IPhone headphones issue

I can't hear people when calling without using the iPhone headphones. I have tried other suggestions - powering the unit off (both buttons); I have taken the headphone jack out and put it back in several times. When I have the headphones out and increase/decrease the volume button, I don't see the "(headphones)" next to the ringer or volume indicator. Not sure what else to do at this point? Suggestions?

Hi Charles,
Is the iPhone updated to the latest version of iPhone software(currently 2.2.1)? If not, update the iPhone as described here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305744
If the iPhone is already updated, try restoring it. The article I linked above will also walk you through restoring the iPhone.
-Jason

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IPhone headphone issues

I have an iPhone 4 and occasionally when I plug my headphones in it stays in speaker mode, any ideas?

This may be a problem with the earbuds which is also covered under the warranty but to rule out a problem with the iPhone, standard troubleshooting steps in order are power the iPhone off and on, Reset, Restore and if no change after any or all, give AppleCare a call (800) 694-7466 or make an appointment at an Apple Store if there is one nearby.

No sound when plugging iPhone Headphones into 2009 13" Macbook Pro

If I visit the Preferences -> Sound configuration, in the Input tab is shows the microphone activity when I talk into the microphone portion of the ear buds. But there is no sound when playing music. Under both sections, Use audio port for: Headphones with Built-in External Mic.
It seems like it knows what I plugged in and seams to want to use it correctly, but I just get no sound. I've tried these ear buds in my iPhone and the sound comes out of the ear buds just fine.
I've tried another set of ear buds that don't have a mic built in, and those produce sound when plugged into the Macbook Pro and the "Use audio port for" is set to "Sound Output." This seems to be a problem with the earbuds that come with the new iPhones. They are the ear buds that also have a microphone in-line.
Is anyone else experiencing this issue? I'd really appreciate any help. I've played around with some setting to try and fix this. I've gone to audio midi setup and changed from 2-bit 16 to 2 bit 32 while the headphones are plugged in thinking that might have solved the problem after reading multiple forums, but that didn't help either.
I have Lion installed. 10.7.3. And it's a 2009 Macbook Pro 13" with only one external audio port.

Not sure about your iMac problem, but from reading about 16 different websites, this is a very widespread problem. I don't know how you ever got it to work, but everyone with a new 13" MBP with the combined audio port is saying that you have to use one of those special cables that has more "rings" around it like the iphone headphones that have a built in mic to use line in. Read this article http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1389284&highlight=audio+in+from+ste reo where there are a whole host of people complaining about this. Apparently there are some aftermarket parts you can get to solve this, but if I was you i'd make a trip to an apple store if thats possible, or pick up the phone and call them and confirm whether or not this should work. It seems they are advertising line in, and that is not possible without a combination cable. Either way I hope this helps you. Sorry I couldn't be of more help than this. Definitely opens my eyes about a combination port though. Please post back with your results, as I am considering buying a macbook air, and would like to know what i'm getting into if i'm using a combination port.

Windows 7 and the mic on the apple iPod/iPhone headphones

In summary, I do a lot of gaming with various online friends, and I tend to record the games a lot of the time too.
Now the issue is that the best recording software I have for the games is DXTory, which is windows based. I'm fine with that in that sense.
However windows 7 refuses to recognise the built in mic on the iPod/iPhone headphones that I bought about a month back (Before I was using the built in mic of my macbook pro and some now-broken sony headphones)
Whilst the built-in mic does record audio incredibly well, it also picks up my macbook pro's fan noises, resulting in an annoying background humming for a video, and for others through skype etc.
For the record, I'm using a Macbook Pro 15" (It uses an intel core2duo @ 2.66ghz and a Nvidia Geforce 9600m GT. Can't remember the year, but that should provide enough info), OSX 10.6.8 and Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit.

I'm going to bump this because it's kinda urgent that I find out if I can or can't use my iPod/iPhone headphone's mic.

TS2634 My iphone headphones with microphone don't work. Any suggestions?

My iphone headphones with microphone have stopped working, and they are under warranty. I am having difficulty getting an answer about what to do from Apple - just got off the phone with them, and they emailed me an article that was of no help at all. Any suggestions as to how I can resolve this issue would be greatly appreciated.

