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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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Logi838

Level 1

4 points

Dec 17, 2016 5:57 PM in response to bigdalla

Sucking worked! Good discovery.

Dec 19, 2016 2:32 PM in response to zmoish

Thankyou! This worked for my hubby's phone too! He doesn't ever use headphones, and all of a sudden couldn't hear incoming calls unless using the speaker. The volume indicator was saying "headphones" when you turned the volume up and down when it used to always say "volume". Who knew it was Airplane Mode - we were going insane trying to figure it out....

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.

Dec 24, 2016 12:14 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

I tried every. Single. Thing and none of it was working and I was just about to give up. So I dropped my i(pod) in the bathtub and quickly rushed it into rice for liek 4 hours. I made sure it was turned off during that time. It was fine, but then it acted like the headphone were connected. I tried the sucking thing, didn't work. I tried the rebooting didn't work I tried the timer didn't work I tried the unplugging and plugging in didn't work. Tried the cotton didn't work. The thing that FINALLY worked was blowing INTO the charger hole. You may have to do this a bunch, but it worked for me.

Sameet K

Level 1

4 points

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

Sameet K

Level 1

4 points

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.

Thank You

Helper7

Level 1

8 points

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.

Dec 27, 2016 2:03 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

So I was desperate, I stuck stuff up my iPhone, I blew I sucked, I plugged earplugs in and out and my iPhone refused to quit the headphone mode. I quit, and planned on using my Iphone with headphones only.

I plugged the earphones AMD charged it for the night. In the morning, I hoped it was a dream and checked. It was still headphones mode. BUT WHEN I UNPLUGGED THE EARPHONES IT WAS AS OF NOTHING HAPPENED! It was a miracle

K12314

Level 1

4 points

Dec 31, 2016 3:50 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

I have been spending hours and hours trying all of these solutions (blowing cold hair, using a flash light and q-tip ext.) and non of them worked. What most likely happened is that a rain drop (or any water) got into your phone and it's knoe set to headphone mode. I put my phone in rice for about an hour and as soon as I took it out... it worked. Just make sure that after you take it out of the dry rice you shake out any pieces of rice that got into your charger hole or headphone hole.