How to turn off Headphone Safety on iPhone

Toolmaker321 wrote:

Free people in a free country are free because they have the inalienable right FROM GOD to make a free choice.

For pity's sake, that's about the silliest thing I've heard in days and, given the country I live in and what's being going on lately, that's saying something. You may have rights. But, I'm pretty sure that whatever country you're in and however your rights are codified, nowhere does it say that you have the right to tell Apple how to design their product. If you don't like it, buy something else. That's how a free market works.

they also have to disclose it, they did not. The point being is this is the first time apple seems to be engaging in more deceptive practices. Let’s be honest here, if Apple want as honest and upfront and disclosed this to the public and media covered this how many would of still moved forward purchasing a 12 or would have upgraded? Truth is Apple hugely markets toward music and artists and usage including their air pods and beats.

Apple over the years has gained a lot of trust from consumers, that trust has been broken with very many. I’ve honestly never seen Apple engage in deception like this and I’ve had iPhone and apple products since 2007.

based on my personal experience with this issue, for a week I was told by apple it was a “bug” finally last email I received was at least honest. I do not believe even most of their staff was aware

debraelizabeth wrote:

they also have to disclose it, they did not. The point being is this is the first time apple seems to be engaging in more deceptive practices.

If you don't approve of Apple's business practices, don't buy their products. Sell the ones you have and move on to something that better meets your needs.

I have every right to express my opinion as a consumer as does everyone else on here , we also have the right to discuss it. Apple wasn’t upfront nor honest and as what they did begins to affect more users, it will gain more media attention and more upset iphone consumers.

dont like my opinion then scroll past it. ✌️

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Are you saying you can't disable the "Reduce Loud Sounds" feature as well? If so that's a glitch and you should contact Apple to have them send a ticket up to the engineers. The notifications feature was specifically what the article referenced above addressed,. Thanks.

Even if it were true that it is driven by local regulations, I strongly suspect that it is actually some apple lawyers interpretation of the regs that is the problem, not the actual regs.

Meanwhile while ear protection is a good cause, what about the small problem that the device can’t/won’t descriminate between actual headphones and external connection, hard wired or Bluetooth, that need a fairly high volume from the phone to work properly?

I never use headphones with the phone but this stupidness badly messes up music streaming, sat nav and hands free calls in my car.

Have sent a comment to apple direct. It wasn’t complimentary.

While driving, does “hey Siri, turn my volume up” work? I’m looking for a way to not have to break the law to hear my navigation, thanks  for encouraging your users to pick up their phones at the wheel. Could you screw this up any more?

This is pretty **** annoying for me as I listen to music while motorbiking. I wear earplugs to protect my hearing so I need to keep the volume up on my Bluetooth communication system in order to hear the music and take calls.

As much as I hate this being forced on me, it's not a good enough reason for supporting leaving the EU...

Seriously though, I'm going to try frequently going into the Health app and deleting all the historical dB data the phone has collected to see if it'll shut up the notifications and sound restrictions! Anyone else tried this and had it work?

I’m afraid leaving the EU won’t affect this one jot.

Boris can’t be bothered to brush his hair never mind be bothered about this.

As for deleting dB data, it works for a bit and then returns I’m afraid.

What particularly frustrates me about this bit of apple stupidity is that it’s very sloppy, lazy programming. The device is sophisticated enough to know what it’s connected too, especially via Bluetooth, so it knows you are not on headphones, but does it anyway.

Nick

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Odd. I'm in the USA, and using an iPhone 12 Pro Max with iOS 14.2.1. This function was off when I discovered this thread, and I hadn't even heard of it. I can turn it on and off on my phone. Turned it back off and will leave it that way.

This isn’t anything to do with regulations. There’s no Global Music Regulation that affects the whole world. There’s no regulation in any country that says that phones cannot output to a hifi above a certain volume. Other manufacturer’s phones don’t automatically force the volume down. This is just something Apple has decided to do, for reasons we can only guess at. And it’s annoying so many of us I can’t see them keeping this particular “feature” for very long, but who knows...

The option to disable this must be added.

I NEVER use headphones, always Bluetooth connected devices so the phone volume is set to maximum, so that I can effectively control the volume with whichever Bluetooth device I may be using.

6 times today, SIX! While I was trying to just keep busy cleaning the house. Get it together Apple and override this update or I will be switching away from iOS for the first time since 2007.

Yes me to. Exactly the same also linked to my sat Nav. I’ll give them one update to redact it or I’m leaving Apple after 14 previously loyal years. I’ve just had to get a Microsoft surface pro for work. It was a reluctant purchase as I’m all Mac. I was amazed at how brilliant and intuitive it is. Wipes the floor against MacBook for office work. So I’m not scared anymore is my point. Everyone else has caught up and in some cases they are now leading.