Rodesia.org Well, some time ago my iPhone stopped recognizing the headphones, it really looked like some hardware failure, and I started to lose my hope, iPhone was 2+ years old, and a repair would be too costly for sure.
Well, after some googling around, it turns out that the solution was pretty simple, with an open paper clip just remove the accumulated lint inside the iphone’s headphone jack!
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I enjoyed reading your blog. I just read that Brits vote iPhone 8th greatest invention. I love my Iphone.
Thanks for the mention–glad we could help! I was so bewildered that so much lint could come out of my headphone jack on my iPhone! 🙂
You, sir, have just saved me 100quid and a trip to the so called genius bar. Bravo. And as a side note, it’s the most satisfying thing on earth.
Exactly the same thing happened to me. My “googling around” took me to this page. I promptly got a paperclip, gently dug around in there, and pulled out two wads of lint. Viola! Headphones working again. Thanks!!
My iPhone had a similar issue with the audio jack and i cleaned it with the paper clip as said and i was surprised to see the amount of lint that came out. It works perfect now. Thank u so much!!!!! u saved me $50 atleast !!
What a Solution!!
Mate….
You absolutely rock…
A big thank you all the way from Adelaide, Australia…
Shane:)
Many thanks for this top tip, my phone/mp3 player is now on my list of favourite things again.
Huge thank you! After reading “how to replace your iPhone’s headphone jack in 37 easy steps”, I was thinking that it might be time to get a new phone. Four uberwads of lint later (no, I’m not bragging!)… and both my headphones and myself are very happy.
Thanks for the info, wow, had this two years now and it just stopped. Awesome help.
if the above doesnt work. which it didnt for me. but a big lump of lint did come out!!
then use compressed air in a can to blast down the headphone port! job done. thought i needed a new iphone. yay
I have no idea what a lint is, english is not My first la language. Can Someone try describing what this “lint” is or where it is located?
Thanks!!!!
Awesome!!
Works like a miracle.
Unbelievable! I followed the instructions as described and sure enough, balls of lint just kept coming out… Wow! Awesome post.
Thank you, very helpful
That’s very helpful as I had no idea the jack suffered from this kind of problem. I have the 4S so I’ll be keeping an eye out for this problem as well as making sure the jack is clean of dust and lint.
This goes the same for iPad Mic. Mine stopped working and I thought it was an upgrade. Then I took a vacuum to it and cleaned it out.
Yup… Cept mine wasn’t lint, t was a piece of damn paper! When no Lint came out, I almost gave up hope, but then I tried once more and viola, the culprit gave himself up!
Thanks for the suggestion though. A perfect example of occam’s razor.
I tried the paperclip and no lint came out. I hit it with compressed air and nothing came out. However, after doing those two things, my headphones worked again. Yay!!! Thank you!
OMG..thank u.. i have a iphone 5..got really scared since its not a year old!! tried what u said and it worked!!! Thank you!!!! 🙂