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Q: SOLUTION: Some Music Won't Play After Upgrading Your iPhone To iOS7

After upgrading to iOS 7, some of you, including me, started having an issue where some of your songs refuse to play on your iPhones and iPods. There was also a red square inside of a red circle next to the song which I guess, was adding to the problem of the songs not playing. I had no idea what the issue was, so I searched and searched but came out with no solution to this annoying problem. Until last night. I was just messing around in the settings app and discovered that it was neither iTunes 11 nor iOS 7 that was the cause of this problem. It's all a matter of how the settings in your iPhone or iPod are set up. Follow these instructions to get your songs working again!

 

Step 1: Go to the "Settings" app on your Springboard (iPhone or iPod)

 

Step 2: Scroll down to the "iTunes & App Store" category.

 

Step 3: Where it says "Automatic Downloads", turn off the "Music" slider.

 

Step 4: Sync and enjoy playing ALL of your music!

 

It took me a while to figure this out, but I'm glad that I can help you guys. Have a great day!

 

 

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.2, Works on every iPhone and iPod!

Posted on Oct 1, 2013 8:11 AM

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Q: SOLUTION: Some Music Won't Play After Upgrading Your iPhone To iOS7

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  • by Rattlehead18,

    Rattlehead18 Rattlehead18 Feb 9, 2014 6:11 AM in response to IpodDude56
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    Feb 9, 2014 6:11 AM in response to IpodDude56

    Its definetely IOS7 problem. I sync my 4th gen IPOD (IOS5)  all the time without problem. Too bad most people already upgraded to this trash IOS7

  • by breadandbuddha,

    breadandbuddha breadandbuddha Feb 9, 2014 8:53 AM in response to Rattlehead18
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    Feb 9, 2014 8:53 AM in response to Rattlehead18

    I have been reading and occasionally responding to this thread since  it first began and none of the solutions has worked either at all or only partly.  For me it is intermittent.  Sometimes everything is normal and other times I get a few, or many of the dreaded red circle/square **** bombs.  No discernible patterns.  But one thing stands out:  either Apple doesn't read this to see what problems exist, which is unforgiveable and hard to fathom, or they do read it and don't give a ****, which is equally hard to fathom.  OK, maybe they do read it and are hard at work trying to find a fix?  Even if I gave them that benefit of the doubt (and I don't), I have yet to hear from anyone form Apple that they are aware of this problem and are trying to address it.  In fact, all I've ever seen is other people expressing the same frustration, anger, disbelief, disappointment with Apple.  Users threatening to join the Android universe, etc.  So after at least 2 months of this ongoing issue, still no Apple input.  What is up with that Apple?  Surely someone reading this works for them or knows someone who works for them who can pass this to someone who can at the      VERY LEAST  acknowledge the problem??!!  Please

  • by IpodDude56,

    IpodDude56 IpodDude56 Feb 9, 2014 8:54 AM in response to Rattlehead18
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    Feb 9, 2014 8:54 AM in response to Rattlehead18

    Totally agree Rattlehead, was fine before ios7. I'm at the point where I don't want to add any more music to my iPhone incase it removes the existing songs!

     

    Really hoping someone will reply saying it's fixed in the 7.1 update. Anyone??

  • by breadandbuddha,

    breadandbuddha breadandbuddha Feb 9, 2014 9:07 AM in response to DJPens
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    Feb 9, 2014 9:07 AM in response to DJPens

    and another funny thing

    Isn't it odd how many solutions have been offered and some seem to work perfectly for some folks and not at all for others?  Also, I went back to read some of the early posts and see that I initially sent up a red flag (or should that be red circle?) way back on October 1st, 2013.  Apple, we're waiting!!

  • by breadandbuddha,

    breadandbuddha breadandbuddha Feb 9, 2014 9:18 AM in response to DJPens
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    Feb 9, 2014 9:18 AM in response to DJPens

    BTW

    I am still experiencing wierd problems like a CD that will download 2 of the 10 songs on it but for some reason the other 8 won't sync.  From the same CD!  that I bought last week from iTunes?!  And when I try to sync with my laptop rather than my mac mini, it works or fails in yet other strange ways.  And all this is different whether I use my iPhone or iPad. And no problems at all with my nano.  I've gone beyond frustration into  Zen resignation and am entering bemusement (that is when I'm not reverting back to anger and stupefaction)

  • by Rattlehead18,

    Rattlehead18 Rattlehead18 Feb 9, 2014 5:32 PM in response to IpodDude56
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    Feb 9, 2014 5:32 PM in response to IpodDude56

    I also will not add any new music to my Iphone until they fix this ridiculous problem.

