IPhone Sounds

Liystalander wrote:
Try going to settings -> general settings -> reset -> reset all settings.

Good Luck,
AC

Thank you Liystalander!!!! I had tried every other method on this page of the forum and a few others on another page of the forum (besides a restore) and this WORKED!!

Thanks for posting this!!

nocaldude

I am SO thankful that I came across this forum!!! I was about to shell out money to see if someone else could fix my ear speaker because no sound would come out of it, it wasn't on silent, and wasn't on vibrate... for the last month. Putting the headphones in and out three times worked like a charm! I'm SOOOOO happy that it worked! Wouldn't have thought of that on my own. 🙂

Yes!!!!

I was having this exact same issue on my two-day-old iPhone 3G and was dreading having to take it to an Apple Store to get it fixed. The "reset all settings" did the trick and now it's working 100%.

THANK YOU!!! 😀

Its not a software issue.

Here's what i did to fix mine:

http://www.luckow.com/iphone/

I left more on the q-tip to get a tighter fit in the jack while cleaning.
Use a flash light and a toothpick to gently scrape the thick gunk out of it, clean it until it looks as if it were new and that will fix the problem. Also put a plug in the jack or get a case that covers it to keep the dirt out of it. I used a an old headphone jack with the cord cut off and three rings of the tip of the jack removed (or you won't have sound with it in there:)

I was having the same issue with the new 3G. Re-setting appears to help. Thanks for the post.

Ringtones come in fine but that's about it. I've done just about everything I can to the settings including complete reset. I've also tried the plugging/unplugging routine but to no avail. I'm planning on taking my iPhone into the store in a couple weeks to get it looked at but can anyone think of something I missed? Everything worked ok on the external speakers until I plugged in headphones. Is it like someone said and just a problem of lint?

I have iPhone 2.0 by the way and just updated.

I've been pulling my hair out about this, have gone through full restores and everything, nothing worked up til now.

So I wanted to say a MASSIVE thank you to the person who posted the Reset All Settings solution - worked for me, just as I was anticipating having to return my iphone as I only got it three days ago!

Hi mate,

I had this problem recently and tried all the suggested solutions but yours was the right one! I blowed a couple of times in the headphone socket and that did the treat! I guess that your solution is THE solution to all the mentioned problems!

Thanks for this!
cc

Yes the insert and retract thing worked for me too...

quite vigorously insert and remove your headphone jack in and out of the socket... quite possibly you've got some dirt in the socket which has 'locked' it in headphones mode.

This is really common according to the Apple Technicians.

see link for example video:

http://www.iphoneuserguide.com/apple/2008/08/07/iphone3g/tips-my-iphone-is-stuck -in-headphones-mode/

Message was edited by: realitydreamship

Just rest the whole thing though. Hold down the power and the home button and that should work, if not the problem is worse.

THE PROBLEM IS WITH A DEFECTIVE MUTE BUTTON. APPLE WILL REPLACE THE PHONE. When you are putting the jack in and out you are probably joggling a loose connection inside. With mine I could hear the sounds if I was on speaker on the phone with someone, but diminished. I could also hear everything with the headsets. And I can hear the ringtones when I go into the settings. I did a complete erase and restore as though a new phone. Bottom line, it's a hardware issue, but it took me two hours to figure that out. Hey, they made the power supply defective, too.