My iPad appears to be stuck in 'headphones' mode ie I can't use the speaker  any ideas ?

Anyone know how I can extricate my device from 'headphone' mode I can't get sound from my speaker

- Try inserting/removing the headphone plug a dozen times or so. Also try cleaning/blowing out the headphone jack.
- Try the following eliminate a software problem.
- Reset. nothing is lost
Reset : Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Restore from backup
- Restore to factory settings/new iPad
- If you still have the problem then you have a hardware problem. Likely the headphone jack is bad.

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