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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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Jul 14, 2014 12:50 PM in response to Community User

I Have tried so many thinga and nothing has worked with my iphone 5c I think there is water in it

Jul 17, 2014 8:59 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

I've also experienced this issue on iOS 8

samg1155

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Jul 22, 2014 1:03 PM in response to jakebakessnakesincakes

it really works as weird as it sounded tried it first and worked immediately

Garth593

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Aug 8, 2014 2:33 AM in response to th3_r3n3g4d3

Will this only work with the apple earphones?

Aug 22, 2014 11:43 PM in response to th3_r3n3g4d3

whr u put ear buds ??

Nov 17, 2014 6:07 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

Just download 25PP http://www.25pp.com/ and then restart from the software 🙂

Dec 3, 2014 3:06 PM in response to Camomama

IT WORKS!!! HAHAHAHA

Jan 1, 2015 10:24 PM in response to th3_r3n3g4d3

tried inserting regular buds for my iphone 5s, but no change. it shows headphones still .

awb80923

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Jan 15, 2015 3:47 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

i have been trying the ear phone trjck and my iPhone 6 still does not recognize that I have taken them out

Jan 27, 2015 10:26 AM in response to bigdalla

I laughed and then sucked. It worked for me when none of the others would.

Mar 13, 2015 1:40 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

I had the same problem one night and the next day the iPod was fine

Apr 10, 2015 4:11 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

Thanks a lot

It worked with me as well 🙂

livbrook

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Apr 15, 2015 7:03 AM in response to russellsimpson79

THANK YOU - the hard reboot followed by speaker then headphone play worked - PHEW!!

cpman08

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Apr 24, 2015 10:55 AM in response to Jacob Jackson

thanks so much, u solved my problem 😉

MrWowzer

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Apr 25, 2015 6:16 AM in response to MrWowzer

Scratch that its back to headphones mode... 😢

I keep trying all of the solutions listed and some of them work, but not indefinitely.

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