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My iPhone stops playing music when taking photos?!

HI there...

My iPhone 6S seems to stop playing music both from iTunes or Spotify when I open the camera to take a photograph. I assumed there would be some obvious way to allow it to continue playing. It's a bit annoying to be honest! I just want to continue listening to my music whilst taking photogrsphs...

I can't find anything on the web... Or on here... Can't find anything on the phone... It didn't happen with my iPhone 5...

If anybody knows anything or has any idea if this is actually a design feature or just annoying I'd appreciate any advice!

Cheers! 🙂

Kev

iphone 6S iOSX 9.0.1

Posted on Sep 25, 2015 2:21 PM

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jazeboy

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Posted on Sep 27, 2015 12:06 AM

I Have just realised I have this same issue too! This is one of my major workflows I walk, listen to music and take photos! It's a major deal breaker for me! even my 4S on iOS 9 doesn't have this issue which was what I've been using up till this upgrade to the 6S. I have 14 days to get a refund and if it's not going to be fixed I am seriously thinking of changing phones. This seems like it must be a trade off for the new 12MP camera but thats a bad call if so. I'd prefer if they could just limit it for say live photos which may be understandable. I love the Live Photos but come on Apple - normal photos and no music?

Does anyone know if the iPhone 6 has this issue?

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dogratt

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Oct 15, 2015 7:59 AM in response to JeffreyTTimmons

Good idea. I just left them feedback. Hopefully if others report the bug too it should get them to take note and try to fix the issue.

Oct 15, 2015 8:35 AM in response to JeffreyTTimmons

Thanks! I just left feedback there too.

irrbloss

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Oct 21, 2015 12:09 PM in response to Kjzee

Still not fixed in 9.1 just released. Really irritating. I always listen to music. So now I have to choose: listen to music or taking pictures. A real step back.

TabsAZ

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Oct 21, 2015 6:43 PM in response to irrbloss

I'm really wondering if it's a hardware issue now that it wasn't fixed in 9.1. Like the camera is internally always recording video and this disables the sound.

Oct 22, 2015 9:50 AM in response to jazeboy

great ! but "I got my phone working again" does not help. HOW did you get that to happen?

dogratt

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Oct 22, 2015 10:39 AM in response to Liese Schwarz

Thanks for doing the legwork. Hopefully they'll take notice. I have submitted feedback as well.

dogratt

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Oct 27, 2015 7:28 AM in response to Liese Schwarz

Thanks for the update. I had no idea about the conflict between the camera and voice calls as well. I'll try testing it out later on my phone.

lemur90

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Nov 4, 2015 10:10 PM in response to Kjzee

+1 Totally an annoying bug.

Nov 13, 2015 12:16 PM in response to Kjzee

I Hope they fix it soon. It's very annoying each time your music stops when you switch on the camera

Nov 13, 2015 12:18 PM in response to nkbush1787

Completely agree! Please Apple, bring back this basic feature! I actually miss my iPhone 5 because of this annoying glitch .. :-(

Nov 22, 2015 1:53 PM in response to dougmenuez

And it doesn't even resume playback after switching out of the camera app. The original source of audio must be reopened, and playback resumed manually. Please!

Dec 1, 2015 9:23 AM in response to Urethanes

Starred post at top of this thread reports Apple will be fixing it in update to come.

Dec 7, 2015 4:42 PM in response to Kjzee

Just piling on to say that I hope this issue is resolved.

Dec 8, 2015 12:43 PM in response to Kjzee

Potentially good news! I hear from Apple that update 9.2 should drop later today, and it has camera fixes in it. Fingers crossed that this is among them.

Dec 10, 2015 6:19 AM in response to Liese Schwarz

On 9.2 and the problem is still there. 😕

My iPhone stops playing music when taking photos?!