iPhone is stuck in headphone mode

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.

Resetting the network settings worked for me! I thought I was going to have to get a new iPhone. My problem started when I got water in the headpjack hole.

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!

Even I water damaged my iPhone 6s...using qtip worked for me but I m afraid to plug my headphones back again as I think I had water damaged the jack...should I wait for few days to plug headphones back or I won't?

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).

Tried all the other stuff including the calling and turning speaker on and off. That did not work. But this one did . Thanks Tom. Btw the one other thing that happened after the reset was my battery ran out. But whatever it was it work so I am happy

I tried a bunch of the solutions in these kinds of threads. My phone was waterdamaged and the problem started with the heaphone stuck issue. It also died a few times with blue screens of death, but a few nights in a bag with rice solved that problem.

The headphone problem persisted. I solved it by making a call with the headphones in, and during the call, I unplugged the headphones and the voice began coming through the earpiece of the phone again. Tried Spotify afterward and music was coming through the speaker!

Just thought everyone should know, I tried all these methods and nothing but the one that worked for me was airplane mode. I left it on airplane mode for about 3 hours and I think it fixed it when I turned it off.

ok after playing in the snow i came back inside and my phone was on headphones after i tried all of these steps with no success. this was the second time this has happpend to me. i have resolved this problem on my end, get a can of compressed air and put the needle on the end and stick it in the headphone jack and blow it out for about 10-20 secs and now i can hear spotify and other sounds and phone calls. hope this helps! 🙂

I Had this issue for the first time the other day...

I have an iPhone 5s and I don't think I've even used the headphone jack on this particular phone, because it's a replacement phone for a previous phone where the sleep wake button wouldn't work. The other day I could not hear any phone calls and less I put it on speakerphone or I put in a headphone set. I first did a hard reset on my phone, then I rebooted it and it went away it hasn't return sense but, people are now complaining that they cannot hear me when I'm talking not on speakerphone. Three people have now told me that it sounds like I'm going in and out of the tunnel, and it's intermittent. My call either sounds completely clear or it sounds like I'm in a tunnel. Got to tell you it's a little bit annoying, and it makes me not want to upgrade to the next iPhone even though I'm eligible. This is my third iPhone five because all the iPhones I've had so far in the five series had problems that required insurance claims. And of course when you have a cell phone provider and you do an insurance claim, they send you a refurbished phone