iPhone 7 Audio Jack Adapter Issues

I just used my 'adapter' in my iPhone 7 plus today and noticed that... it didn't work at all. Every split second I get static/music/static/music as the songs continue to play. I knew the adapter wouldn't work once I found out that they were giving us something free with our expensive iPhones with no headphone jack. My earbuds are OEM Samsung and I refuse to go out and buy new earbuds from another company just to see if it is an issue with that model of earbuds. My Samsung earbuds work with everything else so there is no reason the adapter shouldn't work with all 3.5mm headphones. Oh well, guess I'll use the Apple earpods and continuously keep putting them back in my ears as they fall out constantly until I can find a pair of good bluetooth earbuds.

I use my jack to play audio on a stereo for my workout classes on my 7 plus. My phone is fully updates and I have my phone set to never auto lock. For some reason my phone will play music for 30-90 secs then turn off. I need a solotiin to his. This never happened with the 6.

So I have the same problem. If you slightly unplugged your head phones from the adapter you can get them to work correctly. It takes a lot of work but if you position them just right it works. If you push the head phones into the adapter all the way it won't work.

I have been having issues since i had gotten my iPhone 7!!!!!! I can't even you my samsung headphones on my iPhone 7 via adapter. It makes a wierd crackle noise and doesn't corectly play the audio. Sure, i get that something like that will happen, but i had stuck with samsungs headphones when i had stuck with android phone since i started to have my first phone long ago, but the bounderies of me using a enemy company's headphone on a apple device shouldn't be a thing!!! >:(

I have this problem. I'm using Sony MDR-EX650 earphones, I don't have a problem on any other device so I know it is a problem with the adapter and not the earphones themselves.

Most of the time, when listening using these earphones through the lightening adapater I get constant electrical pulses which distort the music / cause static / stop and start the music or podcast. I can also get very high pitched feedback which is painful and obviously means I have to unplug my earphones. I would say the maximum amount of time I've been able to listen with no distruption is c. 20 minutes.

This has to be a problem with the adapter / electrical system in the iPhone 7 when the adapter is used. I know I could use the earphones provided but they don't fit my ears, the sound isn't as good and, if an adapter is provided, it should work.

Does anyone else have this issue? I've seen a lot of people having a problem with Bose headphones but less so with 'normal' in ear earphones like mine. Any ideas?! I actually bought a new adapter as I thought I had lost my old one (it was in a hole in my pocket in the end, ha) but I got the same problem, so I know it isn't a physical problem with the adapter unless I have been very unlucky.

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Using uncertified or counterfeit accessories may damage your iPhone and/or adversely affect operation. Apple's warranty does not cover damage caused by use with a third party product that does not meet Apple's specifications.

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Anyone else getting this after 10.3.1 update? I can't play music in my car with the adapter anymore. :(

trinidad2 wrote:

Thank you for your feedback Jonathan but I haven't been able to find a Certified 2-in-1-Lightning-to-3.5mm-Audio-Adapter anywhere. I even looked on the apple website ...

You may wish to consider the Belkin Lightning Audio + Charge Rockstar.

The adapter enables Lightning Audio for phone conversations and charging your iPhone simultaneously. It is also compatible with the Apple Lightning to 3.5 mm Headphone Jack Adapter, for use with headphones with a 3.5mm jack plug.

The adapter is available, for example, from the US Apple Online Store:

http://www.apple.com/shop/product/HKKP2ZM/A/belkin-lightning-audio-charge-rockst ar

Yes the iPhone 7 is definitely a great product, but the only issue I found was the problem of not being able to charge while listening to music, which thankfully was a quick solution with the Aokin 2 in 1 adapter.

I had no idea a product like this existed so when I found it I quickly jumped on it and found that it works great! I did my research and Aokin looks like the place to go for these things. I've been using mine now for over a month with no problems.

You're able to get one on here: https://myaokin.com/

If you guys have any questions let me know! I'm happy to help where I can 🙂

I have the same issue. At first, I thought it was the aux input in my car. This issue only occurs when my iPhone 7 is plugged in and I'm using either one of my two 3.5mm to lightning cables. It doesn't happen when I use my iPod Classic or iPod Touch so I am confident that the problem isn't the aux input receiver in the car. Also, when I use my iPhone 7 in my other car which has Apple Carplay, I don't have any problem. So, I don't believe that the iPhone 7 itself is bad or broken. I think that there is a small microchip within the audio cables themselves or the iPhone is sensing the cable resistance. Either way, the phone can sense that the cables are not within "approved" specs. I updated my iPhone yesterday and for the first time now I am getting a popup message that there is an unusable device connected to the phone when I use either of my two audio cables.

Same exact problem here. I have tried everything but nothing fixes it. The problem is not with the "aux" cable or system. It works fine with my android and DVD player. I it's just like the thing stopped working with the phone all of a sudden. Out of answers..

I'm facing the same problem with my iPhone 7 plus adaptor, however I noticed that the adaptor becomes hot whenever the adaptor stops working, and I also noticed that this issue only happens when I connect the phone to my car's aux while it doesn't happen when connecting the phone to my headphones, I guess that the car's speaker require some more current or power from the adaptor in order to work and the adaptor gets overloaded and disconnects... this is the only guess I have so far.

With the adapter, I have the same static/music/static/music thing happening. Beyond annoying. I called Apple, they wanted me to take the iPhone 7 in to the Apple Store after some of their no-brainer trouble-shooting didn't work.

With their tech on the phone I used various combinations involving three different auxiliary cords, two different iPhone 7s, two different adapters, and two different vehicles - and each time - it yielded the same static issues.

So now with a dumbfounded tech he's goes into the whole "well I'm developing a case number for you and thank you for helping Apple learn to improve their products". In reality, I helped them make more money as they try to strong arm basic cords THAT WORK from the market.

I get that even with my OEM cord and power brick! Apple really needs to fix their own hardware and software. I'm using OEM products and yet I still get those errors.

About the headphones. This is weird. I used Samsung earbuds because I like the sound and they are comfortable. Not like the horrible earpods that keep falling out of my ears. But alas, I can't use those earbuds because of the static. But get this, I bought a cheap no name pair of headphones for my ps4 controller and they work with the Apple adapter! What?!

Samsung legit earbuds no, but cheap imitation no name headphones yes. Talk about strange.

I just downloaded the software update this morning for my iPhone 7- and right afterwards experienced the same issue. The device (my non apple lightning audio converter) was flagged as "this device is not supported." I am convinced it was in the software update that I just installed. I wish apple would rectify this as I can no longer listen to music/content through my car speakers. Very frustrating.