Have you pulled the headphones out of your iPhone – causing the ear speaker to stop working? And the only way to hear anything is to put the headphones back in? Doesn’t that frustrate the hell out of you?
Me too. It happened to me and almost everyone I know who owns an iPhone! Luckily, I was able to fix the speaker in about 2 seconds – and you can too:
The good news is you don’t have to take it to the Genius Bar AND the speaker isn’t broken – Here’s the simple fix:
- You were probably listening to music, watching a movie or a YouTube video, or using the phone right?
- You yanked the headphones out of the jack during one of the activities in #1 – right?
- Perfect. Just stick the headphones back into the jack and start doing whatever you were doing when you pulled the headphones out (listening to music, watching a movie, etc.)
- You should be able to hear the sound in the headphones.
- Now click the “Pause” button in your movie, song or video.
- Remove the headphones again
- Try making a phone call
- It works!
This iPhone fix did not come easy. I played around with it forever and was ready to drive to the Apple Store / Genius Bar and demand a replacement iPhone (just like my buddy Dave did when he had the same problem! oops.)
Honestly, I was surprised as anybody when my little fix worked. And overjoyed when I realized that I didn’t have to take the iPhone in for service… Because I probably would have bought something at the Apple Store! I’m a sucker for shiny Apple products.
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i wish i had this info 2 weeks ago. but thankds.
thank you soooo much, i was thinking it was dead. and there is no support in Australia for first gen iphones as they were not released here. I got mine from the US and jailbroke it. 1 minute fix to a week of frustration and problems. i owe you. great work!!!!
very helpful. thanks so much!!
Worked great. Thanks a million.
THANK YOU !
Awesome! Thanks for the simple fix. Thank you thank you thank you.
Thank you so much! What a frustrating problem with such an easy solution!
Works on the iPhone 4 too – I’ve just had to do it! 6 hours old and the speaker packed in, but this fixed it! Thank you!
Thanks a lot man, it was hard day today , but after i read your idea it works
thx a lot again