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iTunes automatically starts playing when iPhone 5 (w iOS 7.0.2) is connected to car radio via an Apple cable

I'm using an iPhone 5 with iOS 7.0.2, regardless it is the most recent update

When I plug my phone into my car radio's USB port (Apple cable, not knock off) iTunes starts to play the very first song in my large iTunes library.

I plug into the USB port to charge it and to connect the phone to radio in order to use hands free audio.

I have tried two or three different cables, it happens with all cables and again all are actual Apple cables.

I do not recall this happening with iOs 6 or at least as much.

With iOs 7 it happens every f***ing 😠 time. Extremely annoying and dangerous (I may get so frustrated by this that one day I might just smash the phone or the car radio :-) to the equipment.

I have to unlock my phone, go to iTunes and pause or stop the song/iTunes. ➖➖

The app does not show as being open, that is why I have to go iTunes itself, the old fashioned way, so to speak. 😕

It sometimes happens when I plug my headset in (also Apple brand, the basic ones that come with the iPad and iPhones) to phone and have tried the two different ones I have. It only seems to happen if my phone is not in use (i.e. I am on a call and switch to the headset it does not happen)

Interestingly this issue with the headphones and iTunes automatically starting happened more with iOS 6 and than with iOS 7. Ironically the opposite is true with the car radio, USB port cable, charging and iPhone — it rarely happened with iOS 6.0 but with iOS 7.0 it always happens.

I cannot seem to find a fix here but I do see I am not the only one with this annoying issue.

Please someone (APPLE!) figure out a fix. ➕ℹ➕

PS I have even considered NOT having any of my music on my phone — none at all — which not only would solve the problem (I would hope!) but be extremely inconvenient and defeating the purpose of only having an iPhone vs an iPhone and an iPod.

PPS - I probably left out something really relevant, like what color is my car 😝, so if I did, please let me know.

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.2, iTunes

Posted on Oct 13, 2013 7:30 PM

119 replies

Dec 8, 2016 11:08 AM in response to stevenXcross

thank you stevenXcross for that detailed description because this is exactly what I have been experiencing with my phone. What happened with me when it first started and I didn't know what the issue was. I took my phone back and they replaced it. Well I was still having the same issue, in a whole different and new phone. The support guy at apple I was working with had me to totally erase my phone and set it up as new. So I did that and voila, no more problems that is until yesterday. I realized that when I plugged in my headphones and the music display shows up playing and just as you said, I didn't stop my music when I was done listening to it, I just snatched the headphones out and swipe the window from running in my background. But low and behold when I plug my headphones back in...it started happening again. So I didn't know how to shut it off and I removed both my music apps for now. I will put them back but now I know to always pause my music, podcast, or videos when I'm done properly to avoid this issue in the future. Thank you again for this post.

Dec 21, 2016 6:33 AM in response to Jim Houghton

I followed your steps:

Settings then cellular then turned off music then I plugged my iPhone into the USB port in my car then started the car and iTunes started automatically playing

Dec 23, 2016 3:21 AM in response to sdkatsh

this is quite late.... but i've been really irritated by the iTunes autoplay whenever i connect it to my car sound system (volkswagon polo). It keeps over-riding any mp3 that i try to play from gmail. A useful work-around i found is to save the mp3 to notes and play it from there. Since notes is an apple sanctioned app, it seems to be able to over-ride the iTunes autoplay when you embed an mp3 into a note and play it.

aa-sj

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Mar 17, 2017 6:36 PM in response to sdkatsh

Turning off from settings > cellular > app did not help. I just deletwd the app. I hope it does not automatically add back when I reboot the phone

Apr 26, 2017 8:49 PM in response to Bruce Forsberg

Thanks so much. Great tip'

Mimami63

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May 19, 2017 3:00 PM in response to sdkatsh

I deleted th Music app... is roblem solved

Julie702

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May 31, 2017 10:06 AM in response to Mimami63

That worked for me too. Bliss 🙂

andreNh

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Jun 17, 2017 5:19 PM in response to ChrisJ4203

In a very kind way....Do you have a solution for this problem or not? It happens on my IPhone 7.0

Thank you

And thanks to all the wiz kid around willing to help

Jun 27, 2017 11:03 AM in response to HighGeek585

It's beyond bad that apple haven't fixed this!! I've deleted iTunes and only use Spotify which works per

Jul 25, 2017 6:11 PM in response to Bruce Forsberg

Thank you! I am so tired of having the darn thing interrupt me!

pezzerr

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Sep 10, 2017 11:29 PM in response to sdkatsh

makes me want to consider self harm

pezzerr

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Sep 10, 2017 11:30 PM in response to joeemison

you should work for apple , youre a superstar and we all thank you like you wouldn't believe..!!!!

Sep 12, 2017 11:46 AM in response to sdkatsh

Its interrupted my onstar navigator again!!!!!

I can't turn the styloid music off in my car. Not funny at all.

Oct 5, 2017 5:10 PM in response to sdkatsh

With the app open, Swipe up, and if you don't see it playing, swipe left then change it to the audio method you want to use under the arrow down.

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iTunes automatically starts playing when iPhone 5 (w iOS 7.0.2) is connected to car radio via an Apple cable