I can't hear my phone calls unless I put it on speaker.

I can't hear my phone calls unless I put it on speaker.

I can't hear my phone calls unless I put my phone on speaker, but everyone can hear me fine—even if my iPhone is not placed on speaker. I've taken really good care of it and have only dropped it once, which was a few months ago. I just woke up the other morning after charging it, and it no longer works right. I've tried everything, including resetting it and placing half a Q-tip in the ear bud holder. I have an appointment at the Apple Store to have it checked out, but I live so far from the store that it would really be helpful for me to figure this out on my own. Does anyone know of a way to fix it? I would greatly appreciate it. =]

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Guest [Entry]

"Just push the top area (near the speaker and front camera) gently with your thumb.

That's it."

Guest [Entry]

Your phone might be stuck in headphones mode. This might help http://vkrepair.com/iphone-6-2/iphone-6-...

Guest [Entry]

I had the same problem and blowing/pushing didn't work for me either. BUT--this is weird--I tried gently sucking air out of the speaker and then blowing, alternating, and now it works. That's what I do to my headphones to get them to work again as well. Hope that works!!

Guest [Entry]

"Try to record a voice memo and play it back over the earpiece speaker as opposed to the speakerphone speaker.

If you can hear the voice memo over the earpiece speaker, that means it's probably software related in which case a restore in iTunes might fix it.

If you still cannot hear the voice memo over the earpiece speaker, the speaker may be broken/defective in which case you are probably better off taking it back to Apple if it is under warranty. You can also try to replace it yourself if Apple will not.

I would try a restore in either case regardless just in case it would save me a trip to the Apple store."

Guest [Entry]

"i tried pressing on the top right then left a few times and it worked.

used skype answering app for incoming audio help. tks"

Guest [Entry]

None of that stuff up there worked. I saw a comment on another forum about sucking on the headphone jack and tried it. I burst out laughing because it was the only thing that actually worked, when I initially thought it was a joke. Lol. Thank you so much!