I just upgraded my wife's 4th generation iPod Touch to iOS 5 last night. She went to play a white noise app through the dock connector connected to a Sony ICF-C1iPMKZ. It plays through the Sony clock until the auto-lock is triggered. Is there any way to keep it playing through the dock connector when the screen locks? It use to do this before the iOS 5 upgrade.
4th gen iPod Touch upgraded to iOS 5 doesn’t play through dock connector when screen locks
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I found a product description on the Best Buy website:
The ICF-CS15IP is Compatible with most iPod® and iPhone® models, including iPhone 4. Works with: iPod touch® 2nd, 3rd, & 4th generations, iPod nano® 3rd (video), 4th (video), 5th (video camera), & 6th generations, iPod classic®, iPhone® 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G.
Your 4th generation iPod Touch is listed as supported by this device, so you should contact Sony and expect them to help you.
The older USB cables from iPod days have deeper and thicker plastic enclosures on the 30 pin end as well as physical buttons on the sides to help disengage the metal "ratchets".
The connectors that came with the iPhones had much weaker springs for the side "ratchets" so you could just pull to detach the connector.
Here is a Bluetooth iPhone charger (that is slightly larger and thicker than the iPod model) with a current iPhone cable for comparison.
The cables are all functionally equivalent once seated so you don't need to worry about current or power since even the oldest USB cable can carry all the signals needed for the latest iOS products and chargers.
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This is a problem I had with my app as well. Since iOS 5 an app is paused as if you had hit the home button when the screen locks. Unless the developer of the app in question adopts background audio, there isn't anything you can do.
My recommendation would be to find a few mp3s to relax, since Apple's music app runs just fine even if the screen is locked.