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iPad headphone jack not working

Recently during an airplane flight I wanted to listen to my iPad with headphones. No sound. The iPad's internal speaker works just fine. In the car, I hooked a recharge/line out adapter and still no sound. This has never happened before. After some experimentation I found a reliable fix: start up Skype. For some reason it fixes everything. iOS 4.3.3

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Posted on May 22, 2011 11:44 AM

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Posted on May 28, 2017 11:56 AM

Suddenly last week, my earphones wouldn't work with my iPhone. At the Apple store, I waited about an hour for the Genius Bar. The genius flicked a setting and all was OK. I felt dumb, but I left with my ear phones working. Thinking the problem would never recur, I forgot what the fix was, and yesterday, the problem happened again. So for the first time ever, I went to this help exchange. Skype??? I couldn't believe it. But I really did not want to go back to the Apple Store, so I installed the Skype app, plugged in the earphones, and , they work! (BTW, this was not the Apple Genius solution.) No idea why the Skype fix works, but Thank You.

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iPad headphone jack not working

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