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Phone stuck in "headphone mode" (PLEASE HELP)

For somereason, my phone is stuck in Headphone mode.
like on the top corner, it shows that my phone is still in headphone state.
the problem is that even when my headphone is unplugged my phone is still in that state...
...meaning that, without my headphones plugged in, the other party cannot hear me and i cannot hear them.
i tried soft and hard resetting the phone, but nothing works.
Everything else is working phone, it just that i cannot make a call, answer a call, listen to music without my headphone....
Any help or tips is greatly appreciated.
Thanks alot!!

it already happend to my phone.. what i did is i connect the headset again and did remove my battery and remove the headset then turned on the phone again and the headset icon disappears.
if your problem still continues, i guess you should go to sony ericsson for replacement it seems your jack is grounded or alike. i heard that the jack is somewhat tight and could put a groove in you headset male jack.

PROBLEM SOLVED....
http://www.portability.nl/windows-m...artphone-stuck-in-headset-or-car-profile.html
apparently its a hardward problem...

I had the same problem. This is what i did put your headset back in turn windows media player on now start a song and pull out the headset. Now it should get out of headset mode. Thats what has been working for me twice.

The other thing to watch for too, and this was a big problem with the older model HTC/SPV Devices, is that the detection switch inside the socket gets stuck.
I had this happen many times on my various SPV's up until HTC Started producing models where the headphones plugged into the mini USB.
If it does happen to be the switch getting stuck, you can try plugging in the headset and wiggling it about a bit, or i found that a wooden cocktail stick was a rather good device, to just poke in and rattle about a little bit.

shawty said:
If it does happen to be the switch getting stuck, you can try plugging in the headset and wiggling it about a bit, or i found that a wooden cocktail stick was a rather good device, to just poke in and rattle about a little bit.
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the stylus is good too.

Hi there,
got the same problem. Tried everything, soft- and hard-reset, cleaned the connector with some alcohol....
Just before i got in the mood to open the case to have a deeper look at the connector, i stumbled over here
This is what i did put your headset back in turn windows media player on now start a song and pull out the headset. Now it should get out of headset mode. Thats what has been working for me twice.
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This also worked for me
As a conclusion, i think there are several reasons (as usual ) that lead to this problem.
It may partly rely on the connector itself, e.g. bad "on" resistance of the contacts or mechanical twisted in any way.
Maybe some of the internal pull-up resistors are to weak also.
Additionally the software driver may have some issues, to indicate the "plug out" properly.
I also had such issue on HTC universal once upon a time.
It was also partly software related. In other words some "plug-in-plug-out" loops while playing some music solved the issue on that device.
Anyway, this maybe called another weird bug on a winmob platform.
Thanks for the hint again!!!
Best regards,
scholbert

It's me again
I wonder if these headphone problems had gone with the latest firmware.
With R1AA017 the "headphone mode" issue could be reproduced a 1000 times.
1. Today screen, plug in the headphone
2. plug out headphone, headphone symbol stays active
3. plug in headphone again and start WM player
4. start some music, plug out headphone, symbol is gone, sound from the speaker
EDIT:
As it seems with R2AA006 the "headphone mode" issue is gone.
1. Today screen, plug in the headphone, headphone symbol appears
2. plug out headphone, headphone symbol disappears
Works as it should!
Anyway, please report if you ever got these problems and what kind of firmware you are using.
Let's try to concentrate on stock images (R2... , R3...), otherwise this would get very confusing
Cheers,
scholbert

sent it back for repair ... this happened to me twice and i sent it back for repair and the problem was with the headphone not the phone itself

Hi it happened to me as well. so after few times i was pi.... off and i send it to back to SE repair centre. and i also claim a crack in case. and believe or not they fix it in 12 days. That means SE knows those problems very well. my advise is dont be shy and send it there , they will fix it without any hassle.

try to drain the battery and charge it back up.

I also sent it back. After 5 weeks the idiots at SE Service returned it unrepaired, charged me 40 €, and claimed that the phone was once opened (it was not).
Will now buy an HTC or Nokia. Never ever again an SE.

