Hi Lewis, Another possibility to try before deciding whether you need a replacement: I believe that Geoff Waaler had an instance where his iPhone 3GS would not play through the speaker, and after doing some research on the web, he determined that sometimes dust lodging in the input jack area can fool the speaker switch into behaving as though headphones were connected. He was able to get the speaker action back by by quickly inserting and pulling out the jack end of the earbuds or headphones several times in succession. He did this several times in succession, fairly fast, and pushing all the way in, as though he were trying to ream out the region where the plug connects. This apparently dislodged whatever dust particle was triggering the iPhone to behave as though headphones were plugged in, and allowed the sound to get routed back to the speakers.
Normally, I suggest doing a hard reset, where you hold down both the home button at the bottom and the sleep/wake button along the top edge simultaneously, and keep holding them down until the iPhone completely powers off, then power it on again. However, you've already tried this, so I'll make the suggestion about trying to dislodge any dust that may be in the region where the headphones plug in. If Geoff reads your post he may be able to give other suggestions. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Nov 10, 2012, at 12:36 PM, Ian McNamara <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi lewis it sounds like the same thing that happened to mine. It may mean you > need a replacement phone and the apple store might be your only option unless > anyone else has a better idea. > > Ian McNamara > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
