iPhone 4 iOS 5 stuck on "Dock Connector" mode

Try cleaning the dock connector. A dry clean toothbrush usually works. Also get a magnifying glass and inspect the connector carefully to make sure you got all the dirt out and that none of the pins are bent. Occasionally there are hardware problems, not everything is software 😉

Its true not all problems are hardware. But ios is easy enough to fix errors on its worth eliminating software before blaming hardware in most cases. If you restore to factory settings you can backup first then restore the backup after. Conveniently putting everything back on to new firmware. But it is always good to inspect for obvious physical damage

This is such a common problem, however, and it is almost always fixed by cleaning the connector. There are selveral long threads about it.

i just fixed my 4s doing the following undo the back off your phone while its on remove the dock connector cable turn the phone off then turn on play music then plug the connector back in

Just had the connector trick done in the store. Unfortunatly. didn't work for me.

Just went back to dock-connector. Can't get this fixed. 😟

I've had same problem on a couple of occasions and both times I have used the hair dryer for a good few minutes into the dock of the phone. Think condensation must get in some how.

Had the same problem too and it worked for me.

Take note, reseting back to factory settings does not help either.

Give this a try,

Go find a speaker with(or) dock station and plug in an out again, the phone should be back to normal. It worked for me.

Hope this helps! Cheers and Happy New Year! 😀

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Hair dryer and connecting to dock station in and out worked for me!! Thanks🙂

Same issue and solution here.

BTW, I got another phone that could never be brought back to the undock mode. I have to get a new phone under warranty the first time.

I just blew into the part where it connects to the dock. Problem went away.

This just happened to me. I tried a lot of different techniques I read about on here (blowing, compressed air, cotton swab), but nothing worked for more than a few seconds. What finally got it working for me was this: I took a stiff-bristled makeup brush (cleaned) moistened with rubbing alcohol, and I rubbed it around inside the charging port for a while. I did this on music mode since the volume bar would appear when it was back to normal and it was easy to tell if it was triggering back into normal mode. It went back and forth between the dock mode and normal for a while, so I took some compressed air and sprayed it in the port and it finally started working again.

My iPhone 4s running 5.0.1 reset itself by docking it, playing a song and then undocking it. The settings returned to "iPhone" instead of "Docked Connector" and now it's fine. I do dock my phone into an alarm clock every night, so I'm thinking it got stuck in this mode this morning, or the connector may have been dirty. In any case, docking and undocking it fix my problem.

It may not work for everyone, but it did for me.

Hope it works for you.

Also rebooted with no improvement. I plugged in a headset, then disconnected and I got speakers back on phone.

Probably some dirt in your headphone jack.

I had the same problem, my solution:

1. Plug iPhone into dock connecter.

2. While plugged in hard reboot (hold power and home button until screen goes black then let go of home but hold power until apple logo shows up.

3. Start playing music through connecter, unplug.