iPhone is stuck in headphone mode

I had this problem today with my iPhone 6, and I tried everything (cleaning the jack, reseting the network, reboot the iPhone).

After one hour, expecting to have to go to an Apple Store, I tryed an ultimate idea : kill all the application, and reboot the iPhone (pushing home button and lock button together during 10s) : MIRACLE ! The problem is solved.

As I didn't touch the connector during the operation, I'm pretty sure that there is a software problem. Since the last update (iOS 9.3.2), my device is not very stable... I hope this app reset and reboot will help.

As a person who a person who fixes many iPhone's through a 3rd party company, I see this problem quite a lot. There is 3 big ways to fix this.

1. Clean out clean the headphones jack. This can be done by taking some fluff of the end of a q-tip and swabbing around.

2. Plug and unplug 6-7 times and hard reboot your phone (hold the power and home buttons until the apple logo shows up).

3. If the problem still persists your headphones jack might be damaged internally. If that is the case you will need to replace the docks cable. I recommend looking online for a local company that does apple repairs to replace the part.

I hope that fixes your problem.

Tried every "solution" nothing worked.

the Mrs suggested a FaceTime call.

no sound for 10seconds or so then the speaker kicked in and it left headphone mode.

been working ok since

i have a 6S plus if that matters

I Just tried the reset network thing but it still didn't work, and I've spent about an hour trying the other methods but my iPhone 6 is still stuck in headphones mode. Someone please help, I'm desperate!

THANKYOU SO MUCH

This worked like a charm

i I had dropped my phone in water

grabbed it right away and dried it off,

still stuck on headphones mode

NOTHING worked till I did the compressed air.

You are AWESOME!!!

Tried most of the methods until I had to make dinner so I put it in airplane mode (even though I didn't think it would work). I also connected it to a Bluetooth speaker and played music. When I got done it had corrected itself.

Tried many of the solutions here to no avail. Picked up my Bose W-Fi wireless earphones, connected to my iPhone. Plugged and unplugged my wired earphones a couple of times. Turned off the Wi-Fi on my phone an lo and behold I was out of Headphone mode. Very frustrating, but I got it going again.

i had the same issue. All these answers I tried. My iPhone went into the tub while bathing my son. Maybe 1-2 seconds. Nothing to bad except the headphones saying plugged in while they weren't. Read all the answers yet none worked. But once I made a call then put it on speaker that's what did the trick for me. Hope this helps somebody out!

iPhone 6 Plus iOS 10.0.1

This started happening suddenly with my phone. Picked up a phone call and could not hear a thing; switched to speaker and the caller could be heard clearly. All along, the caller could hear me in speaker and non speaker mode. Reading along on some sites, a member recommended turning the volume up while the call was in progress, (or better yet, record a few seconds of voice memo and play it back while troubleshooting) if with the headphones unplugged you get the volume icon that says "headphones", then your phone is stuck in headphones mode. This individual recommended the use of compressed air to blow in the headphones jack. After I did that . . . . . voila . . . the phone worked as advertised.

Others have recommended plugging and unplugging the headset; this did not work for me. Because this appears to be a mechanical issue with the plug itself, restarting, resetting or restoring the phone will not work. All else fails take it to a local shop that can take it apart and clean or replace the jack.

iPhone stuck on headphone mode solution !!!

While cleaning the jack will work out, I tried all this on

my iPhone 6 plus but only to fin out that it wasn't the jack

.i symply turned on and of airplane mode and guess what?

Bang bang its now wor fine.

My iPhone 6 did this after uploading the new IOS. Using wireless headphones on the new IOS would cause the software to default to "headphones" and I missed multiple calls. Finally, found under settings>general>accessibility>interaction>call audio routing the ability to set "automatic", "bluetooth headset", and "speaker". "automatic" allows you to switch from headphones to speaker without intervention.

This worked!!! I tried everything else on this forum none of which worked for my phone. The only thing I did different from you is that I poured hydrogen peroxide into the headphone jack opening b/c I didn't have the swimmers ear drops. I have no idea how mine got stuck this way but am relieved to have it fixed. Thank you for sharing 🙂

Mine was getting water in it during a rain while trying to fix a drainage issue in my backyard. Sounds like you were having more fun. Anyways, yours was the fix I got to work when all the rest did not. Thank you!

My iPhone 6 had a drop of liquid in the head phone jack opening, I turned my phone off and used a vacuum cleaner nozzle with my hands cupped around the nozzle and covering the jacks and ran it for thirty seconds. Sound has returned. Hope this helps your issue.