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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 gerryelanda,

    gerryelanda gerryelanda Jul 10, 2016 3:13 AM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Jul 10, 2016 3:13 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

    It happen to me a couple minutes ago , then i tried to sucked my phone headphone port and put cutton bud , sucked 5 times and its work normal again . Lol . Thankyou !

  • by BearLukey,

    BearLukey BearLukey Jul 13, 2016 8:25 PM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Jul 13, 2016 8:25 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

    Bigdalla, I can't thank you enough. Sweet mother of dear God, thank you! I sucked on my iPhone and it worked!

  • by willgil8,

    willgil8 willgil8 Jul 18, 2016 6:17 PM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Jul 18, 2016 6:17 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

    Trying suck air through the head jack, charging port, and speaker. It sounds funny but it worked for me. you must suck in a lot of air but it worked. Also try blowing through the port.

  • by willgil8,

    willgil8 willgil8 Jul 18, 2016 6:25 PM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Jul 18, 2016 6:25 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

    Do what Bigbillpns said. Try sucking in air through the headphone jack, speaker, and charging port. Also try blowing in the headphone jack, speaker, and charging port. This worked great for me. Thank you so much big bill!!!!

  • by Mickjagger65,

    Mickjagger65 Mickjagger65 Jul 19, 2016 9:35 PM in response to bigdalla
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    Jul 19, 2016 9:35 PM in response to bigdalla

    i was having the same problem and I did exactly that. I freaking worked! 7 years later and this still works cheers mate 

  • by cgreer2,

    cgreer2 cgreer2 Jul 23, 2016 1:17 PM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Jul 23, 2016 1:17 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

    This worked, I can't believe it. I tried everything else and it had sat for hours in front of an AC vent as well as a hair dryer. My iPhone 6 got creek water in it and I thought the headphone jack was permanently messed up. I tried sucking on it but it didn't work, so I took a tip from someone else in this thread and used my shop vac. It cured it almost instantly, within a few seconds. Just put the attachment over the headphone jack and turned on the vac. Thank you!!!!!

  • by scindula,

    scindula scindula Jul 23, 2016 6:52 PM in response to bigdalla
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    Jul 23, 2016 6:52 PM in response to bigdalla

    great tip - I had few water drops near the headphone jack... Probabllty due to water my phone was stuck in headphone mode tried cleaning etc but nothing worked .... Your sucking the headphone socket idea dI'd it.. Just kept my mouth and sucked couple of times fixed the problem... Funny but worked great !!! Thanks

  • by Lino Diaz,

    Lino Diaz Lino Diaz Jul 29, 2016 7:46 PM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Jul 29, 2016 7:46 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

    This is a common issue with iPhones, as it's happened when I had my 4S, 5S and now my 6+. In all instances, I used the same fix. To get a better understanding, if you look at your headphones or headphones with mic, you'll notice 2-3 divisions in the plug. This corresponds with the 3 connections in the jack. Shine a flashlight in the jack, and you'll notice 3 tiny steel balls. These steel balls are spring loaded and align with the three divisions in the plug. On occasion, most likely caused by dust or dirt, one of the balls gets stuck in, confusing the iPhone into thinking a headphone plug is plugged in. Now that you understand how it works and how it fails, you have to get the problem ball unstuck. Grab a cotton swab, dip in rubbing alcohol, spin it tight and out between your fingers, and stick it in the jack while spinning it. This will clean out any dirt stuck in the jack. Now grab a plastic head tack, and stick it in the jack. Press it against the side with the steel balls at an angle. You should feel the three steel balls with the point of the tack. The problem ball, should feel like a hole, because it's stuck in the in position. Pay particular attention to that hole. Pull out while maintaining pressure at an angle against the side of the jack. Check your volume button. If you still see Headphone on the display, repeat the procedure until you see Ringer.  Problem should be resolved.

  • by cnzonga,

    cnzonga cnzonga Aug 2, 2016 5:32 AM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Aug 2, 2016 5:32 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

    HI guys. to fix this issu which happened to mee as well, i first cleaned the inside of the headphone hole with a small and little bit wet rag after turning iPhone off. I could see many mostur and dust coming out of the hole. After cleaning the hole, i turn my iphone on and everything came to normal. It took me only 3 minutes!

  • by RcKRoCKS,

    RcKRoCKS RcKRoCKS Aug 3, 2016 7:42 PM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Aug 3, 2016 7:42 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

    problem this is in the charging plug. beleive me i tried almost anything but at last i got a pin and insert in the charging port and clean all the junk safely. i hope this helps Thanks

  • by sradwanphoto,

    sradwanphoto sradwanphoto Aug 16, 2016 3:13 PM in response to willgil8
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    Aug 16, 2016 3:13 PM in response to willgil8

    I'm so gobsmacked at the help that worked through such a simple technique, I had to create an account in order to reply to say thank you!  I tried everything from a "Techie" minded point of view, yet dismissed something so simple, and the sucking worked!  I had Soundcloud playing and as I started to suck I could heard it crackle through, so I continued and it is now working fine Many thanks!

  • by kdoll418,

    kdoll418 kdoll418 Aug 21, 2016 5:46 PM in response to bigdalla
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    Aug 21, 2016 5:46 PM in response to bigdalla

    Thanks! This helped!

  • by richthakid,

    richthakid richthakid Aug 23, 2016 8:19 PM in response to SoCalSkippy
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    Aug 23, 2016 8:19 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

    EFFICIENT:

     

    Use a que tip. First, rip off most of the cotton leaving just enough to fit into the headphones socket. Stick it in there, twirl it around and out comes some type of residue (mine was black). I started to notice as I pulled it out and pushed it back in gently (but repetitively) that my Spotify icon started appearing on and off, on and off the bottom left corner of the screen. If it dissapears when you pull the que tip out completely then it is fixed.

  • by NYstateOfMind95,

    NYstateOfMind95 NYstateOfMind95 Aug 23, 2016 11:06 PM in response to bigdalla
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    Aug 23, 2016 11:06 PM in response to bigdalla

    MAnnnnn I had to make an account to thank you for this. The funny thing I tried it and it didn't work the first time. I resorted to using q tips which did nothin more than clean out the jack. Then finally I tried ur method one last time and it worked!!! The satisfaction was beyond incredible because it was really infuriating me. Thank you so much!

  • by djmunish,

    djmunish djmunish Aug 27, 2016 4:27 AM in response to bigdalla
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    Aug 27, 2016 4:27 AM in response to bigdalla

    It really worked, Thanks alot mate, You saved my 500 INR

     

    Thanks

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