It Got Solved
Hi It's very simple take your stylus and insert it into the headphone socket and move very gently, It will solve the problem.
For me it had worked always.
Weird but works

Hi all
ive been having the same prob here ... :
phone remains in headset mode even after jack is unplugged.
have been trying:
turning registry entry
blowing (worked at very rare times )
stylus/ pin playing ..
till now, no good solution
my request:
is there a way ( cab install, registry hack) so as to disable the whole of the headset.. its ok if i dont use it anymore.. ! i want it software, like some sort of software to disable the headset module completely ...
awaiting reply.
thanks & Regards,

Yeah I think there is a way. If you search for when I posted about this last year I think someone says how to do it in the comments.
Lots of people seem to be claiming that software tricks can solve this problem. If that worked for you, that's a co-incidence. Even re-flashing a different ROM won't sort out a mechanical fault. Just go get a safety pin.

my experience about the headphone problem
First time, when happaned I was crazy, because I coudn't answer a call and the phone looks like was broken. I suggest,(not a big deal) to close the player program prior you disconnet you headphone or in radio panel mode, to swicth to speaker listenig first and then plug off headphone. Nothing else, don't worry

Well, since I'm using a new phone I've decided I'm going to open my phone up to manually fix this problem as for me, what happened was, a very tiny screw got lodged within the headphone jack. I managed to get the screw out but I think I damaged the connector responsible for signaling that a headset is plugged in.
I have one problem however, I dont have the security screwdrivers nessary to gain access so I'm wondering, if anyone know any tricks to open the phone up. I've heard I can use locktite to bond the screw to whatever I want to use however that would be something I'd consider if I cant think of anything else. Until then I'll try using a screw driver just large enough to wedge itself in place and unscrew but if anyone has any ideas or suggestions, please if you would be so kind.
In the meantime if I make any headway I'll let you know what happens. (Does anyone want to know anything if I do open it up?).

Ok I opened it up... Let me tell you it certainly was difficult. My phone had suffered the cracking problem which made it somewhat hard to take apart without it falling to bits but I managed nevertheless.
As I peeled away parts of the phone to get to the small headphone jack, I instantly found the problem, the little clip that performs as the switch to headset mode was buckled... I got some really tiny pliers and I managed to re-bend it however, the clip wasn't touching the contact switch! *RAGE*. So I play around with it a little more and realise hang on... it's moving too much, I then noticed that the clip was actually cracked *ANGER*.
So I decided... ok, off goes the clip. I permanently soldered the connection instead and hey presto, no more headset mode, of course this means, I can never use headset mode but that's not a problem for me.
If anyone wants any help, please feel free to ask . I managed to give the keyboard a clean also! (No more double presses or keys that dont respond either!).

With this goddamn problem, is it possible to connect stereo bluetooth with sound?

Hammerhead89 said:
With this goddamn problem, is it possible to connect stereo bluetooth with sound?
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Answering the last question: YES it should work as bluetooth audio has nothing to do with the headphone jack and I normally used bluetooth headset with the headphone mode stucked
coming back to topic It seems it is depending on case more soft or hardware-related. in my case it was rather hardware, no mediaplayer/radio method helping and putting stylus in helped only two times.
So I used compressed air to blow through the jack and then cleaned it with the earbud head/material ONLY (as the bud does not fit in) on a wooden stick (but then you might have hard times to pull the rest of the budhead out)
Anyways it worked, so far after many tries to make sure it doesn't get stucked !
I guess in future WD40 may be even better
Man this phone is so good and yet so full of bugs !!

Headphone jack problem - please read and comment..

