Headphone piece stuck in headphone jack, can't get it out?

X_X

There is a piece I cannot get out of my headphone jack; Therefor I jump to the assumption that I should be able to switch or disable from headphone to speaker. Boy was I wrong. After going through the sound UI to no avail every method did not work. The headphone aspect was classified as speakers and branched under Realtek speaker(this had both headphone jack and speaker under it) therefor I could not disable it. There seems to be no way of disabling or altering the headphone jack which is frankly *****. Please, someone, prove me wrong as after an hour or so I have come to nothing regarding this subject. The model I have for laptop is SF314-52-58TX(Acer Swift 3, i5 processor). Hopefully, I do not have to get to the point where I have to inject code into the os or something to interfere with the headphone process therefor I would get sound(if that would even work). To top that all off Acer uses screws that very few people have, that if I wanted to replace the part I would have to go into a repair shop myself. Honestly, it's just a shitshow. 

aphanic

Darn... I don't see an easy fix for this, bruteforcing for sure, but I can't think of anything software-wise.

Could you send us a picture of what the headphone jack looks like? I'm thinking maybe we could attach something to the part that got stick using some cyanoacrylate glue (SuperGlue sometimes called), like a little pin and when it's set try to pull from it to remove the other part. I'd need to be a good glue or it may just separate, I don't know the force numbers needed for the calculations, never attempted anything like this either. But it's probably your best bet.

Replacing the part in a service center or repair shop is feasible though, I don't how much would that run you for but it's an option.

Another option, that's brute and I wouldn't recommend, is forgoing the headphone jack altogether and hacking it off of the motherboard I believe it's clear why I wouldn't recommend this approach, not only because some other component could be broken in the process but because you'd be loosing functionality. Boring with a small drill bit and a steady setup maybe too, but risky af as well.

Let's wait for the picture and then we'll be better equipped to assess how badly it is. There ought to be a solution with more finesse, but not through software I'm afraid.

billsey

A small sheet metal screw should grab the plug enough to allow it to be pulled out, unless the center of the plug is solid, then it's also going to take a tiny drill... It also might be worthwhile to investigate a small bead or superglue on the end of a toothpick, then putting the toothpick on the plug center. It should take much effort to pull it out, it's just that there's likely nothing to grab on to.

But in answer to the original question, even though the 'speakers' are still shown as an output device, you should be able to choose the internal speakers from the Sound Settings menu.