Stephen Finlay
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Q: Airplay stops when iPhone sleeps

When I tried to use AirPlay from an iPhone 3GS to my Apple TV, all was working well until the iPhone screen locked ( slept ) then the video would pause on the Apple TV.
This is annoying.

Is there anyway to prevent this without having to adjust the screen lock timeout on the iPhone?

iPhone 3GS, iOS 4, 2nd Gen Apple TV

Posted on Dec 5, 2010 2:15 PM

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  • by TheOneAndOnly BiGMaC,

    TheOneAndOnly BiGMaC TheOneAndOnly BiGMaC Dec 5, 2010 2:24 PM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Dec 5, 2010 2:24 PM in response to Stephen Finlay
    2 things: (1)the work around is to prevent sleep/lock in iPhone prefs/settings. (2) The second thing to do is give Apple feedback that Airplay, as an API, should at least have the option to disable sleep while it's running. Many apps do this and Apple could easily implement such a feature IF the users clamor for it.
    Cheers

  • by Fred1968,

    Fred1968 Fred1968 Dec 7, 2010 7:10 PM in response to TheOneAndOnly BiGMaC
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    Dec 7, 2010 7:10 PM in response to TheOneAndOnly BiGMaC
    Clamor! clamor! I'm clamoring. I hope this works. Better than every Youtube video pausing after a minute while I re-unlock my phone.

  • by Stephen Finlay,

    Stephen Finlay Stephen Finlay Dec 7, 2010 10:57 PM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Dec 7, 2010 10:57 PM in response to Stephen Finlay
    Interestingly it works fine from my iPhone 4 and my iPad. Only a friends iPhone 3G has the problem. ( yes it is running iOS 4.2 )
    The iPhone screen locks but the video keeps playing. The iPad just doesn't screen lock while playing back video to the AppleTV.

  • by Tsac77,

    Tsac77 Tsac77 Dec 9, 2010 2:40 PM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Dec 9, 2010 2:40 PM in response to Stephen Finlay
    I am having this same problem to when trying to airplay video from my iPhone 4. The instant the iPhone goes to sleep, the stream stops.

  • by Tsac77,

    Tsac77 Tsac77 Dec 17, 2010 6:18 PM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Dec 17, 2010 6:18 PM in response to Stephen Finlay
    This is still a big problem for me and makes airplay pointless for pushing video from my iPhone 4. Please tell me somebody out there has a solution...

  • by sid++,

    sid++ sid++ Jan 23, 2011 3:32 AM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Jan 23, 2011 3:32 AM in response to Stephen Finlay
    The mp3/m4a still plays (audible) when my iPhone 4 goes to to sleep/ screen locks. But: still the music mutes after some time, sometimes it's just 2 minutes sometimes 6 or more. the track's time elapses but not sound can be heard. I noticed that before the audio mutes, the player's slider starts skipping and after about 3 skips the audio is muted, but the slider still progresses. Happens w/ iOS version 4.2.1 and AE version 7.5.2. Posted workaround (disable device lock) didn't work. For the time being (till iOS 4.3) the only thing that works is using a dock and connect it to AE...

  • by sid++,

    sid++ sid++ Mar 10, 2011 1:05 AM in response to sid++
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    Mar 10, 2011 1:05 AM in response to sid++
    Hi, I discovered something new, hope it's not a coincidence...
    I use my iPhone as development device, i.e. in Organizer I clicked on "Use for development". Today, I restored my iPhone from an earlier backup, but didn't connect it w/ Xcode, yet. And now all AirPlay issues are gone - is that coincidence or do I screw AirPlay when I check "Use for development" in Organizer?

    TIA, JC

  • by tasilisa,

    tasilisa tasilisa Mar 13, 2011 4:54 AM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Mar 13, 2011 4:54 AM in response to Stephen Finlay
    Hi,
    The best way i found for our ipod touch Is to immediately switch off your iphone ipod touch after the video starts playing on appletv2. By switching off the device yourself, the video still continues (idem on ipad, as shown on all video advertising ipad and airplay) and wont be interrupted. Hopoe this helps.

  • by HBenza,

    HBenza HBenza Oct 29, 2011 9:44 AM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Oct 29, 2011 9:44 AM in response to Stephen Finlay

    I found a solution for this problem by coincidence, airplay used to pause when my iphone went into sleep mode, when this happens just grab the lil airplay remote and press play.

  • by jlhargra,

    jlhargra jlhargra Oct 31, 2011 8:59 AM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Oct 31, 2011 8:59 AM in response to Stephen Finlay

    This used to work fine for me, but since I've upgraded to ios5 and the latest Apple TV upgrade, I now also have this problem.  I have not tried it with Music yet, but it definitely pauses anything from YouTube when my phone locks.  Any suggestions?

  • by cmasongrant,

    cmasongrant cmasongrant Nov 13, 2011 10:26 AM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Nov 13, 2011 10:26 AM in response to Stephen Finlay

    I definitely have the same issue with my iPhone 4.  I airplay video from my Videos app, from YouTube or from Vevo to my Apple TV and it stops as soon as the auto lock kicks in.  I know 100% it did not do this before the iOS 5 update.  What gives?  This pretty much renders this feature useless if it shuts off after auto lock.  I don't want to have to switch the auto lock feature every time I want to airplay something, and I don't want to have to retore my phone to something before iOS 5, as I appreciate the update besides this.  In general I love my Apple products, but it makes me rethink all my Apple purchases whenever I get these stupid little technical issues that come up and it's like pulling teeth trying to get a solution. Get your **** together.

  • by jottos,

    jottos jottos Nov 20, 2011 12:31 PM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Nov 20, 2011 12:31 PM in response to Stephen Finlay

    just started happening to me. my Apple TV2 updated itself yesterday and blamo, when iPad or iPhone autolock, play stops, also when I leave an app that is airplaying, and go back to that app, play stops.

     

    NOT GOOD

     

    the version that my AppleTV 2 updated  to is 4.4.3 (3323)

  • by ShoboInNL,

    ShoboInNL ShoboInNL Nov 24, 2011 3:15 PM in response to jottos
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    Nov 24, 2011 3:15 PM in response to jottos

    I too have all my devices (iPhone 4, 4S, iPad, & appleTV 2nd gen) updated, however, after the iOS 5 update, once the iPhones or the iPad go to sleep the appleTV gets disconnected. It is something in the iOS5 since the problem started before I updated the appleTV.

    Can apple do something about this? Maybe an update to make AirPlay independent...

  • by TerenceK,

    TerenceK TerenceK Jan 1, 2012 5:07 AM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Jan 1, 2012 5:07 AM in response to Stephen Finlay

    I happened to stumble over a fix (3Gs).

    I switched wifi network while Remote was running.

    Stream continues.

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