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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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Sameet K

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Dec 27, 2016 11:10 AM in response to RoastnRooster

Please can you tell me what you have tried and how did the water get into the headphone jack.

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Helper7

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Dec 27, 2016 12:08 PM in response to RoastnRooster

I wouldn't suggest doing that until you have tried other steps. Many friends have tried the rice trick but it has just fried their phone instead of drying it. Good luck.

Jkling92

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Aug 31, 2017 9:34 PM in response to Leftee24

I can't believe it actually worked!! So bizarre!! My iPhone already has hardware damage so when this happened I about flipped. Thank you so much!!

Sep 9, 2017 5:11 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

We're you able to solve your problem and how did you do it because am facing the Same problem

Sep 23, 2017 10:26 AM in response to carmenc23

The sucking did really help!! Thanks for the suggestion and for solving the problem !

Sep 24, 2017 10:30 PM in response to bigdalla

Mother ****** it worked!!!😂😂😂😂😂

Singaiah

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Sep 28, 2017 2:35 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

It coming u put head phone I didn't that head phone also coming

Oct 18, 2017 10:08 AM in response to realitydreamship

My phone stucked in headphone. What to do?

Oct 26, 2017 11:01 AM in response to beyondrek

Wow! That’s amazing! Glad it worked out for you.

Jrobit

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Oct 27, 2017 5:19 PM in response to bigdalla

I am absolutely baffled that that worked.. thank you so much!

RosaATX

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Dec 7, 2017 5:52 PM in response to Community User

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Swatinew

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Dec 25, 2017 11:21 PM in response to Community User

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Dec 31, 2017 1:17 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

Omg the sucking helped!!!! Sucking is always the best solution, no matter what! Thanks!!!!

bunn1es

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Jan 2, 2018 6:48 AM in response to Mr. Mobius

Thank you so much!!! Nothing else worked...Plugging/unplugging 7/8 times didn’t work on my iPhone 6S+, but twisting it while unpligging did! Thank you so much

May 19, 2018 9:02 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

I am wondering if there is any way to prevent this from happening. Anyone try tape over the headphone jack or a certain case that has a covering over that area?

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