My Streak7 has sprung up a little problem where the audio cuts off when the headphone plug is wiggled slightly. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, did you get it replaced? And if so, did your replacement have the same problem?
I am trying to figure out if this is common or not, as I have two weeks left before I have to keep this thing, if this is a common issue - I will have to get a refund as the main use for this is listening to music at work. So, even if you have not had this issue, please post telling me so. For mine, when the cable is pressed towards the front of the device it cuts off, when it is pressed towards the back it does not. Obviously it is a short with the pin, perhaps it is just bent...
Thanks..

daveid said:
My Streak7 has sprung up a little problem where the audio cuts off when the headphone plug is wiggled slightly. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, did you get it replaced? And if so, did your replacement have the same problem?
I am trying to figure out if this is common or not, as I have two weeks left before I have to keep this thing, if this is a common issue - I will have to get a refund as the main use for this is listening to music at work. So, even if you have not had this issue, please post telling me so. For mine, when the cable is pressed towards the back of the device it cuts off, when it is pressed towards the front it does not. Obviously it is a short with the pin, perhaps it is just bent...
Thanks..
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It did not happen in my case.
It should be a audio jack problem. or the headset.

jiwengang said:
It did not happen in my case.
It should be a audio jack problem. or the headset.
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Gotta be the jack, I tried three different cables same thing, it looks like one of the metal pins (looking into the jack it is the one on the screen side) is pushed in when it should be protruding slightly. I am going to get a replacement (thank goodness for root & Nandroid!) and hope it doesn't develop this problem... I really like my Streak.

Just a quick update, T-Mobile confirms that this is not a known common issue for the device, so that makes me feel better. I will swap it out on Saturday (work schedule doesn't allow me to get to a store before then) and pray the new one doesn't ever have this issue. If anyone else feels like chiming in on the subject, please do - the more responses the better..

I had a similar problem with one set of headphones. I think it might be related to the length of the pin. I tried using standard ipod headphones and worked fine (short pin). The first set I used that did not work had a microphone attached to them. I have not tried with any other since (longer pin).

purelywasted said:
I had a similar problem with one set of headphones. I think it might be related to the length of the pin. I tried using standard ipod headphones and worked fine (short pin). The first set I used that did not work had a microphone attached to them. I have not tried with any other since (longer pin).
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Unfortunately for me, this is with numerous headphones and cables all with different styled plugs. Some with the longer plug (meant for i-whatevers), some with standard shorter plugs, and some in-between. The stock headphones, the stock headphones from my Nexus One, the stock headphones from my wife's MT3GS, the stock cable from my AKG headphones and all of the custom cables I have for my headphones... I am getting it replaced tomorrow. Thanks for sharing your experience though.

No problems using samsung vibrant headphones on my streak. Haven't tried any others yet. Think you just got a bum device.
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Yeah, looking into the new device's jack you can definitely see where the old one was broken. The connector was almost shoved into the device, whereas it should protrude slightly.
Restoring my internal storage, then I will restore my Nandroid backup and hopefully be up and running like this never happened. Never tried restoring a Nandroid onto a replacement device before, hope it works out!
Restoring my Nandroid now! Can't wait to boot it up!
Booting!!! Oh my, the anxiety.
Hot ****in' damn! it worked 100%!

No this issue with my streak 7 + SHURE earphone

Headphone socket

Anyone else having an issue with the headphone socket, when I plug my headphones in and put the phone in my pocket or bag it only takes the slightest knock or me just walking to jar my headphones lose and then the music pauses. I know I could turn the "pause music when headphones disconnected " off but I find it handy and in this case the music would continue to play until I'd opened my bag to plug my headphones back in.
Any tips for me?
I've yet to try a different set of headphones I must admit. I don't have a second set to hand

Yes, exactly the same issue. With some earphones its really bad, with others its a little less bad. I even have two identical sets of headphones, one of which disconnects with the slightest touch of the plug, the other is not quite so bad, but still a pain. Must be a common problem.

its crap, can't believe this wasn't a known issue when the device was being tested. Its go the point I'm thinking of selling the phone and getting something else

Nothing like that here ... Its nice and firm ... Maybe you should get a replacement ...
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA App

Are you sure you put your 3,5mm connector deep enough in the socket?
I don't recognize this problem at all, its more the opposite.
Last week I pulled my cx300 out of my phone the connector was still in it, the rubber protection came loose from my cx300, I put it back and haven't managed to do that again.

