iPhone 7 Headphones not working

Even I was facing the same issue, whenever I tried to plug in the headphones and tried to listening the music, always I was disappointed as there was no sound nor nothing, except the headphones plug in and plug out sound. I tried a lot but the problem was unresolved.

Also, gifted myself with a new headset but still no improvements, which only made me disappointed and angry, as I had bought this iPhone 7 plus just 3 months back and this is the problem I'm struggling to overcome.

It was unclear and uncertain, until I thought of giving a try and decided to take chances.

1) I connected my headphones with one of my friends handset and it was working just fine. This made me think that the headphones are all okay.

2) I tried to see if there is a problem with my Bluetooth and that the sound is getting diverted, but it wasn't. I scrolled up the control pannel tapped on the airplay mirroring which showed no device.

3) I scrolled up the control panel and under the volume you see a iphone logo , I tapped on it and selected iphone.

4) settings>sound and haptic> ringer and alerts >change with buttons option : tapped and made it ON.

5) Then at last Opened Settings > Music > Volume limit: increased the volume to MAX, returned back and turned ON the sound check.

6) Switched off the phone and turned the phone On, then connected the headphones and it started working just as it used to work before. This is how my problem got resolved. You too can try and hopefully your problem will also get resolved. Thanks.

Not all accessories are compatible, if you tend to use a duplicate accessory and connect it to the phone , the phone will show you a pop up message saying "accessory is not compatible with the iPhone " so it's better to go for a original accessory with a little higher price and be rest assured.

I have the same problem thoughout my few years with apple. Most of the time its either the phone jack or the lighting port. Read a lot of suggestions and some work while others dont.

Am gonna list a few things that i tried and would probably works.

Lighting Port: The port's not clean so you may try to use a torchlight to look into the port. Remove all the dusk inside it with a pin or needle. check and scratch gently the pins inside the port to see if there's rust in the pin or dusk between the pins that block the connection to headphones or charging. try to remove them gently.

Lighting Jack: The Jack may have problem when the heads are blocked by dust or rust. Try to clean it with a wet tissue paper first. be gentle though cause if too much material is removed the jack will not work anymore. In extreme cases when it still does not work use a pin to scratch it clean. It may works if the rust is not too deep.

The Charging is especially difficult when it is more easy to rust than the headphone ones as its copper alloy imo. And too much scratching means you gonna need to buy a new one.

The headphone one is easier since its made of aluminium alloy, but rusting still occurs and its almost unnoticeable. so whenever its unable to connect and it still looks brand new, just try to directly scratch it with a pin and its highly likely to work again.

Hope this helps.

My head phones work fine when plugged in without the adapter in another apple product but when I put it in my adapter if the music isn’t full volume it’s sounds like extremely crappy bass on all audio it really suffers with music the songs have

no treble and weird popping sounds any ideas?

Some people said blow into it but that’s going to make it worse in the long run (just like old Nintendo cartridges, you are blowing the dust deeper into the port and your breath has high humidity). Use a vaccum cleaner to suck the port (female end) out or canned air for electronics and a brand new toothbrush (unused) to blow and brush it out. To clean the lightning plug (male end) use a brand new melamine sponge (not a used one from the kitchen) and give each side of the male plug a few good strokes. Then blow it off with the canned air. Works the charm for me.

I plug my lightning Jack headphones into my seven and the sound still comes out of the speakers. I’ve tried plugging them in with the phone off and then turning it on. I tried putting them in after it’s turned on. I’ll try them without the music playing to begin with and then with music playing after the fact.

Hey buddy I tried that fix and it worked one time. It made my earbuds work for about three hours. Then it was back to the same old problem however I’m excited now. I found a solution tonight that I had never heard of before. I chatted with Apple support and they said to restore the phone to factory settings. I had already done that under settings but, they said to go to iTunes and do it. If you do it on iTunes it erases in reloads everything… Under settings On your phone it just eraces.

Well, this is simply absurd! Blowing into the port? Cleaning it? Please, gimme back my good old 3.5 jack!
First of all, I cannot charge my iPhone while I use the headsets without an additional split adapter.

Second, I cannot use my favorite headsets without a lightning adapter.

Third, the worst, if I have the headsets on and I call or receive a call, the headsets are ignored!

Here is not a matter of blowing into the port. If you purchase a €800.00 phone you expect that the MOST FUNDAMENTAL features works! Doesn't matter if you have a vocal assistant or fingerprint recognition.

A phone must, first of all, be a phone, and work as any normal phone is expected.

Period.

Please how did you solve the issue ? O

Have you updated to the latest version of iOS 10 (10.0.2). Apple published an update to fix headphones being unresponsive to up/down volume button presses after 5 minutes. I'm wondering if your problem is caused by the same issue just a different outcome.

It is a bug they fixed in the latest IOS

I'm still having this issue after the update that supposedly "fixed" the issue. Are you still experiencing this??

i too have the same issue

Have you checked the Lightning jack and cleaned it if necessary?

Have you updated to iOS 10.1?

Yes I cleaned and updated to iOS 10.1, When I have already connected Lightning Jack to Phone and made a phone call to someone, my voice didn't reach them, then I had to take off the Lightning Jack and to speak with them. That was so annoying, couldn't expect that from Apple.