iphone thinks headphones are plugged in even when not - how to fix

Ask cliche as it sounds, if you think it is water damage, put your phone in rice and brightness all the way up. Make sure your screen doesn't turn off. If you don't wait too long after dropping it in water (or snow like I did), play music full blast and when the water is gone, music will start playing. I did this and my phone was fine and playing music in 20 minutes. Leave it as long as you can. If this doesn't help, you may have to pay to fix it:(

I know this sounds weird. It works though I put my mouth over it and sucked a Lil bit and I cleaned it first with a cue-tip then I did the other thing and that work for realz idk y

I tried to insert things and dislodge the bad but nothing worked!! Eventually I sucked the jack really hard and it worked instantly!!

There might be something in the headphone jack, maybe lint, dirt, or something else in there.

You might be able to get it out by connecting the headphones 5-10x or spraying compressed air into the jack.

If that doesn't do it, try resetting or restoring the iPhone.

All I did to fix it was left my headphones in my phone on accident but it fixed it the next day

Thank you so much for sharing this! I was a little skeptical, but nothing else worked so I tried your solution. (No offense, but it seemed a little risky!) I had barely turned the paper clip and I heard a "click" and the problem was fixed!

I tried the paper clip trick but I thought it didn't work. So I tried sucking the air out and I thought that worked but I realized it was actually the paper clip later while messing with it while watching something. So if you want to know if

I tried EVERYTHING else, and this worked right away, LOL! It sounds so ridiculous, but it actually worked! And I didn't get some nasty surprise when I did it - I think one of the metal prongs was just stuck. Thanks for the tip!

You're amazing! My infant just grabbed my spoon and flung milk from my cereal directly into the port from across the table. Such a freak accident! Paper towel wasn't doing anything but your trick worked! Pliers to pinch the paperclip together and heard the click. Worked instantly. One tip for other users who find this: if you pinch it together too much, there won't be enough tension to dislodge the ball. Needs to be just small enough to fit into the port and twist.

I managed to do this without the paperclip, thankyou!!!!

Also I recomend an app called sonic frequency to get water out of the speakers, you click the water droplet button and it vibrates the speakers at the perfect freq to get water out, you can even feel it coming out!!

I got a bit of rain in mine and it said (headphones)

fixed it by rolling up a thin bit of toilet paper that is quite long and inserting it in, then with a small screwdriver (or a paper clip) pushing it in gently so as much of the paper folded round itself as possible in layers. Left it for a few minutes and removed!

I also used a q-tip removing the majority of the cotton just to make the end fuzzy. After inserting it in the headphone port and a small turn, I got a fairly large grey Lint matching my pockets lint... The headphones must have compacted it up in its sensors. I used it dry, no moisture and it worked perfectly... Resetting the phone just made a mess of my set preferences. :-( it was a physical problem than a software reset issue for me.

I have had this problem for more than a week. I tried sticking things inside the headphone jack, blowing compressed air, blow drier, etc. But understanding the problem, helped me find a solution. The iPhone headphone jack has these small metal balls that stick out, inside of the jack. When you put your headphones in, the iPhone goes into headphone mode. I assume that something got out of line and one of these small balls was unable to push out when I removed my headphones. For this reason, sticking a pin into the jack or a soft paper towel, will not dislodge the small ball. My solution? A paper clip with 2 sides pressed closely together. I jammed the paperclip into the jack and turned it around several times to dislodge the ball. It sounds worse than it is and the headphone jack can take some abuse. This worked immediately, even after all of the other solutions failed.

Let me know if this helps.

I just now fixed it with the tip of a q-tip. I removed most of the fuzzy stuff and stuck the tip in the head phone jack, moving it up and down (farily forcefully) a few times. Bingo! Thanks for the tips!

I got my iPhone wet and I soon realised the speaker wasn't working (it said I had headphones plugged in) but then I tried the paper clip and tissue technique and worked like a charm :) such a relief! Thanks