iphone thinks headphones are plugged in even when not - how to fix
iphone thinks headphones are plugged in even when not - how to fix
iPhone 4, Windows XP
The paper clip bent in half saved my life, only thing that worked
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I've been trying to get this issue fixed on my iPhone 6 almost all day. I never use headphones and my phone has never had any water or physical damage. I tried SO MANY things and what finally worked for me was this.. HOLD DOWN THE VOLUME UP AND DOWN BUTTONS AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE STILL HOLDING THESE DO A HARD RESET. SO ALL THE STEPS YOU WILL DO AT THE SAME TIME ARE HOLD DOWN THE VOLUME UP AND DOWN BUTTONS WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE HOME BUTTON AS WELL AS THE BUTTON ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR PHONE. ONCE YOU SEE THE WHITE SCREEN WITH THE APPLE YOU CAN LET GO OF ALL BUTTONS. THIS SHOULD FIX THE ISSUE! I really hope this saves someone a lot of the hassle I've been through!!
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Paper Clip rocks.!
Thanks a lot for the QTip tip!
Awesome! Thank you! This worked for me. Saved me a week wait for an appointment, countless hours sitting in the store on a Saturday night.I feel like i owe you something!
Just reading through all these posts and trying what I can when I saw yours and gave it a shot. Sure enough I click the volume buttons and it's changed from Headphones to Ringer!
Thanks for the tip!
Compressed air did the trick! I tried twice before to reset the phone and that did nothing. I never would have thought it was a physical problem since the headphones still worked.
all I have to say is that IT WORKS.
sucked air and used a roller tissue.
Thanks... that worked for me, although I simply circled the extended paper clip gently with only one leg, not two. It freed up the ball(s) and is working now!
Thanks! Q tip worked!
Awesome! Thank you! I tried so many other things and was starting to despair at the thought my volume would not work without headphones or bluetooth. Paperclip worked like a charm.
This saved me a trip to a shop to get it sorted out, thanks so much!
Worked like a charm! Thanks!
I cleaned the headphone jack with a Qtip and it worked!
This worked!!! THANKS SO MUCHHH!!!
I had the same problem, but it got solved by cleaning headphone jack of my phone by inserting the rolled tissue paper and gentally moving it inside the jack.
iphone thinks headphones are plugged in even when not - how to fix