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Q: iPhone stuck in "headphones" mode

Earlier I accidentally grabbed my iPod headphones instead of my iPhone headphones and I think I may have jammed them in there too far. Because now I can't hear any of the keyboard clicks or sounds and when I receive a text message there's no sound either. And when I receive a call it won't allow me to hear the person on the other line unless I put my headphones in or use the speaker function. And when I turn the ringer volume up/down it says "headphones" in parentheses as if it's been set to "headphones" mode or something! Is it possible that I jammed them in so far that my iPhone thinks my headphones are still plugged in? Did I just totally ruin my iPhone? What do I do? Anyone know how I can fix this? Thanks!

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Posted on Jan 15, 2008 9:16 PM

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  • by mannyotr,

    mannyotr mannyotr Feb 27, 2013 5:49 AM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Feb 27, 2013 5:49 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

    Found a solution, simply by mistake!

     

    I tried everything that has been posted here:

     

    - Plugging and unplugging the headphones many times (using more than one set of headphones)

    - Reboot

    - Shutdown and restart

    - Play a song, pause, remove headphones

    - Q-tip

    - Airplane Mode

     

    Nothing had worked so I finally gave up and made an appointment with the Genius Bar for the next day.

     

    I went to bed and set the phone on vibrate so I could 'hear' if someone called me.

     

    The next morning, much to my surprise, my iPhone alarm sound woke me up. It took me several seconds to realize what had just happened, my phone wasn't stuck on headphones anymore. The alarm was going off and I could hear it.

     

    So one of these three things did the trick for me:

     

    1. Vibrate mode (althought I have no idea why that would work)

    2. Time (simply leaving it alone over night)

    3. Alarm (maybe the alarm going off is what fixed the issue)

     

    Appoitment with Genius Bar canceled.

  • by LilHadari,

    LilHadari LilHadari Mar 2, 2013 11:15 AM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Mar 2, 2013 11:15 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

    I had the same problem just last night. I tried sucking the air out, I even tried it with a hair dryer but it didn't work. I then read that if there is moisture in the headphone jack (which was very possible since I dropped my phone on snow) to put the phone in a ziploc bag and place it in the freezer for 3 minutes. I tried that and it worked instantly!

  • by kannaS,

    kannaS kannaS Mar 5, 2013 7:41 PM in response to SickSteezle
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    Mar 5, 2013 7:41 PM in response to SickSteezle

    you are amazing and saved my day.. inhaling worked for me.. hope this will continue until the end.. thanks a lot..

  • by krchristmas,

    krchristmas krchristmas Mar 6, 2013 4:27 PM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Mar 6, 2013 4:27 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

    Okay so I totally freaked today when this happened to my phone and I couldn't figure out why.  I will say that I blamed it on my two year old who seems to be a pro at changing settings in three seconds and then it taking me hours to figure out what he has done.  After reading this post I remembered that this morning I spilled coffee in my car.  I don't think any got on my phone but it is a possibility.  I took an alcohol wipe and a bobby pin and cleaned out the headphone jack - and it worked! I know it doesn't sound that the best thing to do but the alcohol seemed to dry up what ever was in the headphone jack and fixed my problem.  Hope this helps someone out there.

  • by nature geek,

    nature geek nature geek Mar 14, 2013 10:24 PM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Mar 14, 2013 10:24 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

    This happened to my phone today. I couldn't hear a fairly important call. I tried the various suggestions on here - bobby pin, plugging the headphones in and out, the hairdryer and using the bellows I clean my DSLR's sensor with. None of them worked. I live in Sydney, Australia and it's summer here so it wasn't the cold that made it freeze up on me. My husband was going to take it to the Apple store but this is what worked when all of the above didn't.

     

    Finally, I sucked the socket and after doing this a few times, it worked.

     

    I now have it working again and my phone has a big smile on its face. 

