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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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May 23, 2018 1:50 PM in response to campchamp

Insert earphone plug back into phone and remove it several times but wiggle

it to the sides while u are removing it

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Jun 22, 2018 4:38 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

My I phone was stuck on headphones most of the day.

I tried sucking on the headphone port, and voila my phone is back to normal.

Thank you.

DasherNY

Level 1

4 points

Jun 22, 2018 7:01 PM in response to marthafromsaugus

ha! they should put that into the manual 🙂

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

Jul 27, 2018 9:43 PM in response to bigdalla

Can’t believe this actually worked I’m dead 💀😂

Aug 2, 2018 6:34 PM in response to bigdalla

Thank you so much for this! It actually worked!! However did you think this up?

Aug 4, 2018 3:50 PM in response to SoCalSkippy

The sucking method is 100% ridiculous, but 100% effective. However, if at first you don’t succeed, try it again. After 3 tries, to my astonishment, everything was back in order! Cheers!