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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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Feb 24, 2017 5:05 AM in response to Camomama

CONFIRMED! After snow got in to my iphones headphones jack I tried your suggestion.

I sucked at the jack and now I phone is no longer stuck in headphones mode! Funny but true!

Feb 25, 2017 9:52 AM in response to bigdalla

I cannot believe that this worked - but it certainly did! Yay for basics!

Khateyyy

Level 1

4 points

Mar 9, 2017 7:49 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

It actually worked! Thanks fir the tips! After i cleaned the earphone plug I restart my phone and that's it its working! Im so glad!

msmolley

Level 1

4 points

Mar 11, 2017 5:51 AM in response to bigdalla

Who knew the "suck the air out of your headphone jack hole" would work. It worked for me. Thanks!!!!

Mar 12, 2017 9:03 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

go to settings, sound and de-activate change with buttons. manually put sounder slider to max

Mar 17, 2017 7:13 PM in response to bigdalla

Holy crap it worked no way

adonvll

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4 points

Mar 17, 2017 7:25 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

Thanks! I had the same thing happened to my iPhone and this definitely helped!

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Mar 19, 2017 1:10 AM in response to bigdalla

Thank you so much that helpped a lot i got so worried that it wasnt going to work again but after trying that it worked instanly thanks so much again

Katarki

Level 1

4 points

Mar 19, 2017 12:14 PM in response to th3_r3n3g4d3

Thank you. I tried inserting a regular ear phone jack about 8 to 10 times and it resolved the issue.

Mar 20, 2017 10:17 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

https://www.payetteforward.com/iphone-stuck-headphone-mode-fix/ it helped me. try this method 7 or 8 times.

AmJav

Level 1

4 points

Apr 8, 2017 1:35 AM in response to awillimd

I tried the sucking technique and others and nothing happened. Then I took my phone close to my air conditioner and blew cool air and wow it worked instantly. I feel it's an overheating issue.

Apr 10, 2017 12:49 PM in response to Camomama

Holy poop it worked for me too.

Royboy21

Level 1

4 points

Apr 10, 2017 8:17 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

yes what do i do to make it go off headphones mode?

Apr 14, 2017 8:51 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

Just like the comments below, I sucked really hard on the jack till it worked.. and it did. Thanks for the info everyone.

sachin87

Level 1

8 points

Apr 16, 2017 2:25 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

Same Problem am facing too plz suggest how cn i resolve dis

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