i don't have this problem either. im using all sorts of headphones and still ok. put it all in. push harder. lol. all headphones work but not the mic. especially the three button ones

maybe its just the excuse I need to buy some new headphones

Use bose earphones... Socket Isn't loose at all.
Maybe you've already defective socket or earphones.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using XDA Premium App

[Q] Using Speech With Headphones

I don't know if anyone else has ever asked this question here but I couldn't find a thread for this so I created a new one
So I have a windows phone for a while, to be more specific Windows Phone 8x by HTC. I have notice that in loud areas the phone automatically lunches speech and start listening.
Here is an example. I'm listening to music and I'm holding the phone to show my friend a picture. He sees the picture and we start commenting it. I'm still holding the phone and we are still looking at the picture and the speech start without pressing anything on the phone.
My question is why is this happening and are there any commands that trigger the speech app to start? I know that the speech is lunched with the windows button below the screen but sometimes it lunches without pressing it.

mentalbreaker said:
I don't know if anyone else has ever asked this question here but I couldn't find a thread for this so I created a new one
So I have a windows phone for a while, to be more specific Windows Phone 8x by HTC. I have notice that in loud areas the phone automatically lunches speech and start listening.
Here is an example. I'm listening to music and I'm holding the phone to show my friend a picture. He sees the picture and we start commenting it. I'm still holding the phone and we are still looking at the picture and the speech start without pressing anything on the phone.
My question is why is this happening and are there any commands that trigger the speech app to start? I know that the speech is lunched with the windows button below the screen but sometimes it lunches without pressing it.
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Can you check if maybe your headphones have some loose connection on the pin or maybe the cord is damaged?
Just an opinion.

That seems likely. Press-and-hold on the headset button (as found on most phone headsets) will trigger speech-recognition mode; it's possible you're either pressing it by accident or that the headsets have some damage which causes the signal for that button being pressed to be sent to the phone.

cevi said:
Can you check if maybe your headphones have some loose connection on the pin or maybe the cord is damaged?
Just an opinion.
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Everything seems fine there, i can't see any damaged part so it's probably not that

mentalbreaker said:
Everything seems fine there, i can't see any damaged part so it's probably not that
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As far as i know there are rare cases when it`s the software that`s causing this.I sometimes have this problem but only when i`m pulling the phone out of my pocket which causes the cord to twist somehow and by that starting the speech recognition option.
Try first by gently twisting the pin on the headphones and then slowly folding the cord all the way to the ends.Or at the end try it with other headphones just to be sure?

GoodDayToDie said:
That seems likely. Press-and-hold on the headset button (as found on most phone headsets) will trigger speech-recognition mode; it's possible you're either pressing it by accident or that the headsets have some damage which causes the signal for that button being pressed to be sent to the phone.
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I have Philips headphones and they are not made for a phone. I have no microphone nor a headset button. so the problem isn't here either.

cevi said:
As far as i know there are rare cases when it`s the software that`s causing this.I sometimes have this problem but only when i`m pulling the phone out of my pocket which causes the cord to twist somehow and by that starting the speech recognition option.
Try first by gently twisting the pin on the headphones and then slowly folding the cord all the way to the ends.Or at the end try it with other headphones just to be sure?
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I tried the thing you suggested. And you turned right. It was because of the cord, but I'm curious why is this happening

mentalbreaker said:
I tried the thing you suggested. And you turned right. It was because of the cord, but I'm curious why is this happening
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Just use original HTC headphones and you`ll be fine.

[Q] Headphone/mic jack macro

I stopped using wired headphones a long time ago but when I was using them I found a way to make the headphone plug trigger an action, like running an app every time you plugged it in, so you book, or music started play as soon as you plugged in. I don't remember where I found the option to do that, but I seem to remember it was something I did in my phones Seting. I asked Sansung's help line about it, a couple times, but they were unable to even agree that the "headphone" jack can accept mic input!
I'm trying to remember if that option was something I found in the S10 settings or if it was an app, like Trigger, or IFTTT... or even Bixby. I can;t find any ref to my creating it in any of them.