Q: Podcast won't play without internet connection
I have a new (month old) iPod touch with iOS 10.0.2. If I try to play a podcast it puts up a box saying that it can't connect to the internet. In my house with wi-fi turned on it works fine; but obviously in my car this is broken -- but of course that's where I mostly listen to podcasts. I've tried restarting Podcast and power off/on of the iPod. I haven't tried a reset, which I shall try next, but I'm not sanguine. (I also had the "download waiting" forever problem, but got rid of that by cancelling the download.)
I had the same problem with iOS 10.0.1.
Playing music without the internet works just fine; it's just the Podcast app.
iPod touch (5th generation), Windows 7, iOS 10.1.2, iTunes 12.5.1.21
Posted on Sep 26, 2016 3:47 PM
Update: I did a full restore. I must have a setting screwed up, or they changed something. Now "sync"ing a podcast means adding it to the episode list, apparently, not copying the out of iTunes onto the iPod; so I seem to have to manually download at least some episodes before I can take my iPod out of the house.
Maybe the new version is intended to work mainly on iPhones, where the internet is more often available (via cellular service)?
Posted on Sep 27, 2016 2:30 PM