Music not working on iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1

After upgrading, only the purchased songs will play. Songs from my library loaded from CDs will not. One thing seemed to work: deleting the album and reloading it. This was done after powering off and back on after update. I too am not that savvy with electronics, but there should be a more elegant way to do this than one album at a time. Could not believe that Apple Support wants you to pay them an annual fee of $79.99 per iPhone to get support for their product!

Same issue for me on 4S with 5.0.1 - some songs play, some do not (not just purchased songs are affected) and album art is not shown for song playing.

What is easiest the fix??

If your Music files don't play after the restore/update, simply uncheck sync music and sync music, after all's done, check and sync it again. That's because of file corruption.

This will take some time and its advised to do it when you do not need the phone.

That will fix it. Good luck

Thank you!!

having the same problems with the iPhone 4s...come on apple ..I have a iPad 2 iPod touch and a iPhone 4s....is this the way you treat your supporters.....there must be a fix.... I can no longer listen to music on my iPhone 4s and i can no longer see my volume / ringer bar......what is going on

I have the same problem. I called apple and talked to an expert. First we tried unsyncing and resyncing all of the music but it didnt work. Then we tried deleting a song from the phone, that was purchased from itunes, and then redownloading it from the itunes store (I only did this to one song and all of them were fixed). It worked! Now, about a week later, it started happening again. I dont know what to do.

*This is adding to another of my posts*

Also, after doing this, there was too of almost every song on my phone.

Same problem.... Audio is not working after a iOS 5.0.1 update.

-All sounds work with headset with mic, BUT, too much ambient noise, the iphone respones by going haywire. (ie by playing music and ending calls)

-audio won't play music and sounds from music library and all 3rd party apps.

waiting for apple to clean up this f*ing mess with this f* up update.

I have this problem as well, started in iOS 5 but has persisted with the most recent update. I have an iPhone 4, and noticed one whole album for an artist where I have several synced was not showing. I have done a full restore, gone through the unsync/sync music many have suggested, nothing is working. I can do a search on my phone and find and play the music that way, so it is sync'ing, just not showing up listed under Artist, Album, etc.

This is music I have had on my phone for a few years (since my 3G) and I'm confident the files are not corrupt. Until I compare my playlist to my phone, I'm not sure which music isn't appearing in the iPod app. Very frustrating that this issue has persisted through an update and no one seems to be finding resolution or a workaround. Wasted 2 hrs today screwing around with this.

same issue. music plays but no sounds comes from the speakers. reset the settings but nothing. after upgrading to iOs 5.1 my iphone 4 does not even connects to computer anymore. it says that the USB device malfunctioned etc.

I am having the same problem.

iPhone 4 upgraded to 5.0.1 and now itunes on my phone does not work?
Any help with this Apple?

Apple - really? Your core feature is broken for months?

Obviously iTunes Match, iCloud, Genius, and past purchases are all causing grief for users. Stop being in denial and fix these issues.

I am sick of a broken shuffle feature.

Sick of missing artwork or artwork that works in landscape and not portrait.

Sick of the music application buttons freezing

Sick of the > button appearing but the song not playing

Sick of random mid-song freezing and skipping

You don't listen to us on Twitter

Your retail employees NEVER admit a problem - they just look at you with a blank face when they witness these issues.

Someday your arrogance will become obvious and alternatives will gain traction.

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The entire iOS 5 music app is pretty buggy. Mine kept crashing for a while, eventually I foundthis guideon how to fix the crashing issue, but cover flow, and shuffle are still messed up sometimes. Hope this can help someone though.

Fixed! I was able to repair my music by unchecking Sync Music and then syncing so all my music was deleted. I then resynced my phone with Sync Music checked. All my songs reloaded and now work just fine. Happy reloading, everyone!

http://www.iosappadvice.com/forum/fix-music-not-working-bug-in-ios-5-beta-7/

just follow the instructions on the link . it worked for me