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Jan in Coto
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Q: Problems with Siri coming on without a prompt from the home screen button.

I am having problems with Siri self activating when my head phones are in and I am listening to music.  This happens when I am walking and using an App called

RunKeeper which tracks your time and distance via GPS.  Siri causes a data disruption with a pause in the program when it comes on.  My phone case covers the screen entirely so I am wondering if it has anything to do with the proximity of the headphone jack to the home button?  Has anyone else had this problem?  There does not seem to be a way to deactivate Siri when I am walking and I am finding this extremely annoying.

iPhone 5, iOS 6

Posted on Oct 17, 2012 4:06 PM

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Jan in Coto

Q: Problems with Siri coming on without a prompt from the home screen button.

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  • by Demo,

    Demo Demo Oct 17, 2012 4:12 PM in response to Jan in Coto
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    Oct 17, 2012 4:12 PM in response to Jan in Coto

    I don't know or sure if the cover and the problem with Siri are related, but you can turn Siri off in Settings>General>Siri>Off. You can always turn it on again when you want to use it.

     

    Phone covers and iPad covers have been know to cause weird issues on iDevices so there is a possibility that the cover has something to do with this. The only way to know for sure would be to remove the cover and see what happens without it.

  • by Jan in Coto,Helpful

    Jan in Coto Jan in Coto Oct 17, 2012 4:53 PM in response to Demo
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    Oct 17, 2012 4:53 PM in response to Demo

    I am thinking that the headphones themselves may be the problem and will try a different pair tomorrow with my iPhone in a different case.  Turning off Siri on a daily basis could also cause data loss on the Apple servers.  Thanks for your help.  Maybe I will need to get a different iPhone, or maybe the headphones themselves are causing this to occur. I had some problems occasionally with the music spread increasing after walking about an hour with my iPhone 4 which did not have Siri, and, indeed, this is also happening with my iPhone 5.  Again, thanks for your help!