iPhone 6 iOS 8 Voice Control comes on randomly while using headphones, how do I disable??

i was having this issue too and it was so frustrating. I bought this http://www.meelec.com/MEElectronics_O_Ring_Spacers_p/ep-oring-mee.htm

if you don't mind having the spacer on your jack, then this works like a charm.

Hey guys!! To stop voice control change your headsets, that would work well.

Thanks for the link, but aw man, I'd have to pay $8 in shipping just to get those to my place in Canada. 😢 And there's no guarantee that they'd solve my issue!

Anyway, I'm suffering from the same problem as the rest of you, just check my post in another thread about this issue. My beloved JLab earphones work properly with every smartphone in my house except for my iPhone 6. Other headphones work fine with the iPhone 6... everything except the JLabs! It's seriously perplexing at this point. The issue started when I updated a free video downloading app and used it for the first time in a long time. After downloading a video, Voice Control kept coming up every time I accidentally shifted my earphones' cable and static sounded. After that, it just kept happening over and over whenever I had my JLab earphones plugged into my iPhone. I used Isopropyl alcohol to clean the phone's audio port and the JLabs' audio jack, but it didn't have any effect on the static. So I switched to using the horrible plastic Apple Earpods because I don't get the static with them. I hate them so much. 😟

Unfortunately, the only other earphones I have with a built-in mic (volume control) are the Apple Earpods, which work 100% with my iPhone 6, obviously. Even a pair of cheap Chinese knockoff Apple earbuds I bought from a shady online stork work with the iPhone, but not my JLabs! Even the horrible built-in mic works. I'm so frustrated right now.

I tried my OEM Samsung earphones with the iPhone 6 (the standard ones that come with Samsung Galaxy phones), and yup, they work, but the built-in mic doesn't work.

However, I noticed something about my non-JLab earphones. None of the other earphones/headphones I tested with the iPhone 6 have a metal base at the jack like the JLab earphones do--they're all plastic there. So I'm convinced that's the problem right there. The metal collar/base/whatever is creating static when it comes into contact with the iPhone's audio port. The other earphones don't have this issue because they've got plastic where the JLabs have metal. I'm going to look to see if I have other earphones or headphones similar to my JLabs and I'll test them with my iPhone and report back with pics, but I don't think I'll figure out anything new.

Fact is, this issue shouldn't even be happening. I have a variety of Samsung devices and they work fine with the JLabs. No static whatsoever. I'm convinced Apple is doing this on purpose, to increase sales for their uncomfortable, overpriced OEM earphones.

Looks like this problem is more common than people think. Fed up with my situation, I decided to scour Amazon.com for replacement headphones because I hate the Apple ones. And lo and behold, what do I find? A complaint about the same problems we're experiencing in reviews for one of the most popular earphones on Amazon at the moment. Clicking on the screenshot takes you to the other reviews.

It's either the earphones fault for not being properly compatible with the iPhone, or Apple's fault in terms of hardware. Build quality vs. hardware. Time to check reviews for more expensive, high-end earphones. Guess the only solution for now is to buy earphones that are specifically iPhone-compatible. :/

I rarely use headphones with my iPhone 6 Plus and Voice Control acts like an evil entity on my phone! It often starts up when I'm setting or turning off alarms or doing tasks that don't have anything to do with voice use. After I manage to get Voice Control to go away, the color scheme reverses and I have to hit the Home button 3 times quickly to get it back to normal. (Those reverse colors are insane - that's supposed to help people with bad eyes?? Another thing Apple did that is senseless.) Generally, I love my phone. But every update is buggy as h***. I'm on 8.3 (I won't go to 8.4 because I want nothing to do with Apple Music, but will upgrade to iOS 9 when it comes out - but I don't have any expectation that 9 won't be a nightmare of its own).

