Need to troubleshoot your iPhone or iPad because it fell in water? Find Out How to Get Wet iPhone Off Headphones Mode ASAP and save from water damage with these easy steps I did at home! May contain commissioned links.
How to Get Wet iPhone Off Headphones Mode
I did a serious blunder this summer. I brought my new iPhone to a water theme park, used it, and forgot to protect it.
So there my son was, going down his first big water slide, and whoosh! Big splash of water all over my phone. Luckily, the phone still functioned and I quickly dried it off with my towel.
But the one thing I could not do was get the phone out of headphones mode. My wet iPhone was stuck in headphones mode (even without something plugged into the jack) and I could not receive any phone calls or listen to anything via my speakers. Insert a bunch of explicit words.
So in my infinite wisdom (aka complete stupidity) I am sharing today how to get wet iPhone off headphones mode from home, without calling in the tech guys. This easy how to fix a water damaged iPhone or iPad may help save you time and money! This may also work for iPhones with headphone malfunctions. I thought this fitting with the iPhone 6 buzz 🙂
And now there’s iPhone 7 and iPhone X and iPhone 11 and iPhone 12? I can’t keep up.
Let me start with this disclaimer that I am NOT a tech guru or a wise person in all things iPhone, iPad or iPad mini. This is just something that I personally did to fix my water damaged iPhone from the comfort of home, and it worked.
Many years later, I have had NO problems with my phone since the water immersion accident. I do not guarantee results, just wanted to give folks a simple, easy, and frugal option before calling in the experts to possibly repair their water damaged iPhone.
How to Get Wet iPhone Off Headphones Mode at Home Step by Step Tutorial
Persistence, patience, and humility. It’s not easy to accept the fact that a little elbow grease may be needed to get your iPhone back to top condition. But how exactly do you get your water damaged iPhone back to normal?
With a few materials that you already own at home and a few deep breaths, you can have your phone back in no time without paying a professional or spending a ton of money. Ready to fix your own water damaged phone? Here are the easy steps I completed to get water out of the headphone jack:
What You Will Need:
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- A Q-Tip
- A Toothpick
- Your iPhone Headphones or your iPhone charger cable (NOT Air Pods)
- Your humility
Need a cheap waterproof case for next time? I highly recommend grabbing one:
Directions:
An iPhone can get stuck in headphones mode for multiple reasons. Most commonly, because of trapped dirt/dust/water in the headphone jack. Have some patience!
1. Start by taking your Q-Tip, and tightly wrapping the fibers around the Q-Tip stick. (This step is important, to make sure the fibers you are placing into the phone jack do NOT get stuck as well.) GENTLY place into headphones jack and twirl a few times to try and remove the water/dirt. You may have to remove some of the Q-Tip swab and re-wrap to get the swab tip to fit.
2. Take your iPhone headphones and push the cord end into headphones jack. (Alternatively if you only have iPhone air pods, you can use your iPhone charger cord.) Pull the headphones cord back out. Push and pull a few times to check if the phone is now on speaker mode. If your phone is still stuck in headphones mode, move on to step 3.
3. Using a toothpick, gently dig into the headphones jack to loosen an more debris still stuck in there. Reinsert the Q-Tip to grab and remove any excess debris from the jack.
4. Repeat step 2.
5. Repeat steps 1-3 if necessary. If still stuck in headphones mode after a few attempts, you unfortunately will need a professional.
I have heard this also works for those who possibly have water damaged iPads and iPad minis. Again, I do not guarantee results – but I’m so happy to hear how this post has helped many from purchasing new electronics. Reminder to never insert anything METAL into your iPhone or iPad. This could permanently damage your device.
I would bookmark, pin and save this site for future reference. You never know when you need to save your phone from your child throwing it in the toilet or something. I really, really, really hope this works for you guys and saves you and your phone from utter catastrophic destruction.
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KJ says
Awesome! Tried the q-tip , didn’t work… Tried toothpick a few times then bingo!! Thanks!
Camille says
Thank you! I had done the whole q-tip, plugging and unplugging the earphone 20 times, but for some reason doing it this way worked. Whew!
Deepti says
Thank you so much for sharing this post.I was really in crisis today as my iphone had same problem.Instead of toothpick i used ear bud and it worked??
Janae says
Wow this worked for me!! Thank you soooo much!!!
Shay says
Thanks Christie you really saved my life seriously.. I was so paranoid that I would have to rely on my headphones to function with my iPhone 6…Keep doing what your doing love your blog/website thanks again ??
Krista says
It worked!!!! I only had to put the headphone jack in and twist it around and I’m back in business. Thank you!!
Brian says
Thanks! Didn’t work at first but kept messing with it for about 5 min and finally fixed it!
Heather says
Thank you so much! Took a few times, plus fooling with the volume slider but it worked! Thanks again!
Diana says
I dropped my iPhone 6 in the toilet and the headphone jack was the only thing that seemed to not work. I tried this like 4 times and it still wasn’t fixed. I almost gave up hope and tried one more time and ta-da it worked like magic!! Thanks
Bianca says
It did not work on my iPhone but thanks for trying to help me out ?
Kelli says
You just saved me a ton of money!!! Thank you! Humility…my 3 year old daughter dropped mine in the toilet. :/
christie says
EEKK! Toilet troubles I know too well. Glad it worked 🙂
ashley says
this has worked completely for me, the q tip method seriously worked for my iPad. At school somehow my soda can had leaked a bunch from the bottom of the can all in my bag and my iPad was in the bag and got soaked pretty bad.. that was in the morning time and once I got home from school which was around 4:30 I tried to watch something and the volume wouldn’t work because it was in headphone mode, so I searched what I could do and sure enough I found these amazing tips, it took me a few tries but after that it worked! thank you so much 🙂
Amy says
Thank you!!! Worked perfectly and others did not.
Steph says
Thank you so much! What a relief. Was at work and water spilled on my back pocket (where my iPhone was). I was so nervous I was going to have to send my phone in for repairs but after 5 minutes of patient cleaning with the earbud, it worked!! So relieved.
Jane't Allen says
Thank you soooo much!! I was soo worried that I would’ve had to spend money to get it fixed! Worked like a charm
Kathy says
This has happened to me twice, and in both cases I did all these steps with no results, plugged my phone in to charge overnight and in the morning it worked. No idea why, but that may work for someone else.
Mary says
I tried this for an hour straight I literally did everything, than it hit me I’m breastfeeding so I took my breast pump and had it suck out whatever it was and it worked instantly
Melissa says
Well I tried everything and it was not emerged in water it was just a little bit and still stuck in headphone mode. It still rings and I hear calls. It’s crazy oh well I will keep trying
Bobby says
IT WORKED! Thank God, thank you!!!!
Avery says
Thank you sooo much I was literally about to cry!
Molly says
I put my wet iPhone I. The sun for about 10 minutes and evaporated the water out. Headphones returned to ringer.