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After updating my 4S to 5.0.1 my iPod app no longer plays my music

Strangest thing, after updating my 4S to 5.0.1, when I turn on my iPod app, and hit play on any of my songs, it shows the play button at the top like it's playing, but no sound at all, I checked volume to ensure it wasn't muted, but thats not the issue. I also updated my iPad 2 to 5.0.1, but the iPod app works fine on that. Any ideas ? Has anyone else had this problem?

iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1

Posted on Nov 11, 2011 5:36 AM

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Nov 12, 2011 7:01 PM in response to sweetcheeks96

Are the songs that you are trying to play grayed out in your playlists?


I had this problem after upgrading to iOS 5, and I found that deleting all the songs from my device and re-syncing them fixed the problem.


To do this:


1. Attach your iOS device (either using the cable or to the same wi-fi network if using iTunes Wi-Fi Sync).

2. Open iTunes, and click on your iOS device.

3. Click on the Music tab.

4. Uncheck the "Sync Music" checkbox at the top.

5. When asked, click "Don't Sync Music".

6. Sync the iOS device. Your songs will be removed from the device.

7. Check the "Sync Music" checkbox at the top once again.

8. Sync the iOS device again, and your songs will be re-added.


I don't know why the upgrade made some songs unreadable, but the resync fixed the problem for me (I had to do this for each of my iOS devices after upgrading them all to iOS 5). Fortunately, I only had 1,000 songs, so the resync didn't take forever.



Hope this helps!

After updating my 4S to 5.0.1 my iPod app no longer plays my music

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