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SoCalSkippy Author

Level 2

212 points

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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Stephanie_xo

Level 1

10 points

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

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May 25, 2016 10:57 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

well well....i had the same problem my iphone 6s was stuck into headphone mode...so what i did is i blew some air from my mouth directly into the headphone jack like 5 times and it really worked..now it is in normal speaker mode

Jun 6, 2016 7:18 AM in response to Thewimpynail

The tip off the jack off my headphones had broken and gotten stuck down in the audio jack hole. Wow - hard to get out but I plugged the old jack back in the levered the jack sideways. It got enough grip to pull the tip out. But this was extremely difficult to diagnose. The clue was to look at the jack - looked a little strange with the tip missing but his'd be easy to miss.

The headphones that broke was Ausdom. Don't buy those I guess. Going to buy a new jack and rewire.

@Apple - come on, there is an easy software override - just put a line of code that allows users to go to speakers even if the headphones are plugged in. (PLEASE). You would save 1000's of peoples frustrations - look how big this thread is.

Jun 7, 2016 6:11 AM in response to Thewimpynail

I Had the same problem

but with this guide able come out from it quickly thank comments of every one

Jun 17, 2016 6:53 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

worked for me too !!!!!!

Jun 22, 2016 12:32 PM in response to Mr. Mobius

this worked!! thank you! after numerous resets and a restore. i dont even use the headphones. so weird and annoying. thank you!!

vkchugh

Level 1

4 points

Jun 25, 2016 8:15 AM in response to bigdalla

I don't have words to express my thanks to you. You saved my 450 USD.

Jun 25, 2016 9:44 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

I Had the same problem but used a thick end of tooth pick

in headphone slot to solve the problem. Do not use force

jjust nibble it.

Jun 27, 2016 11:50 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

Sucking the headphone jack. Sounds silly, but tried everything from cleaning the jack, turning phone off and on, and restarting the settings. It really does work!

Enforme

Level 1

4 points

Jun 29, 2016 9:38 AM in response to russellsimpson79

Thank you so much for this. Worked a treat.

Jun 30, 2016 6:06 AM in response to zmoish

This idea worked for me. I tried everything else first but after reading this idea I put it into Airplane mode and after 30 seconds I tried the volume buttons on the side and instead of adjusting the Headphone volume it was adjusting the Ringer volume. I felt like I'd won a few hundred dollars. Well I thought I'd mention how I g my phone going again. Thanks to zmoish for the idea and relieving me of my panic.

Taurusmn

Level 1

4 points

Jul 5, 2016 5:28 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

So after trying everything I read from restarting, resetting, unplugging, blow drying, cleaning with a q-tip… still nothing worked. I read a post where someone simply mentioned “iPod". I had recently had my iPhone plugged into my car to listed to music. I had unplugged my phone without actually “exiting" the iPhone mode back to the radio. I went back to my car, plugged back in and properly exited the iPod/music. WORKED… whew

ferarias

Level 1

4 points

Jul 5, 2016 1:25 PM in response to bigdalla

Wow! Incredible but true. This worked for me. 😮

Romi2406

Level 1

4 points

Jul 9, 2016 5:23 AM in response to bigdalla

It Works. Thanks 🙂

Jul 10, 2016 3:13 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

It happen to me a couple minutes ago , then i tried to sucked my phone headphone port and put cutton bud , sucked 5 times and its work normal again . Lol . Thankyou !

Jul 13, 2016 8:25 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

Bigdalla, I can't thank you enough. Sweet mother of dear God, thank you! I sucked on my iPhone and it worked!

iPhone stuck in "headphones" mode