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Today, the headphones jack in my iPod started only playing through one headphone. I tried the headphones with my computer, and they worked fine. I switched the headphone jack and lock switch assembly with that of another iPod, and got the same problem, but now the switch didn’t lock it either. I figured that it must be the logic board, so I switched that, but it still didn’t work. Does anyone know what might be going on here?
@treeofeden make sure that you are using the right headphone jack/hold switch assembly. It has to be for a 5th gen iPod. They are not interchangeable. Since you already swapped the logicboard it is unlikely that both have the identical error. I suggest that you get a known-working assembly from places like this iPod Video 30 GB Headphone Jack & Hold Switch and make sure that you identified your iPod properly. the Video is not a Classic etc.
