Sometimes iPhone gets stuck in Headphones mode preventing you from hearing the sound. The problem is that iPhone mistakenly acts as if headphones are plugged in.
How to fix
If you see the icon below when you adjust the volume buttons, there may be debris in the headset port. To remove, unplug then re-plug headphones several times (at least 7-8 times). Some users have reported that they fixed this problem succesfully by using a hair dryer or sucking (hard) on the headphone port.
If the above does not work
Reset your iPhone by pressing down the sleep and home buttons until you see the Apple logo.
October 25, 2012 at 6:01 PM
Wow the sucking Tip really worked….
It’s ashame they were trying to make me get another phone.
Thank You
March 29, 2013 at 1:37 PM
I had to try every trick and finally with one last try at sucking it really hard it finally worked! thank you
October 25, 2012 at 9:40 PM
Blow your headset . Just do it ….(I know but) It works .
November 2, 2012 at 5:27 AM
I tried everything but nothing is working .. I have no other go but giving it in the apple store to repair it
December 24, 2012 at 9:41 AM
Use a hairdryer. It works. Had same problem.
April 6, 2013 at 9:02 PM
Mate, this is bizarre…such an expensive and state of the art phone and such a cheap fix..Tim Cook must have really cooked it with a hair dryer.
March 16, 2013 at 11:20 PM
OMG okay so none of these things were working for me either but then i tried sucking the phone jack as hard as i possibly could and it fixes it!!
November 2, 2012 at 5:28 AM
I tried everything but nothing is working .. I have no other go but giving it in the apple store to repair it .
November 8, 2012 at 10:39 PM
I blew my phone and it worked!!
November 11, 2012 at 6:43 AM
The sucking is the ONLY thing that worked. Thank you!
November 12, 2012 at 10:36 AM
haha!
been trying to fix my daughter iphone 4 all evening, tried cleaning the headphone socket with a cotton bud and alcohol, tried numerous resets and playing with software, tried inserting headphone in and out a dozen times, then came across this page… suck it?…. it actually worked!! ridiculous but it worked!
November 16, 2012 at 8:27 PM
WOW, I have been trying for two days to find a fix for my iphone4, and then I see this post . . . it worked!! Thank you Thank you Thank you I did not want to have to reset my phone and lose all my data.
February 9, 2013 at 7:58 PM
LMAO I WAS JUST SITTING HERE SUCKING MY IHPONE JACK CUZ I WAS DESPERATE AN IT WORKED!!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL thank yu community
November 30, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Hahaha too funny, been driving me nuts & I’ve been driving everyone around me nut, hey presto, I sucked the headphone jack and now it works
December 2, 2012 at 8:41 PM
do this steps will work for sure
1. Plug in headset when iPhone is locked.
2. Hold down the power button so that the “slide to power off” bar appears.
3. Remove the headphones.
4. Push the “Cancel” button at the bottom of the screen.
5. Go to the phonepad and see if pressing the buttons now produces sound.
December 19, 2012 at 10:53 PM
You are a legend – tried every thing else. Stepdaughter likes me now LOL
January 9, 2013 at 3:38 PM
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, you are a life saver!!
April 2, 2013 at 11:09 AM
have tried all day to sort this problem out and even apple tech help didn’t manage BUT the tip from poyan works! thank you so much!
April 9, 2013 at 10:39 AM
I’ve tried every thing but failed until i tried your way!!! Thanks a million!
April 19, 2013 at 8:14 PM
Finally!!
April 19, 2013 at 11:51 PM
thanks poyan worked a treat
April 20, 2013 at 1:00 AM
This really worked ,thanks alot!!
December 6, 2012 at 5:10 AM
My iPhone has the same problem. Honestly, I tried to suck the headphones jack, blew the headphones jack, rebooted the iPhone, unplugged and plugged in the headphones again and again, but, it did NOT work. Finally, I was quite frustrated and wanted to buy a new one, so I tried a new way: Use a narrow cottenstick and spray (or pour) a SMALL amount of alchohol on that cottenstick. Remember not to pour much, because the headphones jack would burn if it senses water. Just try it on the iPhone, anywhere (I tried it next to the headphones jack) if there has water on it. If not, then it is excellent. If have, then you might have poured too much. Then put that cottenstick with small amount of alchocol on it to the headphones jack, and rub it a few times, wipe the headphones jack clean, jab it once or twice, then see if it works. My phone did.
