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iPod touch How does my iPod touch start playing songs in my pocket?
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xAnthony
macrumors 65816
That's very strange indeed. Maybe you forgot to stop the music last time you were playing it and the volume buttons just got hit while in your pocket? If not.. That's one mystery.
jimmie32
macrumors member
Capacitive touch screen doesn't mean that it only reacts to your fingers.
Sometimes it might contact with something else which is conductive/capacitive and still trigger. That's how the capacitive-screen styluses work anyway 🙂
If it happens often, maybe there are some things in your pocket which trigger it. It shouldn't play by itself.
It happens for me and it's usually because my fingers sometimes accidentally trigger the touch screen (1/who knows what chance) and it plays.
We need a mute switch on the iPod touch.
Come on Apple. A mute switch isn't expensive to make...
Sometimes it might contact with something else which is conductive/capacitive and still trigger. That's how the capacitive-screen styluses work anyway 🙂
If it happens often, maybe there are some things in your pocket which trigger it. It shouldn't play by itself.
It happens for me and it's usually because my fingers sometimes accidentally trigger the touch screen (1/who knows what chance) and it plays.
We need a mute switch on the iPod touch.
Come on Apple. A mute switch isn't expensive to make...
RichardBeer
macrumors regular
This used to happen to me a lot with my iPod Touch 2nd generation. I also found the interface fiddly.. so in the end I sold it and got an iPod Nano instead. I didn't even use the iPod Touch apps since it was only wi-fi.
If you hold the home button, it turns on voice commands, which in your pocket the ipod starts trying to understand the random noise. Just yesterday, I turned on voice command forgetting what I wanted to play and ended up saying nothing. The random noise in a Subway made my ipod think I wanted to play all songs by Collective Soul. Just a thought.
Mal
macrumors 603
Heh, what does that say about Collective Soul?
OP, another possible cause might be the Shake to Shuffle feature. If the home button got pressed by something in your pocket twice quickly enough, it can bring up the music controls, and then if you shake it (which happens easily enough while walking or making... other movements), it will start playing a random song. Double-tapping the button isn't easily accomplished by something in your pocket normally, but perhaps something is just lining up perfectly, like the corner or your wallet or phone?
I always try to keep my iPod in a separate pocket, and if I can't, I put it in my pocket with the screen facing my leg and nothing facing the screen, to protect it and keep the home button from being pressed by anything. Might just try to do that and see if the problem stops.
jW
eastercat
macrumors 68040
I'm more disturbed by the fact that someone still listens to Collective Soul than the phantom ipod touch. 😀
Brucewl
macrumors 6502
I have had this hapen before too. Not sure but when my ipod touch is in my jean pocket sometimes it will start playing. I assume it is because of the way i move? Creeps me out when i hear voices coming from my pocket!
Shake to Shuffle was off, but I think it's that my arm touched the screen or pressed the home button somehow. The song was definitely paused because it suddenly played the last song played in a quiet class on full volume (then everyone starts looking at me since the song playing was Get Crazy).
Sent from my iPod touch 4th generation using Tapatalk
Sent from my iPod touch 4th generation using Tapatalk
Shadow Knight W
macrumors newbie
No, it suddenly played a song through the speakers.
Sent from my iPod touch 4th generation using Tapatalk
Ipod touch auto start playing songs..
someone posted this up there.. it's correct.. i am experiencing this too.
does anyone have any idea how to disable this "Hold Home Button Turns On Voice Command" thingy please?
Thank 🙂
>if you hold the home button, it turns on voice commands, which in your pocket the ipod starts trying to understand the random noise. Just yesterday, I turned on voice command forgetting what I wanted to play and ended up saying nothing. The random noise in a Subway made my ipod think I wanted to play all songs by Collective Soul. Just a thought.
someone posted this up there.. it's correct.. i am experiencing this too.
does anyone have any idea how to disable this "Hold Home Button Turns On Voice Command" thingy please?
Thank 🙂
>if you hold the home button, it turns on voice commands, which in your pocket the ipod starts trying to understand the random noise. Just yesterday, I turned on voice command forgetting what I wanted to play and ended up saying nothing. The random noise in a Subway made my ipod think I wanted to play all songs by Collective Soul. Just a thought.
Ass-less chaps...
I find this happening too when I am wearing my assless chaps, I am sure the OP is having the same issue wearing his....
I find this happening too when I am wearing my assless chaps, I am sure the OP is having the same issue wearing his....