iPhone 4 stuck in headphone mode?

It is recommended that you plug IN and unplug the headphones 20-30 times in that scenario to hope for a good result. If that doesnt work, check to see if there is anything actually stuck in the port.

Try a hard reset.

if that does not work and you are out of warranty- you can call applecare and set up phone support agreement ($29) that will allow them to troubleshoot the issue. If it is determined to be a hardware issue let them know this happened with your last phone as well. I cannot guarantee this wil get you any results your hoping for- you may just end up having to pay the out of warranty cost again for the phone.

So I know that this is incredibly frustrating. It happens more than you might think because debris gets into the headset jack all the time when a phone is rolling around in a purse, pocket, or cupholder in the car. It's not a glitch - it's just what happens when there's something, even something difficult to see or get to, is stuck in the headset jack. It's literally the only time the ringer (headphones) message appears. The only way to get rid of it is to plug and unplug headphones several times. Otherwise, it has to be fixed by someone who has the equipment to fix it. The only troubleshooting AppleCare can do over the phone (since this is a hardware issue, and not a software issue which is what AppleCare fixes) is in this article

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1630

HI WATERMANN,,,my phone just had very small amount of water and now its fixed using your method of holding home button to one side...thanks to you...really...u gave my life back to me...

This just happened to me. Took a hair dryer and blew warm air into headphone jack. Within a minute or so, the problem was fixed.

Tried everything I had found and nothing worked except sucking air out throught the jack, thanks!

Lol so I had tried a Q-tip to get the moisture out and it didn't work, the sucking worked thou.

This happened to my sister-n-law, I told her about the sucking method and after two times it worked for her as well.

Got my iPhone 4 wet snowboarding and had same problem. Thought I tried everthing then I saw ppl say sucking air through the jack. Gave it a shot and it worked first time! Thanks for the help guys!

Is not the problem of water that having peoples this problem with:

ringer

(headphones)

My 4s has the same problem it didnt get to the any water or anything.

I can talk and hear on Speaker but i cant hear normal because of headphones problem.

One day it works for just one moment like 2 calls and it get again ringer headphones.....

Im thinking there is a problem with verison of 6.0.1 i hope with the new version will gona work

Anyone have any answer of fixing problem please tell us.

There is debris in your headphone jack. It makes the sensor think there's something in there so it sends the audio signal to that jack instead of the speaker.

THIS!! THANK YOU!!

My son's iPhone 4S was stuck in the Headphone mode for a half a day... We tried everything. Updating OS, hard reset, pluging and unpluging headphones, sucking the air out, blowing the air out. Nothing worked.

Then I saw this post and tried the WARM air with my blow dryer. The AirPlay symbol turned orange and after about 10 seconds it went back to light gray (normal color). After that, I was able to select iPhone mode.

Thank you so much:)

Docmw wrote:

This just happened to me. Took a hair dryer and blew warm air into headphone jack. Within a minute or so, the problem was fixed.

THIS!! THANK YOU!!

My son's iPhone 4S was stuck in the Headphone mode for a half a day... We tried everything. Updating OS, hard reset, pluging and unpluging headphones, sucking the air out, blowing the air out. Nothing worked.

Then I saw this post and tried the WARM air with my blow dryer. The AirPlay symbol turned orange and after about 10 seconds it went back to light gray (normal color). After that, I was able to select iPhone mode.

Thank you so much:)

Mine went into headphone mode I suspect after mixing with snow in my pocket! After a couple of restarts, 5 minutes on the radiator, walking down the road in the middle of the night to borrow a hairdryer, hairdrying the speaker end for 2 minutes, then the headphone socket end for another 2 minutes, all to no avail, sucking through the headphone socket worked fairly instantly. Had to get a good seal round the hole before it did. Marvellous. Heartening to know that such a sophisticated bit of kit can be fixed with nothing more than a mouth and a pair of lungs. Many thanks.

Absolutely Superb!!!!

Amazing how quickly such a annoying issue was Solved!

Awesome to have the forums available, dunno how I'd do without you guys!

Big thanks!

x

Sucking the Air out works!!!!!!!!!

Great going guys..