  • by Ramjittrini,

    Ramjittrini Ramjittrini Feb 13, 2014 3:18 PM in response to goingcoastalnc
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    Feb 13, 2014 3:18 PM in response to goingcoastalnc

    hello,

    afterweeks of trying to figure this out i have the same problem and this worked for me, just use mp3 convertion...see below

     

    Saving a copy of a song in a new file format

    When converting from a compressed to uncompressed file format (for  example, from MP3 to AIFF) you shouldn't notice any reduction in sound  quality. However, when converting between compressed formats (for  example MP3 and AAC), you may notice a reduction in the sound quality.  For the best results, if you want your music encoded in a different file  format, you should import the music again from the original source  using the new encoding format.

    To convert a song's file format

     

    1. Open iTunes Preferences.
      Windows: Choose Edit  > Preferences.
      Mac: Choose iTunes > Preferences.
    2. Click the General button, then click the Importing Settings… button in the lower section of the window.
    3. From the Import Using pop-up menu, choose the encoding format that you want to convert the song to, then click OK to save the settings.
    4. Select one or more songs in your library, then from the File > Create New Version menu, choose one of the following (the menu item changes to show what's selected in your Importing preferences):    
      • Create MP3 version
      • Create AAC version
      • Create AIFF version
      • Create WAV version
      • Create Apple Lossless version

    If you haven't imported some songs into iTunes yet, you can import  and convert them at the same time. This will create a converted copy of  the file in your iTunes Library based on your iTunes preferences. To  convert all the songs in a folder or on a disk, hold down the Option key  (Mac) or Shift key (Windows) and choose File > Create New Version > Convert [import

    preference setting].

  • by IpodDude56,

    IpodDude56 IpodDude56 Feb 18, 2014 11:25 AM in response to Ramjittrini
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    Feb 18, 2014 11:25 AM in response to Ramjittrini

    Looks like iOS 7.1 is being released on the15th March, wonder if the issue has been fixed...

  • by yisits,

    yisits yisits Feb 21, 2014 12:41 PM in response to DJPens
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    Feb 21, 2014 12:41 PM in response to DJPens

    for the iPad

    Step 3: Turn off Music where it says SHOW ALL

  • by Rattlehead18,

    Rattlehead18 Rattlehead18 Feb 21, 2014 6:05 PM in response to yisits
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    Feb 21, 2014 6:05 PM in response to yisits

    IOS 7.0.6 was released yesterday, anyone has updated? does it fix this and many other issues?

  • by IpodDude56,

    IpodDude56 IpodDude56 Feb 22, 2014 5:56 AM in response to Rattlehead18
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    Feb 22, 2014 5:56 AM in response to Rattlehead18

    Hi Rattlehead, I have updated to iOS 7.0.6 but havn't tried anymore music syncing yet. Not holding up much hope since it looks like it only fixes a ssl bug. Hopefully 7.1 will resolve the issue and someone will reply saying so!...

     

    from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_version_history#iOS_7.x):

     

    Bug fixes

    • Fix CVE-2014-1266, a bug in Secure Transport that can cause it to fail to verify the authenticity of a SSL/TLS connection.
    • It also updates safari on the iPad and puts your favourite under the search bar.
  • by Rattlehead18,

    Rattlehead18 Rattlehead18 Feb 22, 2014 5:11 PM in response to IpodDude56
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    Feb 22, 2014 5:11 PM in response to IpodDude56

    I  think I'm skipping this one then.

     

    My IPOD which still using IOS 5 never have problem with Itunes sync so the problem is clearly on  IOS7 not the Itunes. I'm now using Itunes alternative to adding pictures and songs and I enjoy the app more than Itunes and the "never ending" sync system.

  • by Fozzwad,

    Fozzwad Fozzwad Feb 23, 2014 9:42 AM in response to Rattlehead18
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    Feb 23, 2014 9:42 AM in response to Rattlehead18

    Good eFFing plan

  • by JEM24,

    JEM24 JEM24 Feb 23, 2014 12:21 PM in response to Rattlehead18
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    Feb 23, 2014 12:21 PM in response to Rattlehead18

    Have done it; so far, so go! As far as I understand it, it just plugs a couple of holes to stop hackers from getting in and using email accounts to do what ever hackers do (cause troubles) does nothing to fix music issue.

  • by BlueMeanie,

    BlueMeanie BlueMeanie Feb 23, 2014 12:44 PM in response to DJPens
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    Feb 23, 2014 12:44 PM in response to DJPens

    This is so very frustrating.

     

    I have tried all of the supposed solutions, but none of them work. In fact, my issue is even worse. While most of my songs played before, now anything that wasn't purchased very recently won't play. I tried removing everything from my iPhone, but they magically keep reappearing, even in their broken state.

     

    Does a factory restore actually fix this problem? I don't want to go through the pain of a factory restore for nothing.

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