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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!

Windows XP Pro

Posted on Jan 15, 2008 9:14 PM

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Posted on Jan 21, 2017 8:59 AM

i tried everything i could think of i sucked on the headphone jack look to see for debris or anything suck and nothing i turned it on and off several times and still nothing so i was desperate i grabbed my blow dryer i set it on high and bam it worked i could hear everything hope this helps you an saves you money User uploaded file

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Apr 9, 2016 8:25 PM in response to DJ67

Simply go into setting then sounds and in your alarm tones just change the tone. It will instantly take out of head phone mode. No need for in and out or compressed air. I've read a few that had lint in there, but as long as it's clean in the hole, just change alarm tones with no ear buds attached. I tried all the other options none worked. But this worked great and quick.

Apr 28, 2016 4:52 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

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?!

May 15, 2016 4:10 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

If you suspect that water is the reason behind your problem.. Instead of plugging and unplugging your ear phones, you can swirl a piece of paper into very thin one and push it in it headphones hole. Make sure you are using a big piece of paper not very small piece(which might stuck in the headphones hole).. That will remove any wetness in there. This worked for me.

May 20, 2016 6:52 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

I Also had this proble and pluging in and out did not work. So what you have to do if that wont work is go to settings\sound then change the sound changing bar a couple of times. make sure to do it without your headphones pluged in. This should start to produce sound from your speakers then go to music or any other kind of media with sound and your speakers should be working just fine. This may not work if you have something like lint stuck in jack. if this does not work try unpluging and repluging your headhones a number of times as stated before In other threads.

iPhone stuck in "headphones" mode

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