December 11, 2012 at 8:23 PM
I had spilled a drink and I guess some of it went into the headphone jack and I only noticed until I received a phone call and turned the volume up that it said “headphone” that I didn’t have in. I tried sucking very hard, I tried rolling a napkin up, I tried blowing into it. Nothing worked. What DID work however was taking a Q-Tip and taking the cotton off the end and putting the stick into the headphone jack until it hits the bottom. And then wiggling it around a bit, and voila! It worked! Hope this is helpful!
December 22, 2012 at 2:57 PM
This worked for me, accidentally spilled milk from my cereal on it this morning! However it did take several q-tips (with the cotton ripped off), like 3 or 4, so don’t give up if it doesn’t work on the first one.
January 19, 2013 at 9:24 AM
This totally worked for me! The qtip with the cotton ball ripped off worked. I did everything else…
Thanks for saving me a trip to the apple store!
March 31, 2013 at 7:47 PM
Your a life saver it worked with cotton ball off I love u
February 10, 2013 at 2:23 PM
Phone got wet during Blizzard 2013. I tried the sucking, plugging in and out, vacuuming and a qtip. Thanks for telling me not to give up after just one qtip. It finally worked.
January 15, 2013 at 7:23 PM
I tried all the other stuff and I almost gave up because they didn’t work, but Julia was right! the end off a qtip did it first try!!! thank you so much
February 5, 2013 at 8:37 AM
Its absolutely worked, what a miracle, saved my butt from getting ripped at the apple store. I had to use two q-tips to get it to work but it works!
March 4, 2013 at 7:00 PM
Wow the qtip with ripped off cotton really does work! Only thing that worked
good advice
March 10, 2013 at 12:57 PM
You are a life savor! I tried EVERYTHING that was suggested on here and other sites and nothing worked except this! Thank you so much! It took 2 Q-Tips to get it to work!
March 18, 2013 at 8:04 PM
I have a 3gs and had it on my lap in my car, got out, and it fell (completely submerged)in a dirty puddle for about 2-3 seconds. When I pulled it out, the earphone speaker didnt work, and the bottom speaker was faint, but working. After an hour the bottom speaker was completely functional, but my earphone speaker didnt work because it said it had the “headphones”. I stuck the Q-tip to the bottom, wiggled it around for about 10 seconds, didnt work. Used another Q-tip and it worked!!!!
April 12, 2013 at 3:17 AM
Thank you so much… Gave myself a headache from blowing and sucking on it… Stupid idea… Qtip worked first go!
December 22, 2012 at 3:59 AM
Couldnt believe it… Tried the vacuum on the earphone socket and it worked…saved a trip to the apple shop the weekend before Xmas
February 17, 2013 at 9:06 PM
Thanks I got it first try! Just put it all the way down and wobble it around for like 10 to 15 seconds and It works
December 22, 2012 at 11:02 PM
My son’s ipad was not working, tried the air blower and didn’t work. I read about the sucking, so I thought that using the automatic nose sucker of my baby would work, and it did (I changed the tip for a new one before using it). It might sound gross but actually is better than just suck on it.
March 3, 2013 at 7:31 PM
Worked. Hooray
December 23, 2012 at 1:37 AM
Tried everything else and was starting to get desperate as I wouldn’t be able to get to Apple shop over christmas…..sucking the headphone jack really worked!!!
December 30, 2012 at 8:16 AM
omg…i didnt think it would work but it did!!! sucking the headphone jack hard inward did the trick
January 1, 2013 at 11:15 AM
Wow can’t believe I had to give me phone a blowjob to get it to work again -__-
January 9, 2013 at 11:29 AM
Just dropped my iphone in the snow while playing catch with my dog. Ended up having to suck very hard but I got it. Thanks!
February 25, 2013 at 8:12 PM
How this worked beats me! Dropped mine (iPhone 4) in a touch of water earlier today and I’ve tried everything! Put it in rice (usually works when they get wet) and then before reading I tried the qtip (worked wonders on old Nintendo games ha) and read all these and finally decided to give in and suck off my phone and not only did it work but now I’m a “sucker” for apple!
