Lance Chong

Q: Voice Control Keeps on Activating

Hi, I just got the iphone4 and went performing the normal sync. Upon completion, suddenly the voice control gets activated without being called upon. It does that all the time and it's getting annoying.

How can I get rid of this?

Iphone 4, iOS 4, nil

Posted on Aug 31, 2010 1:59 AM

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  • by cbenoist,Helpful

    cbenoist cbenoist Mar 20, 2011 3:03 PM in response to Lance Chong
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    Mar 20, 2011 3:03 PM in response to Lance Chong
    I experienced this for the first time today, when at the gym. I have had my iPhone 4 for approximately 3 weeks, and it never happened before this latest OS update. So far, it has only happened with headphones that have a mic.
  • by tactrois,

    tactrois tactrois Apr 26, 2011 8:20 AM in response to Lance Chong
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    Apr 26, 2011 8:20 AM in response to Lance Chong

    This problem is a reoccurring and complete pain in the a -- for me. I use my phone as my work line, and voice control activates seemingly for no reason, cutting my phone connection off. Then the iPod begins to furiously play for no apparent reason. Worse yet it comes and goes. Things calm down and I figure it's been taken care of by powering down or an update, but out of nowhere it activates again. It could be just sitting on a table and there it goes again! I want to just get rid of the feature, I never use it.

  • by shirlynne,

    shirlynne shirlynne Apr 28, 2011 5:59 PM in response to Lance Chong
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    Apr 28, 2011 5:59 PM in response to Lance Chong

    I am having the same problem.  I can be at the gym or running, and the voice control will just pop up.  Not only that, it causes my music to speed up or change songs in the middle of one song.  I came on the web site hoping to find out how to turn this off. 

  • by Barry Porter1,

    Barry Porter1 Barry Porter1 Apr 28, 2011 6:20 PM in response to shirlynne
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    Apr 28, 2011 6:20 PM in response to shirlynne

    try going into settings:general:Accessibility:Triple-click Home and be sure it is off,

    it will at least eliminate that as a cause.

  • by ccirie99,

    ccirie99 ccirie99 Sep 28, 2011 3:16 PM in response to shirlynne
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    Sep 28, 2011 3:16 PM in response to shirlynne

    Did you ever get an answer?  It happened to me while out on a run and it was very frustrating.  It never happens with my iPod.  Given an option I would rather run with my iPhone.

  • by Joe-n-TX,

    Joe-n-TX Joe-n-TX Oct 28, 2011 7:56 AM in response to Lance Chong
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    Oct 28, 2011 7:56 AM in response to Lance Chong

    Ok, this is ridiculous now!  Just received my 4s.  Plug in my ear buds for to work out and the phone goes crazy!  It is so aggrevating!  Not sure is Siri is responsible but....  Never happened with my 3Gs.

     

    Come on Apple!  Fix it!!!!!!!!

  • by iphoneno0b,

    iphoneno0b iphoneno0b Nov 2, 2011 5:51 PM in response to Lance Chong
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    Nov 2, 2011 5:51 PM in response to Lance Chong

    Yep. My iphone 3gs , iphone 4 , and of course, now iPhone 4s, Siri pops up every time I workout. This is ridiculous . Apple come on !! I'm my other devices the solution I found was to jailbreak my iphone and thanks to the jailbreak community there was a "tweak" to disable voice control. I wasn't planning to JB my iPhone 4s now I'm going do it if you guys dont find a solution !

  • by Urgamanix,

    Urgamanix Urgamanix Nov 21, 2011 5:45 PM in response to iphoneno0b
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    Nov 21, 2011 5:45 PM in response to iphoneno0b

    Hi guys,

          As a temporary fix, I've found success by buying and using an arm strap to hold my iPhone whilst running. I think the problem is something to do with the quick vibration of the headphone jack - strapping it to my arm reduced the amount of vibration and bounce-impact of the phone. Hope this helps.

  • by kjmr,

    kjmr kjmr Apr 2, 2012 8:13 AM in response to Lance Chong
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    Apr 2, 2012 8:13 AM in response to Lance Chong

    I have similar Issue and it is annoying.I went to apple store and Genius frm genius bar suggests me to replace th ephone by paying 149 dollars.

     

     

    I think Apple intentinally created these type of bugs and pushing them to th ephone which are not under warranty, SO that People can Buy new  i phones and APPLE can increase their revenue.

  • by Oz100,

    Oz100 Oz100 Apr 4, 2012 2:56 AM in response to Lance Chong
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    Apr 4, 2012 2:56 AM in response to Lance Chong

    Make sure siri is turned on and voice control will not operate when iPhone is locked.

  • by bwright26,

    bwright26 bwright26 May 13, 2012 6:34 AM in response to LawsonStone
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    May 13, 2012 6:34 AM in response to LawsonStone

    I have the exact same issue.  It started for me a month ago. iphone3gs.  I'm almost at the point of dropping the iphone for an android.

  • by Lexiepex,

    Lexiepex Lexiepex May 13, 2012 7:10 AM in response to Lance Chong
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    May 13, 2012 7:10 AM in response to Lance Chong

    You can set voice control for dialling ("voice dial") to off; but you cannot set voice control for music to off.

    Settings/General/PasscodeLock/voice dial.

  • by dubvibes,

    dubvibes dubvibes Mar 4, 2013 4:12 AM in response to Lexiepex
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    Mar 4, 2013 4:12 AM in response to Lexiepex

    My Iphone 4 32GB started having this issue when I downloaded the 2 last 6.1.X... VOICE CONTROL pops-up even when I sleep and calls random people just by the sound of the snoring... in FACETIME even more annoying.

    I confirm that it does this day and night and even when it phone is locked..

     

    The guys at ISTUDIO confirmed it was a software problem, they even re-installed the iOS for me...

     

     

     

    Is there any department in APPLE that can resolve this really important issue?

     

    Thank you

  • by Johnrobc,

    Johnrobc Johnrobc Mar 9, 2013 5:09 PM in response to dubvibes
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    Mar 9, 2013 5:09 PM in response to dubvibes

    This happens on my 4 and my 5 and is so infuriating. Mostly it's running, but today was just walking with the phone on my pocket and music was unusable. Raise to speak is turned off for Siri and my 4 is obviously just activating the dumb voice control. I've never seen a solution to this, or seen Apple address this in any way. Drives me out of my mind.

  • by dubvibes,

    dubvibes dubvibes Mar 10, 2013 9:31 PM in response to Johnrobc
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    Mar 10, 2013 9:31 PM in response to Johnrobc

    Thanx, Is your home button still functional? Mine is not working anymore and some guys told me that fixing the home button (hardware) "might" solve the problem... the broken button might be pressing "home" all the time.

     

    I'll fix it next week and see how it works

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