Headphones jack not working with all headphones

[NikolasZ]

 I recently experienced a problem when my headphones stopped working on my xperia z1 from one moment to the next. At first I thought the cord must have got cut, but the headphones were relatively new. Then I tried them on my laptop and they were working. However, when I used a friend's original xperia earphones, they worked on my phone. Also, radio does not recognise my headphones  either.

I cleaned the jack port, cleared all cache for apps and cleared data from smart connect but nothing changed.

Any idea what the problem might be? 

Thanks.

[Uliwooly]

Perhaps the headphones are OMTP instead of CTIA standard. try with another pair of headphones 

[NikolasZ]

The thing is that I was using the headphones while I was walking to uni and they were working fine, and after my lectures, on my way home, they stopped working!

[Antman87]

my guess is whilst you were at uni your phone OS must have updated. I use to be able to use any head phones till I updated one day and ever since never worked again taking a 2 ring plug..

I think The idiots at sony have changed the system to only support a 3 ring jack plug. Why I don't know. But all I know is that I want to find these people and slap the crap out of them with their stupid ideas and pure inconvenience

[Muski]

I got headphones from my historic walkman phones, and they work fine. The chinese audio player headphones work fine. Heck even the cheapest ones work great when tweaked right! I am worried why yours dont?

Try washing the area mildly and then try the headphones again since you said they were previously working.. Dirt must be doing the PUN with you.. .