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Purchased Music Not Playing

I have a iPhone EDGE 16 GB. I updated it earlier today with software version 2.0 (5A347).

I have a lot of music on the device, some ripped from my own library and some purchased through the iTunes store. Everything was working fine before the update but there have been several problems since the update. Occasionally I will begin to get songs that look like they are playing but there is no sound.

Changing the volume, stopping and starting the song, and switching to another song/playlist and then switching back doesn't work. The only thing that works is manually turning off the iPhone by holding down the home and sleep buttons and restarting the device. The songs then will play without any problems. I have only had this problem for 2 reboots so far.

The only thing that seems to be a common factor is that so far all of the songs that have problems playing are M4P files purchased from the iTunes store. So far I have had problems with songs off the albums +The Verve Pipe+ "Villains" and +Jack Johnson+ "Sleep Through the Static", but not always the same songs. Other M4P songs seem to work fine even when I'm having problems with some songs.

Anyone else encountering problems playing purchased music? Everything seems to work fine in the iTunes installed on my computer.

iPhone EDGE 16 GB, Other OS, software version 2.0 (5A347)

Posted on Jul 11, 2008 10:23 PM

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Aug 22, 2008 4:37 AM in response to Col. Graff

I have the same problem but thought maybe it was linked to the Simplify application that syns your jhome pc libaray for remote accessto the phone. When i set this up i noticed that the system only captured music that wasn't purchased. , so when my i pod started to not play purchased music I thought it was a glitch in the application doig some sort of block, but by the number of persons writing here who have not mentioned the simplify application i am presuming it is a wider related problem. Apple please help - WE PAID FOR OUR MUSIC AND WANT TO HEAR IT!!!!

Purchased Music Not Playing

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