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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FIX headphone iphone - YouTube
If nothing works, such as q-tip trick, un-plug in and plug in of the headphone, bluetooth speaker trick, the Setting/General/Accessibility/incoming calls (audio routing for newer software)/set speaker, then headset, turning on shazam, activiate siri...etc. TRY THIS, 1) have someone call you, 2) turn on to speaker mode, 3)turn off the speaker, 4) plug in your headphone, 5) un-plug headphone. This should work!
So I had this issue and did ALL the tricks on youtube. ALL of them DID NOT work. But this did work. You can follow all the steps he did but what I did was a bit more basic. I went to Setting/General/Accessibility/audio routing -set speaker.
Then I used gmail to call myself but I'm sure you can have someone just call you. It should answer in speaker mode. (Having someone call YOU is important because I called someone and this did not work.)
When you answer the phone and its on speaker mode hit the home button and go to podcasts or Spotify or anything that play sounds(I used podcast) then while the phone is still on the call in speaker mode play something and you should hear it on the speaker simutaniously as the phone call. then while its playing the audio hang up on the phone call.
This was the only thing that worked. I was so excited that I actually signed up for an account after 10 years with an iPhone just to post this.
Hope this helps.
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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