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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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Tam1007

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4 points

Apr 18, 2017 10:18 AM in response to bigdalla

That's incredible,,, it works,,,,, thanks :)

Apr 19, 2017 1:59 PM in response to bigdalla

This was the only thing that worked for me thankyou!

Ellieoz

Level 1

4 points

Apr 25, 2017 1:37 PM in response to bigdalla

I looked ridiculous.. but it worked! :)!

Thank you

May 5, 2017 10:06 AM in response to bigdalla

I keep trying it but it's not working and this is exactly what just happened to me right now

May 12, 2017 4:25 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

Hahaha

Put your great mouth around the headphone jack, and suck it hardly :)

It worked for me :)))

Shamimm

Level 1

4 points

May 14, 2017 4:20 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

Leave the iphone for an hour....it will automatically resolve...

May 17, 2017 12:36 PM in response to bigdalla

This worked for me thanks a lot

Jun 2, 2017 3:46 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

How do I thank you. That was awesome.

celtxian

Level 1

8 points

Jun 3, 2017 1:12 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

I had same issue. None of the suggestions worked. In end solution was to change voice of personality on sounds!

Jun 4, 2017 6:14 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

This is a software issue. Just power off your iPhone, count to 10, power back on and it will have resolved itself.

Jun 4, 2017 7:06 AM in response to alanfromblandfordforum

No it isn't, read some more comments, I did a hard reset several times, only thing that worked was sucking on the 3.5mm port

Jun 6, 2017 5:55 PM in response to carmenc23

Worked for me too! I used a toothpick and some cotton and got it in deep enough to wiggle it around. Did it while some music was playing so I could tell when it started working right away.

Jun 9, 2017 9:20 AM in response to Camomama

Thank you. I tried everything else, and this finally worked. WEIRD!!!

Jun 14, 2017 9:07 AM in response to Blairmcn

Thought this was a joke until I tried it and it worked!! Thank you SO much

Jun 19, 2017 3:36 PM in response to CAPbacK

Thank you SO much! My phone was just stuck like that and I did what you said to do and now it's working again!

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