Ipad Air Says Headphones Are In But They Arent. Check your headphone cable connector remote and earbuds for damage like wear or breakage. Youre absolutely sure that headphones arent plugged into your iPhone because well theyre notYou see Headphones above the volume slider when you press the volume buttons but your iPhone isnt making any sound.
Check for debris in the headphone port on your iPhone iPad or iPod touch. Plug in a pair of headphones and see if you can hear sound through the headphones but not through your devices speakers. Older versions of the device may display a headphones icon on the top bar.
Youve tried a hard reset putting your headphones in and taking them out again but its not working.
Replug Headphone Into Your iPhoneiPad. Firmly plug your headphones back in. When this happens you wont hear any sound from the external speaker including music or ringtones. Plugging in headphones playing music pausing play unplugging the headphones and resuming play successfully.