iphone stuck on dock mode

if you by dock mode mean headset mode then

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1343532?start=285&tstart=0

I have the same problem as well. Seemed to have started as soon as I installed ios 6. I have tried plugging it back into the dock and it works fine but as soon as I unplug it from the dock It wont switch back to use the iphone speakers. I tried a restart and nothing changes. I have an iphone 4 as well.

Hi All,

I had this Sound / Speaker issue too on my iPhone 4S, with only Ringtone & Headphones working and no other sound coming despite several software hacks and solutions read on forums here. I managed to solve it today after reading online for a perfect solution.

This seems to be a fairly frequent problem amongst users who are using 3rd party (Cheap Chinese) dock connectors or chargers. There is some residue on the charging connector and hence it seems to be stuck in Dock/Headphone mode. I personally had this issue that only Ringtone and Headphone were working. I cleared some stuck particles from the dock connector in iPhone below and voila ! Sound works perfectly. Try it using a cotton bud / swab with removed cotton or I did it with inverted metal paper clip carefully avoiding to scrap and destroy the PCB board. (Other common solution was to remove water particles from headphone hole but I didnt have any)

All the best,

Cheers !

Hey. I am having the same issue. I have an iHome clock radio and the last time I used my 4s with it, every time I play video or music, nothing comes out of the speaker and the volume adjust is missing. I tried cleaning my connector but that did not work. I have also reset my iPhone with no avail. I am about to do a full reboot/erase and see if that works, but i doubt it will. Any other suggestions?

My restore didnt work either...