Phone thinks headphones are in - can't convince it otherwise

[AStranger]

My iphone seems to believe that the headphones are perpetually in the jack.

If I reboot the phone it still thinks my headphones are in. If I put headphones into the jack then take them out then it STILL thinks they are still in.

Restore didn't help either.

Anyone know what might be wrong? I'm afraid I will just have to use the speaker phone forever.

 

[AStranger]

Nevermind. Just fixed it - it was some crap that got stuck in the headphones jack.

 

[zackawee27]

Glad to see you're problem is fixed. Yeah this happened with my Palm Pre, it was stuck in HeadPhone mode. next time just take a qtip and clean the jack.

 

[kikideath]

I wouldn't actually recommend using a q-tip. Use an esd safe brush and/or compressed air. With the air though don't get too close, you don't want to damage components.