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

Thankyou. I think it was some water in the headphone socket.

any king of long brush will help , worked for me

Wow, it worked! Thank you SO much KBlomquist

q- tip worked fantastic. Thanks! 🙂

For me, I had to connect a bluetooth headset then the phone showed 'ringer' on volume press. I then disconnected and it went back to normal. First time I've had sucj a problem with iPhone in 4 years with 2 different models!

I tried rebooting, q-tip, paperclip, sucking, etc and nothing worked. But fortunately the suggestion by themaestro2k did indeed work. I connected to a bluetooth speaker, played music via bluetooth, then i turned off my bluetooth. At that point it was working perfectly!

The paper clip solution worked for me.

I twisted two ends of the peter clip together and pushed down near the bottom of the headphone jack. I could feel something like a push button pop back in place, the Volume meter went back to saying "Ringer" when previously it was stuck in "Headphones" mode.

THANKYOU TO THE PERSON THAT SUGGESTED THE HAIRDRYER! I tried for an hour and a half using the Q-tip, a lighter over the headphone jack, needles of all different thicknesses, paper clip method, I googled how much a replacement jack was! EVERYTHING! I was at the end of my tether! Then out of curiosity I just tried the hairdryer method because I had a strong feeling it was to do with the fact that my phone slightly fell into a cup of coffee when driving earlier on in the day! AND IT WORKED!

I just signed up to the apple support community to say thankyou to everyone who suggested all of the methods! AND PARTICULARLY THE PERSON THAT SUGGESTED THE HAIR DRYER!

So appreciative of forums such as this!

Sincerely,

A previously stressed 17 year old, and now a very happy person! ☺️

So like a lot of people here, I got some water into my iPhone 5S. Left it overnight in a bag of rice and everything seems to be working fine apart from the fact that the phone says headphones are connected when they aren't! I made a call and it only worked on loudspeaker, alarms play out loud but nothing else - music keyboard sounds, calls not on speaker etc. will work. I've tried everything suggested here, hairdryer on cool for a few minutes, blowing into the jack, tissue but nothing is working! I've also tried to put headphones in but they won't insert all the way which I thought was unusual, there's nothing stuck in there and i've tried to clear it out. It's definitely related to a moisture issue but I can't work out why the headphones won't insert! Sorry this is a bit rambly but i'm in a bit of a panic 😟

Bobby Pin + toilet paper (must be strong). Stick it in the headphone slot and leave it for a few minutes. Problem fixed itself.

You just saved my life. Thank you stranger

Thank you so much for this tip. After trying many other tactics this worked on the first try. You saved me a lengthy trip ( 1 hr 30 mins one way ) to my closest Apple store. I really appreciate it!

Same thing happened to me after a day at the beach. I sucked really hard and now it works! I had tried a q-tip and toilet paper prior and none of those worked.

I HAD TO MAKE AN ACCOUNT TO TELL YOU GUYS THIS. JUST PLUG IT INTO YOUR CHARGER AND IT WILL INSTANTLY GO BACK TO THE RINGER VOLUME INSTEAD OF THE HEADPHONE VOLUME!! HOPE THIS HELPS YOU LIKE IT HELPED ME!!

THANKS so much for your help! I used a toothpick and it worked like a charm. 🙂