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Phone plays random music, not from music apps
Why is my phone playing music for no reason?
Why did my iPhone suddenly start playing music?
How do I stop my iPhone from playing music randomly?

Why is my phone randomly playing music?

In some phone and app configurations, music can automatically start playing when the phone senses an external audio device. To remedy this, try using a toothpick to clean out lint and debris from the jack. Avoid using something hard or sharp that might damage the phone.

Why is my phone playing music by itself iPhone?

If the music starts playing by itself automatically from the playlist on other music apps, like Pandora. App updates always fix some little bugs when using. So go to App Store to check for updates. If there are available updates, download and install to fix the issue.

How do I stop the music playing on my phone?

Why is my iPhone playing music with no apps open?

Check Settings > Bluetooth for any devices connected which could play music. Unpair any device not being used. After checking these settings, if you are not able to either find the music that is playing, or able to determine why, I’d suggest contacting Apple Support.

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Hi everyone,
My phone has developed a strange habit. At seemingly random times, it will play music from somewhere and I can't figure out where it's coming from or how to turn it off.
The music is always the same soundbyte, about a minute in length and sounds like it's from a commercial or advertisement. I don't own this song, and it runs even when force stopping any music app I have installed. It doesn't seem to be coming from my internet, as I've looked at all of my open tabs. I've thought about force closing any apps one at a time to see if it's a particular app, but as far as I can tell my phone only lists apps as "enabled" or "disabled," so I can't see which are running. Sometimes the music stops on its own but I typically run out of patience and restart the phone before then.
The music runs concurrently with any other sound I may be running at the time. (For instance, if I listen to music, both will come through the speakers at the same time.)
My phone is an LG G5 running Android 7.0. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
08-10-2017 01:32 AM
I have an LG G6 and this started a month ago, weird music like from a kids game. Scared the heck out of me. Stopped for 2 weeks the started again at 3 in the morning. MAKE IT STOP!!
11-13-2017 06:29 AM
Has anyone found a solution to this issue? I have G8 Note, and the issue only occurs when i'm using the speaker fx.... its extremely frustrating, and cannot figure out where it is coming from.
01-08-2018 03:36 PM
Same problem. Started about a month and a half ago with weird music clip in the middle of the night - 3 am. Now its 3 pm and just randomly happened again but its sporadic. Found this "HAIKE news" app installed on my phone over the holidays and have deleted a bunch of what could have been malware. However, when I look into the notifications section of the phone, this "Haike news" app is still listed even though its been removed from the phone. Completed a factory reset a couple months ago, may do anohter. Currently doing a safe mode boot although the phone won't appear to boot and be stuck on the boot up screen. Android BLU 5.0 advance.
01-16-2018 03:51 PM
Originally Posted by dllbe
Same problem. Started about a month and a half ago with weird music clip in the middle of the night - 3 am. Now its 3 pm and just randomly happened again but its sporadic. Found this "HAIKE news" app installed on my phone over the holidays and have deleted a bunch of what could have been malware. However, when I look into the notifications section of the phone, this "Haike news" app is still listed even though its been removed from the phone. Completed a factory reset a couple months ago, may do anohter. Currently doing a safe mode boot although the phone won't appear to boot and be stuck on the boot up screen. Android BLU 5.0 advance.
I was getting the same thing on the same phone, checked what apps are installed and found 3 strange ones: androidrbx, mfn and swak news. Deleted them and it seemed to fix the problem but they were back the next day. Factory reset kept them away for a few days but they keep reappearing. Installed AVL and a scan showed them as Malware, deleted using AVL but they still keep coming back.
01-19-2018 03:30 PM
The music is from angry birds the issue started on my phone about a week ago. I found out that if I kill Chrome it goes away, but it keeps coming back out of nowhere. Anyone else find a permanent solution?
02-12-2019 08:23 PM
