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Hello, My iphone 6 was stuck in headphone mode after some water got in the headphone jack (phone was on wet lawn after sprinklers). I replaced the lightning/headphone jack after purchasing the new component from ifixit, but I’m still have the same problem after the repair. The repair seemed to go smoothly otherwise. Does anyone have any experience/suggestions with this? Thanks! Brian
I thought about it some the last few days and finally solved the problem.. I’m posting it for completeness. I appreciate everyone’s replies, some of you were kind of close and beating around the bush. On Step 20 of the iPhone 6 Lightning/Headphone Connector Assembly Replacement Guide, the following connector, that I circled in red, connects the whole lightning connector, headphone jack, noise cancelling mic, vibrator, etc that I previously replaced. This is the last easily known point that that the headphone jack connects into the main logic board. I just needed to clean this connector several times well with 91% IPA and some qtips and picks, then put back everything together. All of the headphone issues are now resolved. Some water must have gotten onto this connector, dried, and bridged the small contacts with mineral residue. Even though I previously cleaned the whole board, I must have missed this. I now probably have a good spare lightning connector/headphone jack assembly.
Anyways, thanks to everyone (and in the related post) for getting me thinking in the right direction. Hope this will help someone in the future.
Try plugging in some headphones to see if that bumps it out. I often have my iPhone get “stuck” thinking it’s in one mode, when it’s really in another. Down-sides of using the software too fast. If that doesn’t fix it I’d say you should think back to why/how you replaced the charging assembly in the first place. Was there water damage? Was there a hard drop? Were you playing music? etc. If there’s been water damage you need proper water damage repair, if there was a drop you probably need to take a look at your logic board for damage, and if you were playing music I might say check out your connections and loudspeaker for signs of damage. If all else fails, you could have a bad part! ¯_(ツ)_/¯. Email support[at]ifixit.com and ask for a replacment. Be sure to reference your order number ;)
