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xtedx Author

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how to prevent iphone auto play songs when earphone plugged in.

hi
why does iphone autoplays songs when an earphone is plugged in?
it doesnt happen all the time but sometimes it just start playing all the music (it just starts from the beginning, song 1 of xx) and that song 1 is always whatever song title that starts with "A"
i dont want this to happen.
or maybe if i can set it to automatically play a specific playlist its better.

does anyone have this issue?
iphone 3g with os 2.2

thanks.

MacBookPro 2007, 2.6Ghz, 4GB Ram, Mac OS X (10.5.6)

Posted on Jan 2, 2009 6:50 AM

16 replies

Apr 30, 2009 4:49 AM in response to xtedx

I found a 'good enough' solution.

1 - plug your headphones in.
2 - turn your iphone off
3 - turn your iphone back on (with the headphones still plugged in)
4 - never use the ipod function again (or go to step 1 after every use of iPod)

I have several applications that play ambient music or games, and whenever i connected the headphones the iPod application would start. Once I power cycled WITH THE HEADPHONES CONNECTED, this seems to fix the problem.

Please feedback if this works for you, or there is a better way.

how to prevent iphone auto play songs when earphone plugged in.

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