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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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kjohns14

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Apr 29, 2015 10:58 AM in response to Glenn Kelly1

Wow! This worked! It was driving me crazy all day today.

Thanks!

May 12, 2015 2:07 PM in response to th3_r3n3g4d3

Yes! Thank you. It worked after inserting once. Something obviously happened to confuse the software. Thank you

May 16, 2015 2:01 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

Hey Guys,

That is true that if water enters the headphone jack, the thing gets stuck. So the q-tip thing works. Fantastic.

Thanks,

Shellsco

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Jun 4, 2015 7:48 PM in response to Matthew Fletcher

OMG this helped me. I was getting hopeless. Thank you so much!!!!!🙂

Jun 16, 2015 1:23 PM in response to frad729

Thank You. This is the only one that actually worked!

Imyvonne

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Jul 11, 2015 11:04 PM in response to Countrywench

You are the best among the rest! Thank you very much 🙂

Jul 29, 2015 5:52 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

It didn't work for me at first. I tried it a couple of times, cleaned up my phone, shut it off and Voila! it worked. Thanks so much!!

Aug 12, 2015 10:15 AM in response to Frisco_LA

I tried all of the previous suggestions and no changes. Will be heading to the Apple Store to get it checked out.

BenjiSTL

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Aug 18, 2015 4:17 PM in response to Jacob Jackson

Serious glitch apple! Please fix in iOS 9. ASAP!!

shelly24

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Aug 20, 2015 6:46 PM in response to Blairmcn

This worked for me too! Thanks!

Aug 26, 2015 12:24 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

Thanks ! It worked with a standard 3.5mm headset plug.

Sep 4, 2015 7:19 AM in response to th3_r3n3g4d3

that did not work for me... still stuck in headphone mode..... happen 30 mins ago

Sep 27, 2015 6:46 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

OH MY! Thank you so much for this! It helped me with my Iphone 6!

Life saver was ready to go to the store!

Oct 13, 2015 10:56 PM in response to ima747

This helped me! I had to talk into both speakerphones and hear my voice on both ends. Once I could do that, I ended the call and it was working again!

Oct 25, 2015 9:06 AM in response to Camomama

OK. Too funny. It worked on my 5s as well. I feel someone owes me money for this unusual act....

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