No sound with speakers plugged in

Hey guys noob here. Ive got an iPad 16g. The other day I was listening to music at work using plug in speakers I unplugged them to do something real quick and when I plugged them back in I had no sound from the speakers! I looked down inside the port on the iPad and noticed that one of the small brass tabs at the bottom of the port was almost flush with the wall of the port, and that I am getting sound to the speakers but it is very minimal, as in I can barely hear anything at all! Any idea as to a solution? Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

looks like an apple store visit, and walk out with another one.


don't forget to backup before you go.

Has it linked to a blue tooth device like a head set or car radio?

Might be worth switching it off then back on, hold down the button on the top right (near front facing camera) and slide off.

Wait a short period and turn it back on.

The above often clears a lot of unexsplianed glitches