Phone only works on "speaker phone" setting

socalrob,

Aside from resetting the iPhone, did you try RESTORING the iphone using iTunes iPhone Restore option?

that should work.


If it doesn't, then it's probably hardware and you should call or go to an Apple store and have them look at it.

socalrob,

Your symptoms sound (pun) like the iPhone is registering a headphone connected to the headphone jack of the iPhone. Is there a possibility that iWife accidentally got something stuck in the headphone jack and as a result the iPhone continuously thinks there's a headphone connected?

If not take it to an  store for replacement.

Hopefully this information has helped you out.

You're welcome... i agree with applephone, you may have to take the iPhone into an Apple Store and have them look at it.

More than likely they will either send it out for repairs or replace it.

Good luck!

I had the same thing happen after using the headphones while making a phone call. I removed the headphone plug from the jack and the mike on the phone was disabled. I never did a full reset. What I did do was plug the headphone back in to the jack and then removed them. The problem cleared up. Odd and a little worrisome.

Good luck socalrob,

Remember it's iWife '07 not the iwife 😉

Also socalrob, if you have the iPhone with you then you don't need iWife '07. That's the way it should always be though right (he he) just take the iPhone in to the  store yourself and tell them the problem and they'll give you a new one. Done + Done! Then iWife will come home, you'll show her the working iPhone and as Emeril would say, "BAM"

I too experienced this after making calls throughout the day the only way to talk or hear phone calls was to use the speakerphone button.

After reading the comments I inserted the earbud plug (which I normally don't use) into the socket and removed and I was back in business..

Has to be a software/hardware issue...Had the same thing the other day and it cleared up by itself.

Your mic won't work either it still thinks the headset is in and that is where the mic is now. This is a common problem with the phones and laptop. They use the same resistance circuit to measure when a jack is plugged in. It does nor work that well.

I also had the same issue. I didn't read the forums about the headset - I had only used the headset only once or twice.

I walked into the Apple Store, they reproduced the issue, gave me a free loaner phone, and said mine would be repaired in 3 days. I'm still using the loaner till Monday.

I'll tell you this...I don't much care if there are one or two issues. If you get this kind of service, who cares. We'll all have problems from time to time, it's hardware, it fails.

However, I've never gotten this kind of service from AT&T. If you're phone is messed up, the service guys do everything they can do tell you that you dropped it or spilt coffee on it. I've never gotten an immediate loaner phone from AT&T or Cingular.

The real sigh of relief is that every time I synch, it's backed up so they asked politely, do you have a backup. Of course I did, but I never had this with a Blackberry - in fact - I had two Blackberries just in case. Thanks to Craigs List, they funded a 1/3 of my iPhone.

(P.S. Sorry to be a fan...)

Still the best phone I've ever had. So I'll let you know what happens to me.

I too had the same problem.
restored right away, problem fixed.......
then it started again. no sound for phone, or on ipod (but it worked with headphones)
this time started getting a "enter voicemail password" constantly.
did reset,
went to att website reset voicemail password.
so far so good, everything seems to be working????

I just experienced the same problem. I plugged in some headphones and promptly removed them, problem solved. I was using my wife's shuffle headphones the night before to listen to some music (I already managed to break my iPhone headphones) and the problem occurred after that. Hopefully someone finds my story helpful. Glad I found this post, I was about to do a restore, didn't want to.

Hello Leone,

You can correctly spell my alias Phone by simultaneously pressing Shift OptionK if you wish 😉

Thanks for that tip Phone!

Let's hope i remember it next time 😉 lol.

Same situation here. Happen only once and now take care in removing the ear buds.