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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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928 replies

Jul 14, 2017 11:22 AM in response to connormac2

Thank you! You're a lifesaver. I just dropped my phone into the sink. I contacted Apple support but it didn't help. I cleaned it now my problem is fixed. I cannot thank you enoug. Thank you

blest007

Level 1

4 points

Jul 24, 2017 8:53 PM in response to Camomama

Thanks a lot!! Really work for me .:-)

Kjdjn96

Level 1

9 points

Aug 3, 2017 3:58 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

I put my phone in airplane mode waited about 30 seconds then took it off and that worked!

Jher2006

Level 1

4 points

Aug 4, 2017 10:21 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

Buy a bottle of compressed CO2 that has the straw from Walmart. Stick it in the headphone jack and spray away. Worked for me.

Aug 8, 2017 8:19 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

+1 for the cotton swab. Worked for me.

Aug 10, 2017 2:08 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

I just had this issue and i got so frustrated i slammed the **** out of my phone and that fixed it 😁

kaukinen

Level 1

4 points

Aug 15, 2017 10:45 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

I saw a suggestion below and tried it. I gently put a coated paper clip in the headset port while playing music and the normal speaker worked.

Jkling92

Level 1

4 points

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!!!😂😂😂😂😂

Sep 27, 2017 12:20 PM in response to bigdalla

Thanks for the advice ! I tried cleaning & putting my headphones in and out a million times .. Sucking the headphone jack actually worked lol.

Singaiah

Level 1

4 points

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 17, 2017 3:06 PM in response to Blairmcn

Hi! thank you for ur recomendation! this happened to me and i called my self from another phone TOTALLY WORKED!!!🙂

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

My phone stucked in headphone. What to do?

iPhone stuck in "headphones" mode