iPhone stuck in "headphones" mode

I fixed iphone wouldnot come out of headfone mode

No matter how many times i plugged in and out so iplugged in to

Ipod dock played then disconnected all ok

Pluuged headphones back in .unplugged ,stuck again

Back on ipod dock removed all ok ?

Think its software related ?

I tried everything too. The freezer thing worked for about 2 hours. I then made an appointment with the genius bar. They did a diagnostic check said moisture was the problem. Since I was still in warranty the give me another phone and synced it using the cloud. Everything fell in place even the folders remained in alphabetic order. I think may one program was missing which I will recover with my next app sync to the computer.

Hope This Helps....

I noticed some moisture when I tried the rapid headphone plug/unplug trick, so I then proceeded to use a hair dryer and a q-tip w/ most of the cotton removed. That didn't work, but when I pressed and held the volume + the reading went from "ringer (headphones)" to "ringer". Problem solved. Not sure why. My guess is it was some sort of a hardware hiccup. I was even able to recreate the glitch by inserting a pair of headphones, playing w/ the volume, and unplugging the phones. Playing with the volume after unplugging read "ringer (headphones)" until I did the press and hold the + trick. Let me know if this helps any of you.

I bought a phone and got myself a humidity detector!

In my humble opinion, this exasperating problem is not effected by temperature, but is related to humidity.

Drying the phone, by blowing air in or out, cooling it, heating it, etc, alters the humidity inside the phone. The dryer it is, the more likely it is to work correctly.

My phone was working fine yesterday - a warm sunny day of low humidity - yet right on cue, as the clouds rolled in over my mountain home this morning, the phone switched to headphone mode. A visit to a nearby airconditioned store, and it was back in ringer mode.

I plan on buying some packs of Silica Gel Dessicant crystals and storing my phone with them overnight as a tempory measure to solve the problem but Apple desperately need to make a software change to decrease the sensitivity they have programmed into their headphone socket detection subroutine.

The slightest bit of moisture sets it off into headphone heaven.

Hopefully, the next software update..........

Bigbillpns, this was the solution that worked for me after trying to plug in and unplug countless times. Sucking and pressing the volume buttons is the way foraward although it took a couple of efforts.

Thanks

I've just had the exact same problem

Tried unplugging the headphone jack

Rebooting

Nothing working at all

Nifty trick if you don't have a can of compressed air. Use a ball pin and a standard bike pump and use 3-4 bursts of air ,

Worked a treat iPhone 4 is totally back to normal

I have to agree with this post regarding humidity. It is one of several likely causes. It was quite humid today and this seemed to affect the device. Blowing with compressed air did not help at all. There was no liquid damage to the device.

This also happened to me after using my iPod headphones rather than the iPhone headphones. Inserting, then removing the headphones 8 times fixed the issue. It recurred immediately, then I inserted and removed a few more times and the issue went away. For good measure I cleaned the docking port and headphone port with compressed air again, and rebooted the device again (I had tried this earlier).

So I tried everything and eventually read about something that finally worked for me.

Settings---> Airplane Mode On----->wait a little while-----> Airplane Mode Off----> tadaaaaaa!

I don't know how or why... but it worked. Hope this helps!

If anyone in this forum is having difficulties even after plugging in and unplugging the apple headset 10 or so times and dislodging any debris that might be in the headset jack, there are a few more troubleshooting steps you can do as outlined in article TS1630: Troubleshooting Hardware for iPhone

if you're still experiencing issues, it means that it's a hardware problem that needs to be repaired

To restore the sound to the earpiece after using headphones.. You need to use a set of headphones with 3 bands on the jack. The headphone port has a switch in it. Which some headphones with only 2 bands on the jack will not activate the switch that turns on the earpiece.. Hope this is helpfull

Thank you! This solved my problem - hard reboot holding the home and sleep/wake button. I did call from my home phone and the ringer worked, but was still showing in headphone mode with no headphones. After the hard reboot, it was fine. I tried so many other things and wasted so much time. So happy I ready your post! 🙂

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!

Ok so i was by the pool an dnext thing u know, plop my iphone 5 drops in the pool!!! thankfuly i had my life proof case on! But it wasnt closed all the way. i dried it off and it was still working fine until i got back on my phone and saw tons of missed calls!! it was stuck on headphone mode!! i was really scared because my parent just got it for me. i was looking at some of these posts and a q-tip gave me an idea, i took a a little cotton off one so it could fit in the socket for head phones. i wiggled it around a little and took it out. it was wet with water. and now it works! thx Q-tips!!

I have an 8 month old iphone 5, don't use headphones and after ios7 update it stays in headphone mode, coincidence? if I reset the phone or insert the headphone jack and remove it the speaker mode returned but within a couple minutes reverted back to headphone on its own,, checked with a flashlight for lint in the jack, nothing,,

Took it to apple and they replaced with a new phone, they first checked the jack for lint or debris, said the switch in the jack is very sensitive and sometimes gets stuck... So, it could be debris in the jack temporarily messing up the switch or it could be the switch itself.

New phone, all good

Was prepared to go out and get can of compressed air, and prepared to leave in sealed zip lock baggie with rice overnight.

But first tried blowdrier on cool (which still has heat). Held it over the headphone jack about 8 inches from opening for about a minute, kept checking volume to see if headphones was indicated. After about a minute, headphone mode was released.

Thank goodness. That was 20 minutes ago and still good.

There's hope!