iPhone stuck in "headphones" mode

Hi guys! I had the same problem, I tried everthing, plug/unplug earphones, hard reset, airplane mode, Q tip and nothing the problem was still there.

This was what actually works for me, I just activate Siri and sounds are on again! 🙂😎

Thanks!

Had same prob. I tot it was wet so I used a toothpick with tissue, then the tissue not wet.

Then I tried toothpick alone to dig the end gently... N I dug out a tiny ball of lint.... Quite scary. Works fine after I dug it out.. Never had this prob before

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)

- Bold one revive my phone sound back out of "Headphones" mode and save me a lot of buck ! yes im in 2016 and just experienced a few hours to suffer this problem but bold method save me a lot !. thanks mannyotr

ive just experienced this problem despit the fact that I've never used a headphone on my iPhone 6s! All of a sudden, I couldn't play music through the speakers only to discover that it thinks I've got headphone plugged in even tho it isn't! But how i resolved my issue was to click on 'Airplane mode', then switch it off again and it worked! I think it's a software glitch more so than hardware?!

Inserting, removing, and reinserting headphone plug and cleaning the headphone jack didn't help my iPhone; what worked was when I was in Pandora and the iPhone was locked (thanks to screensaver) the speaker volume slide bar appeared, and I was able to restore the volume.

This idea worked for me. I tried everything else first but after reading this idea I put it into Airplane mode and after 30 seconds I tried the volume buttons on the side and instead of adjusting the Headphone volume it was adjusting the Ringer volume. I felt like I'd won a few hundred dollars. Well I thought I'd mention how I g my phone going again. Thanks to zmoish for the idea and relieving me of my panic.

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 **'d it.. Just kept my mouth and sucked couple of times fixed the problem... Funny but worked great !!! Thanks

Bizarre, I have also had the problem with the headphone jack thinking it was connected sporadically. I have found that it seems to start when I try and access video clips on Facebook. Tried many of the suggestions on this thread without success. Was dubious but gave the sucking trick a go and low and behold it actually fixed the problem!!!! In 'Music' if you select the 'Airplay' icon below the 'Play' button it had been showing 'Headphones'. After the sucking it reverted to 'iPad'. Don't know why there can't just be an option to select iPad when it has headphones selected to make the change without the sucking.

I had this problem, horrible issue. Tried most of the fixes but none worked for me, I recommend this:

- Make a call to someone, doesn't matter who

- Your phone should go into speaker mode and you should be able to hear the phone call

- Keep plugging in and unplugging some earphones while on call

- End the call and it should be fixed.

This worked for me at least, hope this helps someone! :/

Had somewhat of a similar issue with my iPhone 6s. After spilling a very small amount of water on my phone, it dropped into my phone case and was sitting between my phone and my case. Water then got into my ear jack but didn't notice till I realized my sound wasn't working and it was only in "headphones" mode. Immediately tried sucking the water out cause my sister suggested it, but it didn't help. I tried letting it sit in rice overnight, didn't really fix the issue of the headphones mode. I tried plugging and unplugging the earphone jack several times and doing that with pressing play on music, and it didn't work. Oddly enough, when I was called, my speakers would work and ring, but when I answered the call I was only able to hear the other person when they were on speaker, I tried the q tip and I tried compressed air.

THE ONE LAST THING THAT I TRIED THAT WORKED for some odd reason, was I set my timer up for 1 minute and let it ring, I was in messenger so once I turned the timer off from the push notification, i continued texting and the sound just randomly started working again.

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.To fix it do that hold home button and locked button in same time then bring a disinfectant to clean headphones place with cotton stick because I think that something stuck in,Then your iphone be''Ringer'' mode that's made your problem was solved.

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So I was desperate, I stuck stuff up my iPhone, I blew I sucked, I plugged earplugs in and out and my iPhone refused to quit the headphone mode. I quit, and planned on using my Iphone with headphones only.

I plugged the earphones AMD charged it for the night. In the morning, I hoped it was a dream and checked. It was still headphones mode. BUT WHEN I UNPLUGGED THE EARPHONES IT WAS AS OF NOTHING HAPPENED! It was a miracle

Few things which worked for me

1) Turn on your alarm and see if sound comes

2)Got to settings and increase volume bar

3) Suck the air out of jack with pressure

4)turn down and up the ringer button which is above volume button on side

5)Turn of device and suck the air out by your mouth