I never tried this before reading your post. But it works for me just as you described. That is, playing music with the screen locked, then a double press of the home button brings up the track name and artist along with a pause button and at the bottom of the screen the unlock option.
Kimber On 9/25/12, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hello, > > > > Interesting nobody noticed this before and brought it up. I often used to > double press the home key when my phone was locked and I was playing an > audio book. This always brought up the playback controls like Previous, > Play/Pause, next as well as volume and Airplay. I always found this an easy > and quick method to Pause an audio book or Podcast if somebody came to the > door or when I just wanted to stop it for another reason as I didn't have > to > unlock my phone. > > > > Tonight a friend came to the door and I did what I usually do and was > surprised to notice that a double press of the home button when the phone > is locked now does exactly the same as a single press and that is it shows > the unlock control, it shows what's currently playing and it has, of > course, > the Camera button. No more playback controls. > > > > I use an iPhone 4S with iOS 6 and it would be good to know if this is a > universal change or bug or if for some people who use an iPhone 4 or who > already received their 5 this still works. I really don't know why Apple > would get rid of this as it was such a convenient way to get quick access > to > playback controls, volume and Airplay. > > > > > > Regards, > > Sieghard > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- Kimberly -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
