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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 9:14 PM

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Sabz79

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Posted on Sep 20, 2016 6:01 AM

I cannot believe I had this issue today - literally 4 days before I get the iPhone7. I went into panic mode and spoke to Apple Support chat online - we spent almost an hour testing voice memos, restoring my phone from backup and as new - no luck. Then we got cut off 😕

But then someone else took over and 'kindly' warned me that I was out of warranty so I would be liable for any hardware costs. YAY! However they told me of the simple trick of getting a cotton bud and gently inserting it into the jack to clear it out. I had no cotton buds so I delicately used a cocktail stick. Five mins later of tiny bits of lint coming out, hey presto! A bigger ball comes out and my phone went back into ringer mode! I could have cried. Literally.

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gurskyi

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May 14, 2013 2:58 PM in response to bigdalla

thanks man! sucking rocks!

bauer23

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Jun 4, 2013 2:46 PM in response to Glenn Kelly1

This worked for me!

Jun 11, 2013 7:57 PM in response to Connern14

Nope didn't work. Am i the only one that believes it's a deeper problem and NOTHING is fixing it (hardware or software related)?

Jun 12, 2013 6:32 PM in response to rdh48

Thanks but what does all that have to do with iphones stuck in headphones mode?

Jul 8, 2013 3:04 PM in response to Matthew Fletcher

Thank you so much!!

Jul 18, 2013 9:57 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

Thanks a lot.. It worked :)

bdapp

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Aug 3, 2013 6:37 PM in response to shannon ong

We tried everthing posted hear nothing worked until we tried shannon's solution which worked

Aug 13, 2013 8:25 PM in response to bigdalla

Thanks,

I knew sucking hard would pay off for me someday.

I tried this and IT WORKED!!!

YAY!

pate2775

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Sep 16, 2013 1:13 PM in response to peakcelln

My iphone5 is still under warranty. Do you think if I take it to the Apple store, they will fix it there?

Sep 16, 2013 2:24 PM in response to peakcelln

BTW...If any of this helps anyone, please press the LIKE button...thanx.

Sep 16, 2013 2:25 PM in response to peakcelln

get it swapped out from where??

Sep 16, 2013 2:37 PM in response to peakcelln

The closest apple store to me is nearly 2 hours away.. I don't really have the time to work with that

pate2775

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Sep 17, 2013 7:15 AM in response to peakcelln

The problem went away today. Hopefully it does't occur again in the future. Or hopefully it happens, while my phone is still under warranty (60 days left).

Sep 18, 2013 10:49 AM in response to peakcelln

if i took it to an apple store would they just exchange it for a new one? or how does it all work?

Sep 20, 2013 6:01 PM in response to th3_r3n3g4d3

Holy crap!! That blows my mind but that actually worked!

Thanks!

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