Galaxy A14 acting like headphones are plugged in when they're not

[Cosmii]

The title basically explains what's wrong. The problem's been happening ever since this morning, but sometimes it actually fixes itself for a bit, before going back. If it doesn't fix, then I have to restart my phone and then it happens about 5 to 10 minutes later. Obviously it's annoying, so I wanna see if there's a solution other than buying a new phone.

[wolfonrr]

Have you contacted any IT or samsung

[Cosmii]

No, not yet

[wolfonrr]

Well try to see if they have a answer

[realaud]

Are you talking about wired headphones or BT?

[Cosmii]

Wired, I have Bluetooth off

[realaud]

Have you cleared your phone's cache partition?

[Cosmii]

Sorry for the extremely late reply, the notifications weren't going through. (unrelated to the bug) How do I do that?

[realaud]

1. Power off your phone. Hold Power and vol up buttons until Samsung Logo appears

2. Let go of both buttons when you see the Samsung Logo appear on screen. There will be a delay while it enters recovery mode.

3. Use the volume buttons to navigate through recovery menu options and highlight “Wipe Cache Partition.” Press power button to select this option . Confirm by navigating to the yes response and tapping the power button to select.

5. When wiping cache partition is complete, "reboot system now" should be highlighted; press power key to select it . The phone will reboot as normal.

[Cosmii]

I accidently holded both the vol up AND down buttons, and accidently made my side button break while trying to redo it. It took me 5 minutes to wedge the side button enough that it registered, but it's still not fixed. (it's sideways) I know that sounds crazy, but it's true, so you have any other ideas?