iPhone is stuck in headphone mode

I was out in heavy rain for 30 seconds with phone in my pocket and wasn’t aware that it had got damp but that must have been the cause.

Having seen this thread I connected to a Bluetooth device and switched airplane mode on. The volume control then reverted to showing normal volume not headphones. When I turned off both airplane mode and Bluetooth, the volume stayed in normal speaker mode, so all good again.

Whether this was a coincidence that the headphone socket dried out at this point I don’t know. I suspect that allowing the phone to gently dry is probably key. The bag of rice tip found elsewhere is worth using, as I would have gone to that next, as it has worked with my wife’s phone when dropped down the toilet.

Airplane mode for at least 15 minutes. I tried every other conceivable option and that's the one that worked.

I attached my phone to power and let it charge about an hour . This solved the problem. This is the second time this is happening, and the same solution worked again..

iPhone 6s Plus got little water damage, after cleaning it out a qtip and trying most methods on this forum I put the phone on airplane mode for like 30 minutes and sure enough speakers were working again, hope it works for you

Just when threw the same promblem with my iPhone 6 and I tried everything also only thing that worked for me was putting my phone on airplane mode for an hour and when I turned it off it worked again

Did everything suggested. Nothing worked. Left in airplane mode for three or so hours and it worked.

I've been trying to get this issue fixed on my iPhone 6 almost all day. I never use headphones and my phone has never had any water or physical damage. I tried SO MANY things and what finally worked for me was this.. HOLD DOWN THE VOLUME UP AND DOWN BUTTONS AT THE SAME TIME, WHILE STILL HOLDING THESE DO A HARD RESET. SO ALL THE STEPS YOU WILL DO AT THE SAME TIME ARE HOLD DOWN THE VOLUME UP AND DOWN BUTTONS WHILE HOLDING DOWN THE HOME BUTTON AS WELL AS THE BUTTON ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR PHONE. ONCE YOU SEE THE WHITE SCREEN WITH THE APPLE YOU CAN LET GO OF ALL BUTTONS. THIS SHOULD FIX THE ISSUE! I really hope this saves someone a lot of the hassle I've been through!!

If your iphone got water on it then some water is in the jack. Use a vacuum cleaner and create suction in the jack. Do this for about 2 minutes.

I think any solution here might be spurious; I tried plugging and unplugging headphones, reset network settings, and sent a ton of texts to myself. The thing I did last before I got it to work was call myself over and over while switching the silence off and on as my phone was ringing. If it's actually a software issue I'm thinking that each phone will have a different solution. If it's hardware issue I think there would just be one common solution. That's just my thoughts.

At first, I too had got a little frustated. More because of the fact that these are premium devices on which people trust but since machines are machines.

So first of all, do not get dejected. You’ll yourself fix this up. Just the time may vary. Its not as complicated as it seems. My personal device has got appreciable amount of debris inside the jack which is normal but then too I tried this simple procedure.

Step 1: Turning on airplane mode wont help all the time so plugg-in the same headphones that causesd this issue and play a song.

Step 2: Listen for 20 seconds.

Step 3: While listening double tap the home button to check if it says headphones connected.

Step 4: Simply pull-off the headphones.

Step 5: Magic! You start to hear the speakers and realise your heart beat is normal. Enjoy...

Yes I tried all options finally I played my Voice mail and it worked for me

I tried plugging and unplugging my Apple headphones 7-8 times like everyone else was saying, but it didn't work! I had all but given up and decided to go to the Apple Store... Then I stumbled upon this gem of a post!!! Thanks so much! Worked like a charm. I wasn't sure at first because nothing happened immediately, but once I hung up and started playing with my volume buttons it stopped saying "headphones" and started reading "ringer." It worked great, thanks again!

First check if There is nothing stuck in it. If not go to settings and do a reset of the network settings. Did the trick for me. Let me know if it worked

OOMG! Thankkkkk you so much!!!! That last trick worked!!! Having someone call me and putting it on speaker then plugged in headphones then unplugged and played a YouTube video while the call was still connected! Worked like a charm! Thank you thank you!

Thanks! I tried calling my iPhone 6, put it on airplane mode, resetting to network settings, shutting it off/on, plugging the headphone jack in/out. Nada. I finally had someone text me a few times and it worked! The phone finally recognized Ringer and not Headphone mode. This took almost 1 1/2 hours to figure out. Just don't reset settings until trying the other simple things first. You have to trick the phone which is the key. Thanks everyone! (I will not let my son use the headphones on this while listening to music and getting a call or text. It may confuse my phone again. I'll know what to do next time tho).