Playing my own music, that I downloaded from cds or purchased

Unless you purchased the music directly from the iTunes Store, you would load it into the iTunes or Music library on a Mac or PC, then do a manual sync (using iTunes or Finder) from the computer to the iPhone.

Have you done that already?

That is – is your problem that you never got the music onto your phone, or that it didn't play once you got it there?

Sharon Vallentiny wrote:

Every time I click play it tells me I need to subscribe to apple. I'm on support with them now, they are supposed to call me

Be sure to select the Library section of the Music app.

Select the song, and then play. No subscription is required.