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Does anyone know how to repair the mic?

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I have two Jabra Evolve 75 headsets, both with the same problem: The mic is not working anymore.

I suspect that after being raised and dropped X-many times a wire got loose inside but I can't find anyone brave enough who would open the headset and check if that is actually true.

I am super happy with this headsets and I really don't want to spend 300€ for new ones. Everything else is working perfectly, except the mic.

I hope there is someone who can help me out.

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I have the same problem with my Evolve2 75. Worked fine for 3 or 4 years then out of the blue, the mic started flaking out. Yesterday it finally quit working. Boom mic does not seem to detect any sound or it is very very quiet, but the rest of the headset works fine. Really frustrating that this happens with a $300+ headset.

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Hi!

I want to start by shedding some light on a previous similar post "My headset mic is not working ", which could be worth checking out.

Your suspicion of the wire being loose or something similar is not unreasonable. There is no full tear-down of both headset cups for this particular model, but there is a guide on Jabra Evolve 75 battery replacement where they tear down the non microphone side.

You can hopefully follow that guide to open the microphone side, and check if the wires looks detached, pinched or damaged, if this is the case you can try re-solder or replace end of the cable(s).

If you cannot make out anything by eye, you can take a multimeter and take some ohm-measurements on the microphone, or the solder pads/wire-solder on the circuit board leading to the microphone to get a gist of the workings of the microphone. If you get a short circuit (~0 ohms) or a break (~infinite ohms) it is likely that the wire, or wire connection has broken or been damaged further up. Then it is up to you if you can think you can take apart the microphone housing to inspect it for cable damage; and there you may also be able to do measurements on the microphone itself skipping the cables. If the microphone is doing a good reading (typically 100 ohms up to kilo-ohm range) whereas the wires are not, the microphone is probably okay the cables are most likely broken; then you can replace and solder on new cables.

If you get bad measurements directly on the microphone, then it is likely that the microphone per se is broken.

Alternatively you may be able to source a new microphone and arm for the headset and replace it. Tho from a quick web search I did not find any replacement microphones.

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Hi all

Sorry it took this much time to get back to this post, but I was looking for anyone in my region that would be able to help fixing my issue. I contacted and took the headset to three different "mechanics" and they all said the same: I am sorry, I can't fix this.

Like @alexg55807 said, the microphone is soldered together, routed through the hole, and to make things even worse, the cable is not "cable" per say, but some sort of a "gum-like-compound" that entirely prevents soldering and any other form of tampering. Additionally, the entire thing is casted in plastics so you would actually have to break the plastics to get to the wiring. No need to say that once you break the plastic casting, you will never get the microphone back as it was.

Bottom line: Now I have two identical Jabra headsets with the same error that can't be fixed. I am never buying anything Jabra anymore.

I am attaching the pictures of the opened headset. I hope this thread helps in future decisions.

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just typed some stuff and deleted it after loging in and seeing all of this :D. You already found the Problem in your second Picture. The cable should be broken wher it is routed through the PCB. thats how it was for my last 5 Headsets. The Black plastik side clips right out or is glued and can be pulled off if its a new headset. remove all screws, cut open the Cable, splice the 2 wires in there (very small) and solder it with a new wire to the two spots on the other side (that is currently covered by the plastic in your first picture). The glue on ther can just be piled off.

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I tried fixing mine today and it seems to have worked. But this is definitely advanced level. My current assembly state is this

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I did not have a repair cable thin enough to fit through the hole, so I cannot put mine together right now. Jabra used a coax cable with wires as thin as I have never seen before. The hole in the PCB is not much bigger than 1mm in diameter and it proved difficult to find a cable thin enough.

This is the back of the PCB as found

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This is what it looks like after desoldering and preliminary cleaning

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What I have learned so far: the black plastic they put on the solder pads and in the feed through hole can be melted with a soldering iron and removed with a fiberglass eraser. Unfortunately, I did not have one at hand so I used a flat tip screwdriver for temporary cleaning. That's why it's not as clean as I would like it to be yet.

The mic boom arm is filled with silicone and the outer casing seems to be glued shut. I could not find a way to open it up yet so a full microphone replacement seems unfeasible.

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Microphone cable replacement also seems unfeasible because the cable is also glued to the end of the actual mic in the boom arm with silicone.

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I couldn't get even a beep through-measurement with my multimeter, let alone an internal resistance measurement. Probably because the cables are so thin. Plus inside the coax cable the insulation between the inner and outer cable layer is just some sort of insulating paint so it is really difficult to get a proper contact. However - after soldering in a temporary cable for testing purposes (and some fiddling with the switch in the headset that mutes the mic when the arm is flipped up) it did work in a test call. So the mic worked after temporary reassembly but I am still doubtful that I will be successful. I ordered a fiberglass eraser and a 0,04mm² cable (could not find a coax so let's hope this one works) and will try to put mine together afterwards. I am not entirely convinced that I can even manage that. If I am successful I'll try to write a manual for the repair. But I still have my doubts. Mainly because of my skill level (or lack thereof). Someone with a higher skill level and better equipment should be able to fix the headset.

I'll also try to get some damaged ones from some colleagues and then try and fix those before posting the manual to make sure that I actually fixed the problem and mine wasn't just an outlier. My mic was still working on and off before I tried fixing it.

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We also use the same headset in my company (or better - used to use..we have to take the cheaper model nowadays). The headsets kept failing after a while, usually after ~2 years.

My first recommendation is to check, whether you are eligible for a warranty replacement. In my region (Germany) Jabra Headsets have a 2 year warranty and Jabra has an easy to use online warranty checker. When I RMA'd mine I did not have to hand in any proof of purchase and I did also not have to send in my faulty device. They just sent me a replacement unit free of charge.

A colleague of mine tried to repair his and was unsuccesful. He said that the microphone boom cables are routed through a hole in the PCB and are then soldered on the speaker side. He did not see any damage in the cables (then again - his mic was working every once in a while). He didn't want to take the headset apart any further so he cut the cable a little ways off the feed through hole and soldered new cables in but did not solve the issue. In fact - his mic stopped working altogether even though the measured resistance seemed to be fine. He then abandoned the repair effort.

My warranty replacement unit just died because of the microphone issue so I'm going to try and repair mine if I find the time.

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That’s usually the problem wear and tear of this wire. It contains 2 wires inside, make sure to isolate them correctly after cutting them open and resoldering it.

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