Unable to play music through USB - iPhone 13 pro

I was having the same issue with my 13 Pro.

After many texts from apple support I got this messsage-

“””Some stereos might not recognize the device unless there's at least one song stored on the device. If Songs are listed as zero under Settings > General > About > Songs, try to download at least one song on the iPhone and then try again, let's see if this time it works !””

I stream all of my music, nothing downloaded. With that said,,

I went to iTunes, downloaded “Survival of the fittest” … Then canceled the free trial.

I plugged my phone into the car and it worked,, Spotify-Pandora,, all good.

Hope this makes everyone’s drive much much more enjoyable!

I followed the instructions from the forum and went into Settings/Music/Audio then select EQ (equalizer) and turned it off. That worked and I was able to play music via USB port in my car successfully.

So Since I got the iphone 13 pro max I have been troubleshooting spending hours on the phone and erase all and restore. So finally got the right person on the phone from Apple this morning. the problem was the music wont' play, like trying to play but just won't play. here's how I solve my problem. Iphone 13 pro max settings >> General >> Transfter or Reset Iphone >> Reset (bottom of the page ) >>reset all settings .. go get a coffee , relax , when it's done , try pluggin in usb in your car and music would play now...

This is what I did and it did not work.

• plugged in with USB (phone shows it’s charging)
• played music from Spotify but it did not play
• went to Music > EQ > Was on Late Night . Turned off EQ
• Killed the setting app (flicking it up) … is this the same as close tab?
• went back in EQ and turned it off
• did this a couple of times EQ to Late Night and then Kill app and then EQ off

still no luck ):

I’ve tried everything. And spoke to them for hours. Nothing they could do they said. It is frustrating. I turned off my auto update. For now on I will wait and see how it works for others. Not sure why they can’t come up with another update to fix the issue. I’m so angry about this also!

Got a new iPhone a while back and was having this same problem.

I read somewhere else that you need to have at least one song downloaded on your phone. I turned on my iTunes sync, let my old music download, and low and behold it fixed the problem lol

I was having the same problem. Came by something that worked for me.

while connected to your usb. Go to settings-music-eq

turn your eq to late night. Close the tab, go back into music settings and turn eq off. This worked for me hopefully it’s helps some people. Was driving me nuts!!!!

Just read to go to your settings and then music and then turn off your equalizer. That worked for me.

• older phones that can’t be updated to 15.1 iOS should work
• the fix here is for 13Pro
• I have 12Pro and bought “5.0 Wireless Bluetooth 3.5mm Audio USB Receiver Adapter Music Dongle AUX A2DP” and now can play music via Bluetooth

I updated my iPhone 12 to iOS 15 and now I also can’t listen to any music, podcasts etc. it charges when plugging in! I tried another phone of a friends and it worked so isn’t the lead or the car! Nightmare. Help please! I’ve tried the above suggestions

Can you please quickly describe what you did?

Sat in your car

went to Music > EQ > Turn off (if ON) > went back to > Music > EQ Turn ON (say to late night) > back to Music > EQ off ?

Me neither. My iPhone won’t play since this new 15.1 update I’ve never had this issue. Now I plug in my phone to the usb and it doesn’t go to my Amazon music. Frustrating when you spend days on the phone with apple etc and no one has a clue!

The iOS 15.1 update was the problem. It came after regular iOS 15. My daughter’s phone now has the same problem and it was only after she updated it, which I told her not to do. The only solution will be for Apple to fix the bug with another update.

Even with the 5.1.1 update my doesnt connect via usb sadly but I just bought bluetooth car adapter because it doesnt seem like they are fixing the issue quick enough for iPhone 12. Smh so Id suggest purchasing one until its fixed or in general. Their not expensive and a quick fix

It seems like a lot of people are having the issue so I would think it is a software issue. If enough people go to the feedback site for apple and report the issue, that should raise a flag for them to work on a new update to fix the issue. I have seen several threads of this exact same problem and I myself am dealing with it too.