IPad thinks headphones are plugged in

Any ideas?

I got water in the headphone jack and the ipad wouldn't play sound.  I tried using headphones inserted and removed to trick the ipad and it didn't work. I couldn't find anything fine enough to clean out the jack.  I tried resetting the general settings but it kept saying headphones instead of volume.
What worked was leaving it upside down, headphone jack down in a bowl of rice overnight so it would absorb any moisture.  That worked! 
If you can't get it working, best to head into an Apple store and they will clean out the headjack port with blast of air to remove any dirt/ dust.

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