Podcast auto-starts - iOS 6

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Podcast auto-starts - iOS 6

Hi all, I just upgraded to iOS 6 yesterday and noticed that I Was unable to stream the podcasts that i have downloaded from iTunes on the computer. So I set everything up with the podcast app. After partially listening to a pod cast, and putting it on pause and hit the home button. A while later I recieved and ended a call, and the podcast started playing again. I had assumed that I hit the end button (on my headphones) twice by accident. However a few hours later, I used Siri to send a message and after Siri closed the podcast started playing again.

Does anyone have any ideas on why? or a fix?

Posted on Sep 20, 2012 6:35 PM

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shadowhywind Author

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Sep 27, 2012 6:29 AM in response to shadowhywind

I know it hasn't been alot of time, but just wanted to post a little update.. It is not caused by me... I just receieved and missed a facetime call, I never touched the phone. As soon as the alert came up for the missed facetime, the podcast instantly started playing again..

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pbjj11

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Sep 28, 2012 10:15 AM in response to shadowhywind

This happens to me too. I've noticed it happens if I'm listening to a podcast, and then pull out the headphones, which automatically pauses the podcast. I do this because it's faster than unlocking the screen and pressing pause if I'm listening with it in my pocket.

At any rate, definitely have had podcasts start playing after calls ended and it's annoying.

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iOSAv8r

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Oct 9, 2012 4:37 AM in response to shadowhywind

Having the same problem. Apple, when will this be fixed??! Tough to hold my head up and defend your product when friends who use iPhone alternatives state they do so because "it actually works out of the box!" The old podcast (via the music app) wasn't broken...

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Oct 9, 2012 5:03 AM in response to shadowhywind

Same problem!

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Oct 9, 2012 5:24 AM in response to tim_conduit

I have yet to have this problem and I listen to podcasts almost everyday. I would think it has to be a software issue, are you able to remove and readd the podcasts app?

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iOSAv8r

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Oct 9, 2012 5:36 AM in response to jonfromdaleville

For some reason, this seems to have worked for me. I tried the same scenario that has given me trouble (listening to a podcast with headphones, then unplugging the headphones, making a call, and hanging up, resulting in the podcast "auto-starting"). Uninstalled the podcast app (I hadn't thought of that since it was introduced in iOS 6, thinking it was one of the uninstallable apps), re-installed it, and it seems to not autostart now.

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shadowhywind Author

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Oct 9, 2012 5:50 AM in response to shadowhywind

I completely forgot that we could uninstall it. So I just tried iOSAv8r's idea of uninstall and reinstall. So far in my inital test, it did not auto-start. Will give it a day or so, but I am hopefull that this worked!

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shadowhywind Author

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Oct 10, 2012 6:47 AM in response to shadowhywind

Sad news.. it looks like the uninstall-reinstall did not work. It worked fine all day yesterday, however this morning, I missed a phone call and the podcast started playing again. It was worth a shot though

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Oct 12, 2012 9:07 AM in response to shadowhywind

Add me to the list. Please people, send Apple feedback on this. it's the only way it will get fixed.

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shadowhywind Author

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Nov 9, 2012 6:54 AM in response to shadowhywind

I had high hopes for the recent update of the podcast app that claimed that it has fixed this bug. However it looks like the bug is still around, it happens almost daily for me. The sad part is it doesn't do it everytime though

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