The glitch stems from the software's Visual Voicemail audio source feature, which lets users choose whether they would like to play back their voicemail messages via the iPhone's earpiece, speaker, or wirelessly-connected Bluetooth headset.
To take advantage of the bug and begin streaming music wirelessly, simply initiate a connection between your Bluetooth headset and the iPhone. Once the iPhone recognizes a connection from your paired headset, enter the Visual Voicemail interface under the phone application and select the "Audio" button from the upper right-hand corner of the screen. (If you do not have a Bluetooth headset paired to the iPhone or your Bluetooth headset has not initiated a connection with the iPhone, this button will instead say "Speaker".)
You should now have the option to "Change audio source" to either "iPhone Bluetooth Headset," "iPhone," or "Speaker Phone." Choose the first one. That's about it. You should now be able to navigate to your iPhone's iPod application and begin streaming music to your headset. Similarly, entering the SMS or Safari applications will continue to stream audio -- such as keyboard clicks -- in the same manner.
Obviously, the usefulness of this jury-rigged solution is somewhat questionable given that the iPhone will continue to simultaneously output the same audio through its built-in speaker. If you plug headphones into the iPhone in an attempt silence the speaker, it will cut the wireless connection to your headset. However, once disconnect the headphones, the iPhone will resume the wireless audio stream.
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I've heard that a lot of people are really in love with the feature that lets them play anything through their BT headset, but I have no idea why anyone would do that for music! When I only have 1 ear filled with a specific sound and the other one can't hear it at all, I nearly go insane from the huge difference... Very uncomfortable feeling! Stereo headphones or nothing, I say.
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