Connecting/disconnecting headphone jack starts iPod function

This seems to be happening between 50 percent and 66 percent of the time I plug or unplug something from the headphone jack — whether it's the stock headphones or the cord to plug into an input jack. The phone may be quiet, locked and on the menu screen, but when something is inserted or removed, the iPod starts right up. It could be a podcast or music — no rhyme or reason. It also happens when I'm using Slacker, and, of course, the iPod feed takes precedence and I have to quit Slacker to jump over to the iPod to turn it off.
This is getting pretty frustratin'.

That happens to me sometimes too. Not all the time just similar to what you are describing.

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