After the update to iPadOS 26.1 (23B85). I had sound issues. iPad is stuck in headphone modus, cleaned the input, put in a jack a few times. Sound is Working on Bluetooth. Nothing wrong with microphone. Did a reset. Nothing is working.
iPad Air 3, iPadOS 26
Force the audio chip to reinitialize
On iPadOS 26.1, the headphone-detection circuit sometimes locks in the “headphones inserted” state until the audio daemon is reset.
Do this:
For many users, this immediately switches audio back to speakers.
This works because enabling AssistiveTouch forces a full reload of audio routing tables.
Force the audio chip to reinitialize
On iPadOS 26.1, the headphone-detection circuit sometimes locks in the “headphones inserted” state until the audio daemon is reset.
Do this:
For many users, this immediately switches audio back to speakers.
This works because enabling AssistiveTouch forces a full reload of audio routing tables.
iPad sound stuck in headphone mode after update