All, I have this same problem and has just solved it on my iPhone.
I read up on the problem at att.com/esupport and arrived at the link below:
https://www.att.com/esupport/article.jsp?sid=KB413495#fbid=ahhj00ALH45
"If your email address is linked to your AT&T Access ID, changing your AT&T Access ID password automatically changes your email password to the same password.
If you use your email address as your AT&T Access ID, changing your email password automatically changes your AT&T Access ID password to the same password."
I have a ATT Uverse (for my internet access) acct and could not log on so I requested for password reset. They sent me temp password and I had to change my password to my Uverse acct. I use my att.net email as the log on for my Uverse acct. Per att instructions above, my Uverse acct is linked to my att.net email, so now my att.net email pw has been changed to the pw for my Uverse acct.
Accordingly, go into your iPhone Settings, Mail, Contacts, Calendars, choose your Att.net mail acct and change your password. In my case I changed it to the new pw I had set up for my Uverse acct and it works.
Before doing this, I had also added new servers as shown below. The way I see it because your iPhone will try in succession to log on to each server from top to bottom of the list, it's best to add all the mail servers.
smtp.mail.yahoo.com
smtp.mail.att.net
outbound.att.net
Please note that I did not have to add "imap.mail.att.net" and my Att.net mail on my iPhone still works.
Hope this helps.

IPhone Headphones?

Has anyone else had issues with the headphones that came with the iphone--they dont fit right in my ears and are very loose. Are there alternative headphones out there that will fit without the adapter and preferably with the integrated mic? If there isnt I hope a third party vendor comes out with something cause the ones that come with the iphone dont fit my ears right.
Thanks,
Nathan

Yes, we have hundreds of threads on this a search will bring up.
You can use any headphones with the iPhone with an adapter if necessary (due to the recessed opening) but you will not have the microphones and click control.
Your cheapest option is to get a pair of Griffin earjams which clip onto the front of your iPhone headphones and have three different sizes of earbuds.
You can get the Shure iPhone adapter which will allow you to use any headphones with a microphone.
You can get a pair of V-Moda Duo iPHone headphones which come with a microphone but no click control.
You can go to everythingiphone.com and do a search for headphones and you will find someone who will (for a charge) take any earbuds off any headphone and adapt them to your iPhone headphones by cutting the iPhone ones off and welding on your personal headphone earbuds.
A search will also bring up other options here in this forum.

Belkin iPhone Headphone Adapter is making my iPhone lose ALL sound ability.

Before I get further into this, I wanted to say that I have since discovered how to make this issue not happen. I wanted to post it incase other people have experienced this problem as it's very strange and has already resulted in me having to get my first iPhone replaced cause I (and Apple) thought the phone was malfunctioning.
Issue: While using the Belkin iPhone Headphone Adapter attached to a car cassette adapter my phone sometimes has severe sound problems. When I arrive at my destination and need to unplug my iPhone, if music is still playing and I unplug the phone from the Belkin adapter, the resulting issue is that *I lose all sound on my phone*. It stops having an audible ring (though it will still vibrate), it does not alert me about new text messages, it also (and this is the most frustrating) makes it where if someone calls me I cannot hear them unless I put them on speaker phone.
Resolution: If for some reason this has happened to you, all you need to do is to make sure that you turn the music off while your Belkin adapter is still plugged into your phone. After the music has been paused, you can remove the adapter and it should work fine.

Thanks for posting the workaround, but it isn't just your Belkin adapter...it happens with all of the headphones as well -- if you lose your sound, put your headphones back in, and out - you might need to repeat a couple times.
This seems to have something to do with the sensors Apple builds into their iPods starting from 4th Generation onward (including the iPhone) which control your music starting and stopping when you pull your headphone jacks out -- apparently it also causes other sound problems as well.

Iphone 5 issues after IOS 8.2 update: my husband's phone and my phone get the same phone calls ONLY when we are home. Any suggestions on where to look to fix this?

Iphone 5 issues after IOS 8.2 update: all the iphones in the house receive the same phone calls ONLY while we are at home. Any ideas on how to fix this?

That is a new "feature" described in Connect your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch using Continuity
You can turn it off by going to Settings > FaceTime and changing "iPhone Cellular Calls" to off

My iphone headphones don't work in my ipad mini

I can't seem to get music to play through my iphone headphones when they are plugged into my ipad mini? Any suggestions?

Plug them all the way in, firmly push the plug until it is fully seated.
If you have a case, make sure it's not interfering with the plug.

IPhone headphones no longer control iTunes after 10.5.6 update

I just purchased my new MacBook Pro yesterday; happy to find out I could use the "clicker" on my iPhone headphones to control my iTunes. The machine came stocked with a version of Leopard before 10.5.6, so The Updater prompted me to update. After the update I was very disappointed to find out that my "clicker" no longer was capable of controlling my iTunes.
Has anyone else noticed this anomaly?

