My iPhone is stuck on headphone mode

The headphone jack is very sensitive. The smallest objects such as lint, sand, dirt,moisture can enter the headphone port and fool the device into thinking the headphone is plugged-in. It's definitely a hardware issue and not software. Restarting your system or restoring it will not help. Don't bother inserting and re-inserting the headphone plug. You have to direct high pressure air into the headphone port and dislodge the item. Use an air pump or key board cleaner spray. This will solve your issue. Don't bother buying AppleCare just yet. Hope this helps, it did for me.

even i had the same problem, plugging in your headphones numerous time or sucking or blowing wont help ... all i did was switched on my iphone to airplane mode and then back to normal mode, it solved my problem . basically ur resetting ur "headphone mode setting" from allowing to disabling ..im sure this will help u too... n its very simple ...

You are an absolute legend! I had tried everything including restoring my phone and nothing worked! Flipped it into airplane more for 10 secs and then back out again and it worked like a charm. Can't believe it was something so simple. Thanks for sharing!

I was out of my mind trying to fix this problem and your post helped me to correct the volume-stuck-in-headphone-mode!!!! thank you soooo much

I had the exact same problem. I tried everything. Eventually what worked was blow drying it with a hair dryer and then putting in the end of a bobby pin. Hope I helped. :)

WOW!! It really worked, Thank you so much. I think it took me two days to get my sound back and the solution was so simple :)

I ve got the same problem. After accidentally dropping my iphone5 in the snow, it got stucked in headphone mode. What i did, i on the heater and i was like waving it a bit with headphone jack facing the heater for few seconds. It works. Just be careful not too close or too long exposing your iphone to the heater.

I dropped mine today, and after it was stuck in headphone mode.

I couldn't get any of the above solutions to work. I was just about to do a restore but I decided to do one more try with a toothpick. And pulled out a peice of lint that had jammed into the end, and putting the headphones in and out probably made it worse, it needed the pointed edge to bring it out. Seems like dropping it may have moved to the debris to a spot that bothered the headphone sensor.

Hi buddys ...even me too face the same problem im frusterd too i try all the step and tip no use finally i connect with a usb cable charge in my laptop suddenly it start to work my god realy its happen u can try also ....sure it will work just connect ur iphone to ur lap r pc with charger cable thats it...njoy

Thank You

You saved my lots of time and money..!!

Your trick worked..!!

Logged in just to like your comment and let you know that your advice helped a lot. In fact that's the only what helped. I tried everything: hard reseting, turning on and off airplane mode, compressed air, drying fan, brushing inside, blowing, sucking and all that s**t. I took that little stick with cotton which is used for cleaning your ears, took some cotton off so it could fit right through earphone opening and turned it around inside couple times. It came out dirty a little bit on the end so that could be the problem. After that it works again. No more headphone mode when earphones are unplugged. Thanks bro.

AH! Thank you! This worked! I tried this and my ringer turned on! You're a saint 😀

cheers mate, it worked

Yes I got my husband to use his compressed air gun on the headphone jack and and it worked right away, none of the other things seemed to work. Thanks heaps

Thank you, that worked right away!!