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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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glp4

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Sep 14, 2016 7:37 PM in response to bigdalla

2016 and this fix still works. Thanks!

Oct 2, 2016 9:17 AM in response to bigdalla

Amaizing! I tried everithing and this is the only way that fixed my iPhone.

Thank you so much.

Horef

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Oct 4, 2016 12:50 AM in response to bigdalla

Holy c**p. It worked. Iphone 6s, i'm amazed! thanks!!! <3

Fedtus

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Oct 31, 2016 9:51 AM in response to bigdalla

very very helpful i did the same as you said and it worked thank you, i was thinking of a new phone.

Nov 7, 2016 7:35 PM in response to bigdalla

Omg this actually worked!

Thank you so much !!!

Rhia1995

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Nov 19, 2016 3:54 PM in response to bigdalla

This happened to me today and I seen this and didn't think it would work and I was wrong thank you I now have sound

Davids85

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Nov 24, 2016 2:31 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

My ph

Dec 4, 2016 8:34 PM in response to bigbillpns

Worked like a charm for me. Thanks a bunch.

This was after trying all the tips and tricks with absolutely no luck.

hhgreg

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Dec 7, 2016 7:35 AM in response to bigdalla

It worked for mine too! Ridiculous but effec

Lou_t

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Dec 10, 2016 4:59 PM in response to Glenn Kelly1

This worked for me !!!

Dec 15, 2016 9:34 PM in response to bigdalla

This works. I've tried so many things and this was the one thing that worked. You might need to suck in a couple times. But thanks man!!

Sameet K

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Dec 16, 2016 6:54 AM in response to Dan Mitchell1

Thank you for the advise as it had really worked for me. I was worried as my phone had just came back from fix

Dec 22, 2016 10:36 PM in response to Brittanycya

This is the only trick that worked for me too! I tried everything else and so I tried the Timer and it worked like a charm.

Sameet K

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Dec 24, 2016 12:16 AM in response to stephaniestarbye

That was very risky but at least you got it working again

Dec 27, 2016 11:07 AM in response to bigdalla

I have the same problem with water getting in there but sucking it didnt work should I try putting it in a bag of rice

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