This is almost as annoying as iTunes launching automatically every time I get in my car. Apple's solution: delete my music. The apple manager I spoke with has the same problem. He told me to buy another iPod for my music. Why did I buy this if I'm required to deactivate the features I purchased?

im having the same problem as most of u mention it

I hope apple will fix this asap and enable us to turn off the voice control.

Similar issues, iPhone 5s, iOS 8.3 ... Siri started popping up constantly without my asking. I eventually found a way to turn Siri off ... but then Voice Control started popping up ... phone became unusable. Found this thread and applied everything advised here ... still no luck.

I don't use head phones often but when I do it's always the Apple earbuds, so no issue there with metal-to-metal contact.

Finally out of desperation, I restored from a 5 week old backup, then upgraded to iOS 8.4.

Voice control popped up just 1 time after that ... but then has disappeared and hasn't reappeared since (that's 2 days ago).

I now have Siri turned back on ... and still no popups ... so I'm back to happy

So now I'm thinking that Apple fixed this issue in iOS 8.4 ... and the 1 time popup triggered the OS to isolate and block this virus, on my device.

Hanging on to that thought for now anyway ... but wanted to relay this message, in case it alleviates someone else's pain.

Good luck,

F.

Same problem. When running the voice control comes on even when I turn off Siri..etc etc. If apple had good running ear buds I'd get them. Please fix this!!!

Well just got my iPhone 6 and tested the iOS version 8.1 or something. When in general>accessibility>accessibility shortcuts, i turned voice control on. That was it!!! From that point the iPhone felt like it was possessed!! Any attempt to switch voice control off was a failure so not only that the voice control was repeating every thing i was doing like reading full menu locations, but the menu navigation was a nightmare. i had to first select the submenu, the voice would read it out, scrolling was ONLY possible with 3 fingers in this mode and was very faulty, and to advance in the menu structure you had first select something and then double tap on anything. When i finally got to voice over in one section of the menu, i turned it off and it turned back on immediately all by itself. All that with double taps and with the voice reading every single thing, stating the full menu location loud without being able to turn it lower.

So, for me, that's it with apple products. This is unacceptable. I even went to general > reset > reset all settings, all going through double taps with the voice confirming every action i was doing in detail and the iphone restarted with all the voice singing to me over and over again. That was the most annoying experience i ever had with any electronic device. So the reset all settings didn't do it! why's that? So then i had to go for the next available choice which was Erase all content and settings, and that did it. Thank you apple for the amazing experience. I will never go through that again and i almost fear now buying a new product from you.

You turned on Voice Over not Voice Control. As you see a big differnce. To turn Voice Over off just ask Siri to do it.

I switched headphones and the random voice control override stopped. I'm now using Panasonic HJE12 earbuds and I think the old ones were skull candy. Hope that works for you.

This still happening for me with IOS 9.0.1. I've tried all the tricks mentioned in the thread with no success. I'm about ready to dropkick this phone and get a Galaxy.

I have the same issue on iPhone 5s, using stock Apple earbuds, with iOS 9.0.2.

Siri is turned off. Voice dial is tuned off. Issue persists.

This issue is new since upgrade from iOS 8.

NO question about it this is a major issue. I have an iPhone6 and am upgraded all the way to iOS 9.1. Voice Control has demon-possessed my iPhone, in fact that as I'm writing this post, it keeps going on and off, won't let me access my apps, even to look up Settings and try to fix. It happens both WITH and WITHOUT headhpones and regardless whether music is playing or not.

Seems it may be a hardware issue as it begain happening after I had some issues with a portable music player jack (and then headphones) but frankly I don't think they are related. Seems hardware related for sure. Also, now my phone has trouble, answering, listening, hearing interruptions - a SOUND cluster f... Complete disaster.

Wish I had a solution, but here's mine: going to get a new iPhone. Fortunately I purchased insurance, but this should be a warranty thing and non-issue. My phone is only a few months old!

Apple needs to fix this and do a "recall" so everyone who has a legit issue can get new phones.