Only "Headphones" sound, no speaker sound after 4.2.1 upgrading

My iPad sound was suddenly available on headphones only. After trying everything for two hours, a friend of mine stumbled upon the solution. Open the YouTube channel and in the right up corner there is a microphone function. Tap on it and it will ask you to speak what you are looking for. Say something and after it finds it, your sound will be on on speaker as it should be. Good luck and if it helps, drop a line.

Same problem with sound. Family members also having same issue. Hardware explanation seems unlikely since find my phone tones are loud and clear from speakers. Convinced it is software and not happy hat apple seems to be ignoring the issue. Sister has Ben to genius bar and the proposed solution was to update to 3 to get support since iPad no longer supported.

This solved my problem..

Genius Whitaker! This solved it perfectly.

Thanks this solution sorted out my audio

I had the same problem for months and just lived with it; my game aps did not play sound until I used headphones; I read this thread and went to Settings and chose to use the mute option for the switch on the right instead of lock rotation; The problem was solved just easily.

Hi

I hope this works. Ive spent the last two hours on the phone trying to ix this problem. I have been told its software etc.

BUT

upon investigating further on the Ipad Mini

under setting.

under general

there is an option

USE SIDE SWITCH:

you much choose lock Rotation

My daughters Ipad mini had Mute switch (Its not in the Sound section)

WOW the volume on all the apps started to again

I Have the exact same issue as Waltz-woods. It isn't my mute side button I've tried that obviously and like Waltz I have sounds such as alarm, and ring tones so I know it isnt the jack eroding. I has this same issue with my iPhone the last upgrade and took it to the Genius Bar and they forced me to buy a new iPhone; they weren't helpful at all.

WAltz keep us in the loop. Hopefully this isn't Apples way of trying to force us to buy the latest ipad but it wouldnt surprise me.

JORDAN

There are multiple ways to solve this problem, and there could be a handful of causes.

The most common cause is; your device had some water damage. There is a chance that the water went into the place where you plug in headphones. If so, take a q-tip and remove as much cotton as possible. Once the end of the q-tip is small, you can stick it into the place where you plug in the headphones.

If there is no water damage, try this:

1. Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

2. Reset all settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset all settings. No data will be lost but you will have to enter all of the device settings again.

3. If you lost sounds for keyboard clicks, games or other apps, email notifications and other notifications, system sounds may have been muted.

System sounds can be muted and controlled two different ways. The screen lock rotation can be controlled in the same manner as well.

Settings>General>Use Side Switch to: Mute System sounds. If this option is selected, the switch on the side of the iPad above the volume rocker will mute system sounds.

If you choose Lock Screen Rotation, then the switch locks the screen. If the screen is locked, you will see a lock icon in the upper right corner next to the battery indicator gauge.

If you have the side switch set to lock screen rotation then the system sound control is in the control center. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to get to control center . Tap on the bell icon and system sounds will return.

If your device still doesn't have sound, I suggest taking it to the Apple store to get it fixed.

THanks so much I just switch it and it worked. Very helpful

Thanks for this! worked!

TThank you so much!!!!

I Was able to fix the no sound issue except when using headphones on my sons iPad, and reproduce the problem and fix on my own!!! Thank you everyone!!!

I had similar problem with my Iphone 3, sound worked when phone is ringing, but in ipod, safari or youtube didn't, and when adjusting volume, it clearly showed text "headset" meaning that device "thinks" that earphones are plugged in. Problem have solved itself, when the phone have dried out (I've forgotten than a small amount of milk was on the screen in some moment and although I've cleaned it immediately, probably some part of it has entered inside)

Ok, I have the same issue on my MacBook. I found a solution!

there is a sensor in the headphone jack that tells the computer to turn the speakers off when there is headphones plugged in, and sometimes that sensor gets jammed and the computer thinks there is headphones plugged in when there isn't.

Solution: Get a tooth pick or something and stick it in there to un-jam the sensor (notice a red light!). Solved my problem!

This did it for me! thanks.