So I am wondering if this is from a bad ad injection because we have been seeing this on iPads as well. The only fix we found was to wipe all browsing history and reset network connections. I suspected it was a specific online game site but after we blocked it on our network the issue returned again this week. Interesting that I have been only searching this as an iPad issue but here it is on this forum as well.
02-13-2019 11:41 AM
Had same problem. AT&T Galaxy S9+ recently upgraded to latest version of Android. Only stopped when I forced Chrome to stop. Did all the traditional troubleshooting and it turned out to be AppLock, which I've had did at least a year. Either latest app update or latest OS update caused the issue. I removed AppLock and music instantly stopped. If you have AppLock, try uninstalling.
02-15-2019 09:56 AM
Have the same problem. Galaxy s22 ultra. No notification for sound. Only way I've found to stop it was to turn on airplane mode. Turn wifi on. Should be good enough till we figure out permanent solution.
09-11-2022 10:19 AM
Originally Posted by Pridemore
Have the same problem. Galaxy s22 ultra. No notification for sound. Only way I've found to stop it was to turn on airplane mode. Turn wifi on. Should be good enough till we figure out permanent solution.
Welcome to AC!
Check any 3rd party apps or applications causing this
If you go into safe mode and doesn't happen then most definitely 3rd party app
09-11-2022 01:21 PM
I've already checked third party apps. And I only have two installed on my phone. LinkedIn and tiktok. I've also run a malware check it did come up with two hits those have been dealt with and I did a spyware check with the other software I have. That was a negative scan. The only time I don't get any problems with it is when I go into airplane mode but turn on my Wi-Fi so I can get text messages and phone calls
09-11-2022 02:57 PM
Originally Posted by Pridemore
I've already checked third party apps. And I only have two installed on my phone. LinkedIn and tiktok. I've also run a malware check it did come up with two hits those have been dealt with and I did a spyware check with the other software I have. That was a negative scan. The only time I don't get any problems with it is when I go into airplane mode but turn on my Wi-Fi so I can get text messages and phone calls
How often does it play music?
I would still try safe mode it will leave both WiFi and mobile data on
09-11-2022 03:10 PM
Originally Posted by Pridemore
I've already checked third party apps. And I only have two installed on my phone. LinkedIn and tiktok. I've also run a malware check it did come up with two hits those have been dealt with and I did a spyware check with the other software I have. That was a negative scan. The only time I don't get any problems with it is when I go into airplane mode but turn on my Wi-Fi so I can get text messages and phone calls
Have you tried Nice Catch to see if it finds the culprit?
09-11-2022 03:13 PM
Make sure it isn't some sort of notification from a website via Chrome. Open Chrome, tap Menu>Settings>Site Settings>Notifications, and see if there are any sites there that have permission to give notifications.
09-11-2022 09:16 PM
Originally Posted by B. Diddy
Make sure it isn't some sort of notification from a website via Chrome. Open Chrome, tap Menu>Settings>Site Settings>Notifications, and see if there are any sites there that have permission to give notifications.
Turn notification off all together from chrome would be the way I go about it .
09-11-2022 09:18 PM
Originally Posted by mustang7757
Turn notification off all together from chrome would be the way I go about it .
True, that'll work as well (especially as a troubleshooting step), but I'm not sure if the OP may still want notifications from certain sites.
09-11-2022 09:26 PM

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Why is my phone playing music for no reason?

If your headphone socket is damaged, or simply dirty switches, then your phone might think headphones are being plugged in and thus starts playing music. if you can't clean the socket, you might simply end up disabling the headphone insertion auto-run feature.

Why did my iPhone suddenly start playing music?

In most cases, the reason the iPhone plays music on its own is the Music app on the device. It doesn't matter if you are using any third-party app or Apple's native music app, it can keep running in the background. Therefore, you would have to close the app manually to make sure it won't keep playing by itself.

How do I stop my iPhone from playing music randomly?

Open the music app on your iphone. Open library in that at bottom left. On the top right of screen tap edit button,uncheck everything. Check if auto play music stopped.

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