My original iPhone thinks headphones are still in

It's been a common issue since the days of the iPod. The jack gets confused and thinks the headphones are still plugged in. This can be caused by a little lint in the headphone jack or the jack may be defective.

I had this issue when I first got the phone back in December 07. From experience (and trial and error) I have found that if you take the headphones out slowly and not snatch them out, the problem doesn't occur. Just a suggestion.

I think I have come upon a solution, and a clue to the cause. I tried apple's ideas, like plugging and unplugging the headphones, without luck. However, try this, it works everytime for me:

1. pause the ipod function
2. Hold down the home button for 8 seconds while on the iphone screen. This stops the ipod task/process, and returns to the main screen.
3. Unplug the headphone.
4. Now press one of the volume buttons on the side and it should show ringer instead of (headphones).

This fix would appear to indicate that the source of the problem is the ipod task, or a resource managment issue and not a hardware condition at all.

I have the same issue... *very annoying indeed*. I've had to insert/remove the headphones several times in order to get the thing to cooperate. Rest assured, you're not alone.