Play/Pause starts playing music instead of pausing podcast

I'm having an issue with the play/pause function in IOS9. I am having this problem now that I've switched to iOS9 and iOS9.0.1. When I'm in instacast or iHeartRadio, after I press the pause button, an MP3 will start playing instead of just pausing my podcast or music. Also when I press play, the music pauses and does not play my podcast. This also occurs on the swipe up screen with all of the controls on it.

If I reboot my phone, the proper functionality is restored for a while but not permanently. I'm not sure what specific event causes it to behave improperly again.

This is on my iPhone 5S.

iPhone 5s, iOS 9.0.1

Posted on Sep 30, 2015 9:06 AM

16 replies

frosty128 Author

Level 1

6 points

Oct 9, 2015 7:55 AM in response to frosty128

I have a ticket open with Apple Support. They want me to restore my phone in the process of troubleshooting this. We will see if that helps when I get that done.

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Play/Pause starts playing music instead of pausing podcast

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