Apparatus and methods for recovering from an audio jack connection anomaly such as a partial insertion of an audio jack plug with an audio jack receptacle are provided. In an example, a method can include detecting a valid audio jack connection of an audio jack receptacle and an audio jack plug, detecting a change in a state of a detect switch associated with the audio jack connection, applying an oscillating signal to a microphone terminal associated with the audio jack connection, determining the state of the detect switch stays constant for a predetermined time, and isolating the oscillating signal from the microphone terminal.