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions ..
According to VersionTracker, Clicker operating system requirements are:
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18500
Apparently not compatible with Leopard yet.
Carolyn

Line-In on MBP unibody and iPhone Headphone Mic

I wanted to use a speech recognition software but it requires a microphone. I do not have one but the iPhone headphones have a mic built-in that I have been trying to get my MBP to recognize. I have searched the forums but have not found a definitive answer on whether or not this is possible and how to go about doing this. In sys pref, when I have the headphones plugged into line-in it does not even recognize any sound but the internal mic does work so it is either the headphones fault or this does not work.
Any ideas?

thanks thats great!

Replacement Apple iPhone headphones outside US?

I've been lucky enough to be using an unlocked iPhone in Australia now for a few months, but I must have kinked the cable on the supplied iPhone headphones because I'm getting almost no audio out of one of them.
I like the original headphones because the microphone/pause button really works well. I'd just replace the headphones with a set of third-party iPhone-compatible headphones, but haven't been able to find a pair that includes a mic.
Does anyone know of a third-party unit that includes a mic? Or a way to buy a pair of originals from Australia? I've tried ebay.com but have only found cheap Chinese crap and none with a mic.
Thanks!

Here is one place to look:
http://www.rivetnow.com/home/file/category/icategoryid/40/iPhoneHeadset.html

Why don't the new iPhone headphones work on my Macbook pro?

I went to the Apple store yesterday to replace my old iPhone headphones. Today, I tried to use the new ones on my Macbook Pro but there's no sound cmong from them. They sound continies to come from the computer's speakers. How do I fix this?

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Out-of-date versions of Adobe Flash Player do not include the latest security updates and will be disabled to help keep your Mac secure. If Safari 5.1.7 or Leopard Security Update 2012-003 detects an out-of-date version of Flash Player on your system, you will see a dialog informing you that Flash Player has been disabled. The dialog provides the option to go directly to Adobe's website, where you can download and install an updated version of Flash Player.
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HT5569 iPhone WiFi issue. I enter a password, click join, and get a message back that it is the incorrect password. I have several computers and two other iPhones connected using the same password. Any clues?

iPhone WiFi issue. I enter a password, click join, and get a message back that it is an incorrect password. I have several computers and other iPhones connected using the same password. Any ideas?

Hey there Gordo456,
It sounds like you are not able to join your Wi-Fi network with the correct password on 1 out of many devices. I recommend the troubleshooting from the article named:
iOS: Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1398
Restart your iOS device.
Update your device to the latest version of software.
Update your Wi-Fi router to the latest firmware2. For AirPort Base Stations, install updates using the AirPort Utility.
If that troubleshooting does not resolve the issue, I would next try these steps from further down the article:
Unable to connect to a Wi-Fi network
Verify that you're attempting to connect to your desired Wi-Fi network.
Make sure you're entering your Wi-Fi password correctly. Passwords may be case sensitive and may contain numbers or special characters.
Reset network settings by tapping Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings. Note: This will reset all network settings including:
previously connected Wi-Fi networks and passwords
recently used Bluetooth accessories
VPN and APN settings.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
Sterling

Can't hear my caller after I remove my iphone headphones

Has anyone else had this problem?
you are listening to your music using th iphone headphones, then you remove your headphones from the iphone, when you get a call you can't hear the caller and they can't hear you. I discovered that the only way to fix this problem is to re-insert the headphone and click the mute button on the headphone! It seems that when you use the headphones and click mute and then remove your headphones it remains stuck on mute, not allowing you to be heard on an outgoing or incoming call!!!!!
What's up with that this? is my second iphone and it has happened to both my phones. It's a good thing I had my headphones with me, otherwise my phone would be useless or worse yet if it was an emergency I would not be able to call 911!

That is the solution so far other than a restore.
FWIW It worked with a Belkin audio cord as well. I tried it a few times in and out with no luck.
Here's what worked for me:
1. Start ipod and pause on a song.
2. Insert cord or headset.
3. Hit play.
4. Hit Pause.
5. Remove cord or headset.
6. Hit play....
After (6) it didn't do much but then I noticed the volume slider grab a life of its own. When it settled down... all was working again.
What a pain in the rear.
Apple if you reading this fix it. I happened to get stuck at work after listening to music the night before... when I tried to make a call, guess what. All day without audio.
Brutal!

IPhone headphones issue

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