Q: Voice Control Keeps on Activating

After cleaning the charging slot on the iPhone it stopped doing the ghost-activated voice control.

There was schmutz in there shorting out the contacts which made the phone think I was holding a button down.

-howy

Try this: (iOS 7)

1. Settings
2. General
3. Code lock
4. Vox dial > disable.

Next:

1. Accessibility
2. Voice over > disable
3. Talk selection > disable
4. Automatic text speech > disable
5. Home button > slow
6. Shortcut Accessibility > invert colors.

I hope that helps.

I have the same problem Siri from is taking over so I disabled it then Voice control take over despite voice  dialing is disabled .   Updated my phone 5 to  IOS 7.02  but the problem persist. Started to delete the Apps that I have from the App store but the problem is still presisting.

I am shocked that this happening to so many people and Apple is sitting on the side line and still wants us to belive that they afre making quality product.

It seems the only answer is to  replace my iphone 5 with for Samasung Android .

Same thing is happening to me. Whenever I'm at the gym I can't even put it in my pocket if it has headphones. And no it's not the case.

My iPhone 5 on ios7 is basically a paperweight with Siri activating all the time.

It is so intermittent so you have to try something and wait to see if it works. My two cents are a dirty lightning port or something near there or the software(probably software) I will clean it and give it a shot. There was some pocket lint that was cleaned out but Siri came back. I will try the headphone jack next.

All I know is this never happened to my multiple BlackBerry phones.

I have the same problem. Tried cleaning the contacts. No change.

Siri is off in the settings, voice control starts without any prompts, and then phones out!

Apple needs to address this problem urgently!

I started having this issue with the new iPhone 5S as well. SIRI randomly starting while at the gym.  So i decided to experiment.  I used the Apple headset instead of the ones that I was using.  I had no issues whatsoever.

The next day I used my non-apple headset, and I experienced the same issue with Siri.  It seems that Siri or the headset is extra sensitive or maybe there is a technical fault that sends a signal to the phone to activate Siri.  I'm going to the Apple store this morning to get a new pair to see if this addresses the issue.

So far i can't say I can confirm this, but I believe the headset here might be the culprit.

Cheers,

rK

My problem is not related to headphones as I don't use them.

Does anybody have any ideas?

Cleaning the charging connector fixed my problem. (iPhone 4s)

-howy

TThis is a hardware problem caused by the home button. I have just had the button replaced, problem solved !!!

Same thing with my iphone 5, had the home button replaced by Apple, it was good for a few days but started again....

This only happens when I plug my phone in, and it goes crazy with the Voice Control.  I suspect you are correct, what did you use to clean the lighting slot/port.  I do not want to clean it and have Apple void my warrenty. I have an appointment at the store to get the phone looked at. When I unplug the phone it works fine, but it is very difficult to use when it is plugged in.

This only happens when the phone is charging, car, computer, outlet.

Voice control self-activates on my 5s when I have headphones on.  No  always but often enough that its driving me nuts.  so I find this group  which has OVER 55,000 VIEWS and  Apple has not fixed this yet??  

have others found that  replacing the home button solved the problem?  this is ridiculous!!!

I was having this problem with my iPhone 5 when using the headphones that came with it. I swapped headphones for an old pair I had from my iPhone 4 and it was all fine for a week, however it then started happening again. I tried cleaning the headphone socket by blowing air into it and cleaning it with some lighter fluid on a piece of cloth, but no improvement.

However when I tried a pair of unused iPhone 3GS headphones it all worked perfectly again. When I tried my old iPhone 4 headphones again I discovered I could make it happen by wiggling the wire near the jackplug, so clearly there's a short circuit in the cable. Probably a similar thing with my iPhone 5 headphones.

My conclusion - in my case it was definitely a headphone issue, not an iPhone hardware/OS issue. YMMV.

HTH

Tim

Same issue : plugin  headphone and voice control pops up.