expect it to work, untill i tried it and it was all good, Thank you
I managed to fix my by poking the membrane back with a piece of paper. I'm so happy that I have my headphones again. Now I tried this method on my brother's bose and it did not work. I inserted a piece of paper like the video mentioned, but the sound on the left side is still out. Could someone help me? Does it matter how thick the paper it? Which side did you guys insert the paper? top or bottom?
Brilliant fix for my headphones! Thanks allot for this!
Holy shit it actually frackin worked on the first try! Thanks boss!