  • by Rocker1424,

    Rocker1424 Rocker1424 Mar 24, 2013 7:26 AM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Mar 24, 2013 7:26 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

    A couple of people on here suggested sucking the headphone hole as hard as ****.....now this does sound rediculous, however it worked. After poking shaking and getting as mad as **** I tried it and sure enough the sound came back, now I am calm and big thanks to the the iPhone suckers

  • by darlinx,

    darlinx darlinx Mar 30, 2013 6:35 AM in response to Rocker1424
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    Mar 30, 2013 6:35 AM in response to Rocker1424

    im sorry... i got the same problem here... can you guys give me any idea what i can do more.? My iphone4 sound stop working, i google it, i have clean the headphone port with alcohol and earbud, i have try plug n unplugged headphones so many times... i also have reset my setting (networking) followed the intruction from one web i read but still nothing happen.. :(

  • by iRepDaSipp,

    iRepDaSipp iRepDaSipp Mar 30, 2013 3:17 PM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Mar 30, 2013 3:17 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

    I would like to know why in all the 569273 Views and 381 Replies.... NO OFFICIAL APPLE RESPONSE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THIS THREAD?! Needless to say, I am experiencing the same issue and from reading all of these posts, I'm inclined to believe that NOTHING really worked but time. That said...when you pay $500 for a freakin' phone, you want your sh** to work!

  • by RyanDolan123,

    RyanDolan123 RyanDolan123 Mar 30, 2013 3:29 PM in response to Shaka St. Ange
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    Mar 30, 2013 3:29 PM in response to Shaka St. Ange

    Solution: take out the headphones

  • by cheonweb,

    cheonweb cheonweb Mar 30, 2013 3:31 PM in response to iRepDaSipp
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    Mar 30, 2013 3:31 PM in response to iRepDaSipp

    Apple is not reading this forum. It's only from users to users.

  • by Carolynnnka,

    Carolynnnka Carolynnnka Mar 31, 2013 5:50 PM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Mar 31, 2013 5:50 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

    If you take a tooth pick a wrap paper towel around it and then clean out your headphone jack it should work! (: Worked for me!

  • by arik_s,

    arik_s arik_s Apr 1, 2013 8:13 AM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Apr 1, 2013 8:13 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

    Not sure if this has been brought up in this forum yet or not, but I have a 4S, basically the problem is all the sounds work excpet when music is played.  text message alerts, phone rings, all that is ok.  But, when you go to the ipod, pandora, or another music playing app, none of the songs will play. 

     

    Have tried many of the suggestions here, restored, sucking on it, canned air, etc...but no luck.  This problem sounds slightly different seeing how it does play sounds ok, just not music.

     

    Thanks in advance.

  • by Adrock101,

    Adrock101 Adrock101 Apr 9, 2013 4:43 PM in response to arik_s
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    Apr 9, 2013 4:43 PM in response to arik_s

    I have an iPhone 5 16GB

     

    This is what worked for me, I rolled up a tiny piece of newspaper, jiggled it in the jack port, and also sucked out the air for a second and sound was back. Perhaps try this two or three times gently before giving up

     

    It is definitely a hardware issue, not a software issue, do not attempt most of the suggestions here, if it continues to happen I am going to the Apple store with it and I am not paying "jack" **** for it.

     

    ( sucking out the air worked as the sound came on as I was attempting this )

  • by Adrock101,

    Adrock101 Adrock101 Apr 9, 2013 6:40 PM in response to Adrock101
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    Apr 9, 2013 6:40 PM in response to Adrock101

    On second thought its just lint or debris in the port, a shot of air from a compressed air can I imagine would do the same thing

  • by arik_s,

    arik_s arik_s Apr 10, 2013 8:07 AM in response to Adrock101
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    Apr 10, 2013 8:07 AM in response to Adrock101

    Have tried the compressed air.  I think the only thin I haven't done is try the newspaper thing.  Will give it a try.  Only thing I don't get witht this problem is that the sound will work witheverything except listening to music from the ipod, pandora, etc... The alarms work, text tones, ringer, etc all work. 

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