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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Q: Airplay stops when iPhone sleeps

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  • by DigNDug,

    DigNDug DigNDug Jun 10, 2015 3:14 PM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Jun 10, 2015 3:14 PM in response to Stephen Finlay

    APPLE FIX THIS ISSUE!!!!

  • by Congtri,

    Congtri Congtri Aug 2, 2015 7:18 AM in response to DigNDug
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    Aug 2, 2015 7:18 AM in response to DigNDug

    NO, it's never been fixed. I still have this issue on my ipad mini with ios 8.4

  • by jaocbj,

    jaocbj jaocbj Aug 21, 2015 12:46 PM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Aug 21, 2015 12:46 PM in response to Stephen Finlay

    I have an iPhone 5 with the latest iOS update and I used to have the same issue. Try turning off your phone and when it starts up again go straight to the youtube app and airplay the song. Let the phone sleep by its own and airplay should still be playing. I believe turning off/on clears the cookies/caches in the phone because all my search results from the previous search were gone once it restarted. Hope it helps!

  • by Viktor Balaban,

    Viktor Balaban Viktor Balaban Oct 6, 2015 2:29 PM in response to jaocbj
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    Oct 6, 2015 2:29 PM in response to jaocbj

    not really, in most cases it still SHUT's the STREAMING down when your Apple device is going to sleep/lock. I found the only way is to change it to sleep NEVER then everything works. But you will have another issue - your BATTERy will drain much more faster even if you change brightness to minimum level.

    For your information guys, I have:

    - ipad mini (1st generation)

    -ipad 2

    -ipad air

    -iphone 5

    -iphone 6

    -iphone 6 plus

    I have STREAM issue on all of my apple devices, All of the have the latest iOS and without any modifications.

     

    Apple guys, you see how much we do invest? Can someone at least reply on our messages!!!!!!! This thread is already a few years old!

     

    Thank you,

    -VB

  • by achim1109,

    achim1109 achim1109 Nov 4, 2015 10:49 PM in response to Viktor Balaban
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    Nov 4, 2015 10:49 PM in response to Viktor Balaban

    What about trying Chrome browser?

    With Chrome you can lock Screen and airplay is still playing with all Content...

    Works great for me...

    From a nerved costumer...

  • by Bilen2,Helpful

    Bilen2 Bilen2 Nov 5, 2015 4:26 AM in response to Viktor Balaban
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    Nov 5, 2015 4:26 AM in response to Viktor Balaban

    Problem solved on iPhone 6S 64 Gb

     

    Turn of Live background for lock-screen.

  • by kolargol22,

    kolargol22 kolargol22 Nov 6, 2015 4:52 AM in response to Bilen2
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    Nov 6, 2015 4:52 AM in response to Bilen2

    this issue is still present in iOS9.1 and iOS9.2 beta. I wonder when finally Apple get attention to this really annoying bug...

  • by Payton Garner,

    Payton Garner Payton Garner Nov 7, 2015 9:25 AM in response to Bilen2
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    Nov 7, 2015 9:25 AM in response to Bilen2

    Problem solved on iPhone 6S 64 Gb

     

    Turn of Live background for lock-screen.

     

    THIS fixes the problem. I changed my wallpaper from the "live" one on iPhone 6s Plus and now sleeping the iPhone after starting AirPlay works.

     

    What the ****, Apple? How can something this simple still be a bug??

  • by bill223,

    bill223 bill223 Nov 11, 2015 4:32 PM in response to Payton Garner
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    Nov 11, 2015 4:32 PM in response to Payton Garner

    I am encountering this problem as well. When I'm connected via AirPlay to my Apple TV, music apps (Pandora, Spotify, and Songza all exhibit the issue) stop playing music when the screen is locked.

     

    However, I connected via AirPlay to my stereo receiver directly (STR-DN1040) and it works just fine.

     

    The lock screen might fix it (I am not going to try) but so does connecting to something other than Apple TV. This leads me to believe there is something else going on here.

  • by Payton Garner,

    Payton Garner Payton Garner Nov 12, 2015 6:46 AM in response to bill223
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    Nov 12, 2015 6:46 AM in response to bill223

    Why wouldn't you try? It's simply changing the wallpaper on your lock screen to any "non-live" image. Takes like two seconds...

  • by rockshassa,

    rockshassa rockshassa Nov 14, 2015 7:35 AM in response to Payton Garner
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    Nov 14, 2015 7:35 AM in response to Payton Garner

    The live background fixed it for me

     

    Seriously, this was crazy annoying to troubleshoot. I encountered this bug on my 6S while trying to Airplay to an Apple TV from the YouTube app. Ironically, i only used my device for this because airplay did not work from youtube.com in the latest version of ElCap/Safari. How many more years until this feature become reliable??

  • by saedalav,

    saedalav saedalav Nov 24, 2015 8:54 AM in response to Payton Garner
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    Nov 24, 2015 8:54 AM in response to Payton Garner

    You are a life saver! Thank you!

    And for the guy who said "I am not going to try" ... wow ..

  • by denizcan,

    denizcan denizcan Dec 7, 2015 7:05 AM in response to Bilen2
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    Dec 7, 2015 7:05 AM in response to Bilen2

    I turned on the "Reduce motion" and set a still photo to lock and home screen. The problem ridiculously exists..

     

    Is there a technology that does well what it is supposed to do?

  • by la_grunge,

    la_grunge la_grunge Dec 15, 2015 2:34 AM in response to Stephen Finlay
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    Dec 15, 2015 2:34 AM in response to Stephen Finlay

    iphone 5 + IOS 9.2, no live photo. Airplay stops unless I disable autolock completely. Really? I'm ****** as ****.

  • by shoota13,

    shoota13 shoota13 Jan 31, 2016 6:23 AM in response to la_grunge
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    Jan 31, 2016 6:23 AM in response to la_grunge

    Same here this is ridiculous. Apple TV + any iDevice (including macbook pro) and the stupid stream stops on sleep. Irritating to no freaking end. 5 years later...

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