Phone thinks it's connected to an accessory

My phone keeps popping up a dialog box saying that this accessory is not made for an iPhone and do I want airplane mode. It suddenly started doing this several times an hour. Also the call volume is diminished. I have nothing connected. Any ideas?
TIA

To restore your iPhone, connect it to iTunes. In the iPhone Summary screen that comes up when you connect, look in the middle section for a button which says "Restore". Select it.
You can do two kinds of restore: restore as a new phone, or restore from backup. Restoring from backup keeps your SMS messages and settings (such as phone favorites and recents) intact, but often does not solve these types of issues. If you do it as a new phone, you'll have to change your settings back the way you want them. Either way, you can re-sync to regain your music, contacts, calendars, etc.
Let us know how it goes!

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