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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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Jun 19, 2017 6:50 PM in response to bigdalla

Definitely worked!!! Thanks!!

Jun 24, 2017 10:13 AM in response to Blairmcn

Wow, I've spent weeks trying to solve this and sure enough, sucking did the trick. Thanks!

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.

Oct 29, 2017 8:03 PM in response to UnreelSound

Worked for me! Thanks a lot

Jan 1, 2018 8:57 AM in response to JakeKovoor

Success by sucking on jack -- cleaned it out. thanks.

eliutha

Level 1

4 points

Jul 1, 2018 9:13 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

JUST SUCK IT UP！😅😅it helped me too after i pour some beer on my phone

Jul 4, 2018 8:33 AM in response to SoCalSkippy

I had the same problem

Tried every possible solution advised here but all in vain

Ended up with the repair guy and all is good now

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