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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NeuroNorth" data-source="post: 1663402" data-attributes="member: 355135">I created an account and am only posting this because I know it will be incredibly helpful to people in my former, soundless situation.  So, I have discovered a way to remove any broken headphone jack, regardless of how deeply stuck it is, from a notebook, and it is absurdly easy.  This was after thinking I would have to disassemble my computer, or replace the logic port for $500.  Thank god, none of this is necessary, and I implore you to try this method before bothering yourself with any of that. Take a pen (a bic I suppose).  Take it apart.  Remove the plastic, skinny, cylindrical portion from the pen (it contains the ink and the tip, along with a long, empty side.  Stick the empty side into your macbook port.  More than likely, it will not fit.  Remove it, and gently mold the opening with whatever you want (I used a toothpick, carefully), a little at a time, while testing it over and over again until it finally is just wide enough to slide over the broken headphone jack, while still remaining tight enough to grip the broken piece with sufficient friction.  Then, push it over the broken piece, and pull it out.  Major WOW factor involved. I literally almost took my computer apart after finding out I would need to pay $500.  My dad is the one who discovered this method.  After a full year of having an incredibly deep break in the port and consequently no sound, he had it out in 10 minutes.  Unbelievable.  Don't be a fool and use the glue method.  This is an incredible trick that YOU NEED TO TRY FIRST. The apple store told me it was way, way too deep to ever be retrieved without replacing the logic port.  Apple store, you've been owned.</blockquote>

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