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Genosis Author

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Music App. In iOS 5 doesn't show Lyrics

Hello everybody. Yesterday I updated my iPad 2 with iOS 5. Now in the Music App the Lyrics don't appear anymore. I'm very disappointed and angry about that. Can anybody please tell me if it is a bug or if this was made intentionally. I hope tat this is a bug because the iOS 5 manual for the iPad (Ipad userguide for ios5 - downloaded from ibooks) shows on page 218 the following: "Display a song’s lyrics

Display the album cover by tapping the thumbnail at the top of the screen. Lyrics appear if you’ve added them to the song using the song’s Info window in iTunes." If it is a bug, when will it be fixed? If it is no bug, then I want to go back to its 4.3.5. Can anybody tell me how that would work?

Best Regards

iPad 2, Other OS

Posted on Oct 13, 2011 3:45 AM

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ljj1

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Oct 28, 2011 12:06 AM in response to Genosis

TEMPORARY SOLUTION...

I have a temporary work around. Download SOUNDHOUND. It's a cool app and it's free. It will let you play music from your iPod / music app (ie your itunes library) and it SHOWS YOUR LYRICS TOO. I'm thinking about paying for the add free version as a way of saying thanks. Try it, you should see you album artwork and with an upward swipe your lyrics will scroll up the screen, overlayed ontop of the album cover. The app also has other cool features like being able to recognize any piece or music you like to play (or sing) to it - it will give you the song title and album name etc. Good luck - let me know how you get on.!

PS - I'm pretty sure this is just a bug, but have submitted my feedback to apple asking them to give our lyrics back. Hopefully we will se something in the next update.

Oct 28, 2011 9:11 AM in response to ljj1

Tried Soundhound and could not get lyrics to display on iPad. It will display the synced lyrics that Soundhound provides but will not display lyrics that you have added to your songs or backing tracks via iTunes. I found another app that will work for gigging musicians like myself. Try the app UnrealBook. You can load in your PDF sheet music or lyrics, etc. and link those to whatever music files you're using. You can also network several iPads together in master/slave configuration for live on stage performance. It requires some time to load everything in but it does work.

mp-68

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Nov 10, 2011 12:21 PM in response to Genosis

bug still exist in iOS 5.0.1.

Nov 10, 2011 12:27 PM in response to mp-68

yeah. sad 😟

tongcc8

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Nov 10, 2011 6:32 PM in response to Genosis

😠😠😠😠😠cheating😠😠😠😠😠

Genosis Author

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Nov 11, 2011 5:43 AM in response to mp-68

What do we learn from this (so far):

First: The newest Hardware is supported first and all the other very old Hardware like the ipad2 (!) comes last.

Second: Opening a post in an Apple Support Forum with the report of errors or bugs in ios5 seems to be almost irrelevant. Not a single Apple Support Employee has answered to this post. And more than 4.500 People have read this post so far.

Third: The thing that lasts is the (small) hope that one day Apple will listen to the customers, who have run out of the 6 Months Support time.

Best Regards

Adrian_S

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Nov 17, 2011 2:39 PM in response to mp-68

I am afraid it is not a bug but a "feature".

As fas as I can tell, the Music app was upgraded in 5.0.1.

After the upgrade, mine was frozen and unusable for about 20 minutes.

My guess: it was upgrading the library (but did not tell me).

But now it seems to be much more responsive.

I still don't like it, but at least it is usable now.

But if they did indeed upgrade it, why not fix the lyrics "bug"?

Or was the previous version so horrible that it required all their attention?

I am still hoping, but not optimistic. Please send lots of feedback to Apple!

Nov 17, 2011 4:05 PM in response to Adrian_S

If it was intentional, they wouldn't list the lyrics feature in the manual. Other things removed may be intentional, but the manual does list lyrics so that looks like a bug.

I haven't had a chance to use the 5.0.1 version much yet, but I wouldn't be surprised if it had too many things broken to get fixed by the .01 release.

Nov 23, 2011 12:18 AM in response to Genosis

Happening on the iPhone 4S too with ios 5.0.1.......

tongcc8

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Nov 23, 2011 6:38 AM in response to Rangasmum

iphone4S is ok in ios 5 or ios 5.01.

Nov 23, 2011 9:33 PM in response to Genosis

So, I wasted hours, no DAYS (maybe WEEKS) gathering lyrics and pasting them into each song...only to have the Apple disable the lyrics function in iOS 5?

Maybe next time, I won't waste my money on Apple. Hello, ANDROID!

tongcc8

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Nov 23, 2011 10:15 PM in response to Lonestar101

iPhone4S is OK. http://twitpic.com/7iq4ej

Nov 23, 2011 11:34 PM in response to Genosis

Give us the lyrics!

slinberg

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Nov 24, 2011 7:54 PM in response to John Spear2

My iPad 2 and iPhone 4S both show lyrics fine - but only for songs downloaded via a cable from a mac where the lyrics are visible. Songs with lyrics downloaded from iTunes Match do not show lyrics on either the iphone or ipad, though they do show when downloaded to a mac.

Nov 25, 2011 11:29 AM in response to tongcc8

tongcc8- might be right for you but mine don't work on 4s with 5.0.1...any advice on how to fix?

Music App. In iOS 5 doesn't show Lyrics