My iPhone 3Gs is my pride and joy. The earphones worked fine, but the mic and the volume control buttons generated no response. I thought I wrecked my phone for sure (as my earphones were working on other people’s phones). I looked online and found this page. All you need to do is switch off the phone and put some slender object like a pin (preferably not too sharp) into the earphone socket. You end up pulling out enough lint to make new pants out of them!
Once I dug out all that lint, the earphone started working and it works great now! I decided to post this in the hope that it might help someone else.
Bharatwrites 
It definitely will… will remember to try this out before throwing out my next bunch of headphones 😀
Also nice shot of the city skyline…from Brooklyn is it 🙂 ?
Haha! If this post helps even one person, it’s worth it! I got the skyline pic off the internet. I think based on the view, it was taken from west of Manhattan, so I would guess Hoboken, New Jersey or someplace near. I could be horribly wrong though!
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