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
Solved my problem too.... Used regular paper napkin and it worked!!! Thanks a lot!!!
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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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Hi all. Just had this problem and stuck a needle in headphone socket and pulled out loads of fluff. Works fine again now
Awesome, thanks, this worked right away. I used a thick needle and just "scraped" the sides of the jack. It only took me twice to go around the circumference and it went back to "ringer".
Yes Paper Clip guy win. Worked as soon as I did it.
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Thank you, "Paper Clip Guy." Tried the other ones, didn't work for me. I used a hairpin and it worked like a charm!
Sucking worked for me straight away. Thank you!
This happened to my ipad mini all I did was update to ios 7.0.4 and it solved my problem so it may also be a bug .
The sucking method worked for me, Thank you!
i tried everything else on here. and the dry qtip worked best for me.
I tried resetting the iphone, I tried inserting the earphone jack several times, nothining was working. But this did the trick instantly.
i had the same problem. took a toothpick and dug out some lint. thanks for the help.
I was franticly trying to find something that would work. I tried everything till I found this. It really worked, thanks so much!!
Qtip works. Was a bit rough and abusive, but I was reaching the end of my tether. Was in no mood to spend hundreds of dollars. Thanks Apple Community. You are the best.
Tissue nudged gently into headphone port with paper clip worked for me! Thank you!!
The qtip worked for me saved me a trip to genius
iphone thinks headphones are plugged in even when not - how to fix