No headphones work on iphone?

Sound plays with no headphones, but not with them. All the headphones work on my laptop, just not on my iphone5. There's no lint in the jack I've just cleaned it.

what could be the problem?

If cleaning the audio jack of your phone does not help, then you need to bring your phone to a professional repairer to be looked at.

The most likely problem is with the jack socket itself. Mini-jack plugs and sockets just don't work well and are unreliable and easily damaged.

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