January 10, 2013 at 10:10 PM
Omfg it works !!!! Wtf ?? Just suck about 5-6 times really hard and whalllllaaaaaa working like new wohoooooo
April 20, 2013 at 6:41 AM
Tried the Q tip and alcohol after everything else failed, it worked right away!! Thanks!!
January 20, 2013 at 4:11 PM
I haven’t used headphones on my iPhone 5 yet, so it confused me when it said I had some in when I went to turn the volume up on my music, I tried sucking the hole where the headphones go in but that didn’t work, but then I took the end off a cotton swab and stuck it in the hole till it reached the end, then wiggled it about a bit, it took a few times, about 7 or 8 bit it worked!! Hope that helped x
January 27, 2013 at 11:50 AM
Omg the vaccum trick worked couldnt find the hair dryer, absolute legend!!
January 21, 2013 at 3:04 AM
Small piece of tissue pushed together and inserted down hole and twisted worked
January 23, 2013 at 5:38 AM
Tried everything – freezer, headphones, blowing, sucking.
Finally tried cotton bud but it was too wide so i removed the head and poked the plastic bit into the earpiece socket. Voila!!!!
January 24, 2013 at 7:14 AM
GUUYYYSSSS….
My phone is fucking stucked in headphone mode….I tried EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING…..nothing works for me…This is making me angry….can someone help me with this shit ??????
January 25, 2013 at 3:26 PM
Omg this had me rolling…. I had to blow mine for it to work… LMFAO I no this shit sound funny but its true n it works… @ first I suck it n it didn’t work so I had to blow it n @ first it didn’t work so I blow dry it n that didn’t work but I didn’t give it I was determined to fix my iPad so since most of the comments say blowing works I tried it again but hard n man oh man it work… Yea I no crazy but it work… It was so funny I had to make a post on my FB page… LMFAO
January 28, 2013 at 3:50 AM
whaoooo, i pressed down the sleep button and the home button, and BINGO!!! it works!!!!!
January 28, 2013 at 10:05 PM
Spray headphone jack with WD40 and then unplug re-plug headphones several times. WORKED FOR ME!!!! I work outside, suspect contacts got corroded because of moisture or maybe rain drop got in headphone jack.
April 3, 2013 at 4:33 AM
Yes !! The cotton bud thing worked after 3-4 times . I would like to thank my parents and all my fans out there for your support. Haha I’m kidding thank you guys anyway !!
February 3, 2013 at 5:45 PM
Sucking worked!
February 3, 2013 at 6:10 PM
Tried EVERYTHING. Phone in the freezer worked. Took it out of the freezer..a few minutes later the sound was back. Thanks whoever suggested that!
February 13, 2013 at 8:48 PM
I was having the same problem as everyone else and i tried everything. The only thing that worked was sucking out the ear plug hole on the iphone. I took a straw a little smaller then the plug in and set it in just enough so no air would leak. After doing that,i sucked so hard I think i swallowed a couple screws and maybe an app or two but it worked.lol. Just the sucking through the straw. Not blowing into it or shoving things down there. I dont know for sure but putting things down the earplug holes , who knows what else could happen, just a thought. But anyway, the straw trick is what worked for me. Good Luck.
February 13, 2013 at 10:57 AM
heyyy thanks a lot for all the info, I blowed really hard and it came of headphone mood…. I didn’t think it would work but it did…. thanks guys…..
February 13, 2013 at 10:35 PM
Sucking really works… Thanks guys… Hahahahaa!!!!!
February 15, 2013 at 6:55 PM
Thanks! Tried plugging and re-plugging headphones, resetting, q-tips, with no luck. Blowing actually worked- go figure.
March 10, 2013 at 9:24 AM
The only thing that worked for me was taking the cotton off both ends of a Qtip sticking it in and sucking hard!
February 16, 2013 at 5:08 AM
It worked!! I can’t believe it! Sucking on it worked ! I tried do it on the bus!
February 20, 2013 at 7:22 AM
twisting tissue and sticking it into the jack WORKED, just like picking your nose, dirt came out of the jack and that was the problem. It worked.. thanks to this thread… SUCKING did not worked for me though ^_^….
