re: #111 Occasional Reader

Now that some have mentioned tecchie stuff:

Today, my iPhone has suddenly developed an inability to recognize when I want the audio in regular “phone” mode…. that is, I don’t get any audio if I just hold it up to my ear. It thinks the earbud/microphone is plugged in, even though it’s not. It works fine on speakerphone or with a bluetooth headset. But just won’t work as a regular “phone” setup. I’ve switched it off and on… switched airplane mode off and on… resynched with my Mac. Nothing works.

Any thoughts?

Did you just switch it on and off, or did you try a reset?

It’s perfectly safe to do one. Hold down both the on-off and home buttons for six seconds or until the Apple logo appears. Ignore the “slide to turn off” or whatever it says message and just wait for the Apple.

The phone will reset (takes a little while) and your problem might disappear. I was having problems with screen sensitivity and that fixed it.

Do it now and tell me what happens.