After I downloaded iOS 6 the remote on my apple earbuds stopped working

I have an iPhone 4, the remote worked perfectly on iOS 5.1.1, then I updated to iOS 6 and it stopped working. And it isn't a matter of plugging it in or twisting it around.

I'm having the same problem. Tried the earphones in a friends ios5 iphone and they work fine.

Normally this is caused by a defect in the audio jack of the headphones or the audio port of the device. It is also possible that there's debris in the audio port blocking the connection. I have seen multiple people mention this issue after downloading iOS 6 so it may be a problem with the download. I recommend contacting Apple.