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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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Nov 30, 2015 4:46 AM in response to M Reza

This worked perfectly (M Reza). Thanks a lot!

_nxdine

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Nov 30, 2015 7:58 AM in response to th3_r3n3g4d3

Omg I had the same problem and then I tried your tip and it actually worked. Worked like a charm, thanks 🙂

asad168

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Dec 10, 2015 12:09 AM in response to bigdalla

IT worked for me, thanks buddy

Dec 15, 2015 3:20 PM in response to ATribone

Thanks! This did work,I was lucky i had two sets of headphones!

Dec 16, 2015 5:39 AM in response to Max H.

Come now, you don't really think that isn't the first thing someone would try do ya?

Jan 17, 2016 1:15 PM in response to russellsimpson79

Thank you!!! It works!

Jan 23, 2016 12:32 PM in response to Fatchee5e

You're a genius. This is the only thing that worked for me! (As weird as it may be)

Jan 23, 2016 12:33 PM in response to bgijohn

You're a genius. This is the only thing that worked for me! (As weird as it may be)

Jan 24, 2016 9:48 PM in response to DJ67

you are a saint!!!!!! after 15 different methods over a 2 hr span I came across this and it actually worked! all it needed was that little wiggle/angle pull. Thanks for this tip! your a life saver

aevee

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Feb 3, 2016 2:24 AM in response to th3_r3n3g4d3

If only I could thank you enough. ✅

Nerdean

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Feb 4, 2016 6:39 PM in response to jbob132

Thank you so much for suggesting this. It did make me laugh, but it worked!

njreyes

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Feb 25, 2016 8:00 AM in response to Community User

It worked for me yayyy!!! thank you. it was driving me crazy😁

Mar 4, 2016 6:52 PM in response to architectmom

Nice, I wish I could get my iPhone 6 to restore , stops with error 9

:-(

Mar 7, 2016 6:23 AM in response to Walter77

Yep. This worked for me, too. Must've hit some sensor or something inside the jack. One quick rotation of the paper and viola ... working as good as new.

Mar 21, 2016 11:56 PM in response to Countrywench

my phone facing the same problem after getting wet from rain

i been reading those comment over and over , at la this solution it's work and is the most simple way ^.^

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