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I hadn't used the headphones before this happened. I've tried cleaning out the jack with a match (it looks very clean) and plugging the headphones in and out several times whilst watching a video. Neither worked.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
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iPhone 6, iOS 8, 1 day old.
Saw a bunch of posts on this and some of the answers are pretty stupid. In fact, some are malicious. There is no software reset, reboot, network reset steps to do this. The headphone jack is DIRTY and/or got wet. That simple. Phone thinks there is a jack in there so its stuck in headphone mode. One suggestion was to stick a paperclip in the jack. That will potentially damage your jack and phone!!! How stupid can one be?
Heres a fix that is SAFE and works. Use a cotton swab to rub alcohol or contact cleaner on the head phone cable jack and insert it a few times. Each time you pull it out, wipe the jack clean and insert it again. keep doing it until you see your ringer volume pop back up. Don't stuff a cotton swab up in there. I ended up using a toothpick with a tiny lens cleaner cloth wrapped around it and was able to insert it into the jack and rotate as I pulled it out. Lens cloth came out very dirty. Phone works now.
I have an iPhone 5 that was saying I had headphones in, even though it was just some water. I turned on airplane mode. Then, I set it so it was standing up against my wall (so the water could maybe drip out). I shut my phone all the way off and let it sit overnight. The next morning it was working just fine! Back to normal!
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.
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
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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!
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!
so I read through this forum on all the solutions and none of them worked. However the ONE that did was SETTINGS>GENERAL>RESET>RESET NETOWRK SETTINGS. This only removes any passwords you have for wireless networks and does not reset any personal things such as pics, contacts, etc. After the the phone came back on work right away!
Went on a scuba diving boat today and noticed when I got back my iphone6 stuck in headphones mode as I was filming people jumping off boat and splashing into water. Thought salt water must have gone in the jack hole and dried leaving salt crystals.
TRied all the techniques listed here, cotton bud tip that was soaked in methylated spirits in attempt to disolve/ dislodge any salt or grime.
Still would not work, then while playing around with volume buttons and sending some txts I got two text messages back from some friends and this fixed the problem.
The sound from the message being received somehow reset this iphone earphone stuck 'bug'
Very happy Chappy as I don't need to go to a service shop to pay for repairs.
In summary, after cleaning earphone jack with cotton bud dipped in ethanol or methylated spirits allowing to evaporate and dry, get someone to text you a few times making sure you have a sound enabled for incoming texts.
IPhone 6 back to normal
Tried every method in every one of these forums. The only thing that worked for me was Airplane Mode. I put it in Airplane Mode for 15 minutes and it worked.
Literally tried EVERYTHING and this finally worked!!! Thanks for the tip! Saved me the trouble of having to go into a store.
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!
this worked!!! I already went to an apple service store and Verizon, they didn't know how to fix this, THANK You saved me a lot of money
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.
iPhone is stuck in headphone mode