February 25, 2013 at 5:53 PM
qtip…it works. just give it a few (6,7,8) tries and it’ll happen!
March 1, 2013 at 1:40 PM
Thank you somuch!!! I thought my parents were going to kill me! I tried putting my phone in the freezer, cleaning it with q tips, plugging and unplugging the headphones, but the sucking is what worked! Thank you!
March 10, 2013 at 8:36 PM
I gave my iPhone a blowjob and it worked!
March 11, 2013 at 7:11 PM
THE Q-TIP REALLY WORKED HAD TO TRY SEVERAL TIMES BUT IT FINALLY WORKED THANK EVERYONE
March 13, 2013 at 12:43 PM
Maybe its something about the charging conector. I used to charge my ipad to 100%, but one day before i had the problem, i didn’t allow it to 100%. The day i lost the sound, i started looking for a solution on the web, and everything i tried didn’t work. So my last try was to let the ipad go to 0% and connect it charging to 100% all night long. When i tried the ipad in the morning, it had sound without headphones like always.
Some people has suggested the problem is something about the charging connector. Im one of them.
Hope this helps you and you understand evrything i said (english is not my mother language).
March 19, 2013 at 3:47 PM
Sucking threw the earphone socket worked suck as hard as u can
March 20, 2013 at 11:37 PM
The Q tip without the cotton worked! I tried everything! But then i tried that for about 10 seconds and then got a new one and now it works again! thank you so much!
March 25, 2013 at 6:24 PM
Was about to reset my phone, as I was backing up my phone. I came across this.
Sucking on the headphone jack actually worked. Like a bunch of small sucks of air unclogged what ever was causing the issue.
March 26, 2013 at 10:04 AM
idk what to do nothing works ;C help i went to a eletronics store they told me itll cost 2500rub ps im from russia thats like almost 100 bucks ;C
March 26, 2013 at 10:06 AM
idk what to do nothing works ;C help i went to a eletronics store they told me itll cost 2500rub ps im from russia thats like almost 100 bucks ;C
P.S.S scared of doing the freezer
March 30, 2013 at 10:41 PM
Try blowing air hardly right on to the headphones port! It worked for me. There will be a sensor inside the headphones port which will detect whether a headphone is connected or not and switch its speaker mode accordingly. If something obstructs its working, the phone may be set to headphones mode and may not change to speaker mode.
I tried uffff uffff…(blew air hardly 5-6 times)..
WORKED
Good Luck!
March 31, 2013 at 7:45 AM
Hoovering the headphone jack and speakers worked for me
March 31, 2013 at 5:26 PM
Thanks, the reset….nope….the blow dryer…..nada…..unplug/replug headphones7 or 8 times….nothing…..suck real hard on the port….amazing!
March 31, 2013 at 8:07 PM
It worked… I can’t believe the sucking on it actually worked!!! Thank u!
April 2, 2013 at 8:42 PM
Everything I tried did not work. Than I sucked as hard as possible on the headphone jack
And it actually worked. I swear that is so amazing.
Mine was broke because I spilled lemonade all over it.
I simple sucking of the headphone jack port thing and BAM! It’s in ringer mode as I type this!
Thanks
April 10, 2013 at 6:59 AM
finally after so many trials ur qtip tips made wonders…..thank u so much
April 10, 2013 at 5:06 PM
I tried everything. I tried putting the headphones in when it was locked and holding down the lock button until the turn off thing popped up then taking them out and pressing cancel and it didn’t work. I tried the Q-tip thing twice, and it didn’t work. But sucking on it, SUPER hard, actually works, but it takes more than one try.
April 13, 2013 at 7:19 PM
Omg.. Tried everything after spilling lemonade on my phone.. Q tip worked on second try!! Thank you thank you thank you !!
April 15, 2013 at 11:04 PM
The main thing is don’t give up. it will fix eventually…. For me it was the sequence of q-tip with alcohol to clean, several hours later sucked it with my mouth, then the hold both buttons for 15 seconds straight to put it in sleep mode, plugged it in and then held the power button for 15seconds to relaunch it.
April 20, 2013 at 6:44 AM
Q tip and alcohol, only thing that worked! Thanks!