Headphone notification: 7 day limit exceeded

[sananda]

I plugged my headphones into my iPhone (via the Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter) for the first time in some weeks. I received a message asking me if I was using headphones to which I replied "yes".

A little later while listening to music, the volume automatically reduced and I received a notification stating “Volume Turned Down Based on your headphone usage over the last seven days, the volume has been turned down to protect your hearing”.

I wasn’t using Apple or Beats headphones so how could it know low loud my headphones are for any given volume level selected on the iPhone?

Looking in Health, it seems to think it know the decibel level:

 

[wkd]

you can turn it off under settings > sounds > headphone safety > headphone notifications.

I leave it off

 

[sananda]

you can turn it off under settings > sounds > headphone safety > headphone notifications.

I leave it off

Interestingly, I don’t have the option to turn them off. I checked the iPhone user guide and it says:

Note: Depending on your country or region, Headphone Notifications may be turned on by default, and in some countries or regions, you may not be able to turn off Headphone Notifications.

I’m in the UK.

I went to sounds and haptics > headphone safety > lightning adapters > Forget all adapters and next time it asks me if I have headphones plugged in to the adaptor I’ll say “no”.

 

[svanstrom]

May I humbly suggest that people might want to try to get used to a lower volume?

From my point of view we've all gotten used to setting the volume at 11 simply because we used that to block out the world; and that we'd probably enjoy whatever we're listening to even more if we got ourselves good ANC, and reconditioned us to not think that we need LOUD loud.

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[sananda]

May I humbly suggest that people might want to try to get used to a lower volume?

From my point of view we've all gotten used to setting the volume at 11 simply because we used that to block out the world; and that we'd probably enjoy whatever we're listening to even more if we got ourselves good ANC, and reconditioned us to not think that we need LOUD loud.

iOS 14: How to Reduce Loud Sounds When Listening Over Headphones

Last year in iOS 13, Apple introduced new hearing features in the Health app that are designed to help users avoid being exposed to high levels of...

www.macrumors.com

I don't think I am playing music any louder with the wired headphones (that received this warning) than with my BeatsX. But the decibel levels reported in Health in the past for BeatsX have not been as high as those reported yesterday for the wired headphones. That's why I'm wondering how the iPhone could possibly know how loud my wired headphones are.

I take your point about increasing volume levels to block out the world and I probably should consider noise cancellation to allow me to use a lower volume levels. As it currently stands though I very rarely use headphones at all because my ears seem sensitive to both having the BeatsX in my ear and the wired headphones on my ear.

 

[macintoshmac]

I am trying to get this feature to work with my Sony WI XB-400. So far the Health app only recognises Apple's own headphones connected to the phone using the jack. In Bluetooth settings I have selected the headphones appropriately as headphones, but still they do not show up in Health.

 

[scgf]

I have a solution that actually works. You need a shortcut which sets the volume data as -1000 dB for up to 120 days in the future. I ran it and when asked I said 100 days and since then I have had no warnings or volume decrease at all.

Fix Headphone Level Tracking

 

[dgreening]

I had to turn this off because I was using AfterShokz which aren't in my ears to make sure it didn't turn it down while I was riding my bike. So it does work with non-Apple devices.

 

[scgf]

I had to turn this off because I was using AfterShokz which aren't in my ears to make sure it didn't turn it down while I was riding my bike. So it does work with non-Apple devices.

They're what I use while cycling too! The iPhone volume needs to be high to drive them adequately so Apple's nannying about volumes being too high is just plain wrong. It was doing my head in to have the volume turned down for me several times during a ride. Using the shortcut I posted I now have no issues.

 

[wisefella88]

May I humbly suggest that people might want to try to get used to a lower volume?

From my point of view we've all gotten used to setting the volume at 11 simply because we used that to block out the world; and that we'd probably enjoy whatever we're listening to even more if we got ourselves good ANC, and reconditioned us to not think that we need LOUD loud.

iOS 14: How to Reduce Loud Sounds When Listening Over Headphones

Last year in iOS 13, Apple introduced new hearing features in the Health app that are designed to help users avoid being exposed to high levels of...

www.macrumors.com

This has nothing to do with me almost getting in car accidents adjusting the volume on my iPhone to Bluetooth head unit signal while driving

 

[wisefella88]

They're what I use while cycling too! The iPhone volume needs to be high to drive them adequately so Apple's nannying about volumes being too high is just plain wrong. It was doing my head in to have the volume turned down for me several times during a ride. Using the shortcut I posted I now have no issues.

Thanks so much scgf. Gonna test this solution the next few days and tell friends if it works for me. Joined the site just to thank you for providing the one solution I’ve seen after months of being pissed about this

 

[svanstrom]

This has nothing to do with me almost getting in car accidents adjusting the volume on my iPhone to Bluetooth head unit signal while driving

To be fair, my post wasn't meant to having anything to do with your inability to handle a car safely; my post was, in fact, written as a reply to someone else, and a couple of weeks before you became a member here.

You know, just to be fair, and getting the context right.

 

[Bootz911]

@scgf
I tried your shortcut but when I input the number of days in the first prompt it tells me “No unit selected. Please select a unit of measurement for this Health sample.”
Any recommendations how to fix/proceed?

 

[Td1970]

To be fair, my post wasn't meant to having anything to do with your inability to handle a car safely; my post was, in fact, written as a reply to someone else, and a couple of weeks before you became a member here.

You know, just to be fair, and getting the context right.

And you are already telling that he should follow apples word

 

[ignatius345]

I take your point about increasing volume levels to block out the world and I probably should consider noise cancellation to allow me to use a lower volume levels. As it currently stands though I very rarely use headphones at all because my ears seem sensitive to both having the BeatsX in my ear and the wired headphones on my ear.

I spent years going to rock shows without ear protection, and years listening to earbuds at whatever high volume I felt like. I've got some tinnitus now, and let me tell you it ****ing sucks even at the mild level I have it at.