iTunes Match on iOS 6 Hangs

Same problem for me on my iPhone 4S (not on my iPad).

I had to:

1/ "Erase All Content and Settings"

2/ Restore from my last iCoud backup

3/ Activate iTunes match again

4/ Disable automatic display lock <- very important

5/ Run Music App and wait for half an hour.

My progress bar is not overt yet, put completed at 75%

Gentlemen I've solved my problem (with the help of an other thread) !!

1. Download and install iExplorer (Google it)

2. Plug in iPhone first, then open iExplorer

3. Delete the iPhone\Media\iTunes_Control folder (you can copy it to your laptop, just in case)

4. Reboot the iPhone

5. Turn on iTunes Match in settings.

6. Start Music app

Everything works fine on my 4s but on my iPad it deleted the stored songs &amp; then loaded the playlists but none of the songs are there, to stream or download like they are on the phone, I just have empty slots where a track title should be.

I have the same exact problem on my 4S. I had to reenable iTunes Match, now there is just a cloud with a progress bar that doesn't move. I have 6,500 songs, but the progress hadn't budged since I updated at noon. Why did it disable it in the first place, is my question!

Having the same issue as well. Just getting the cloud icon with a blank progress bar.

Well. I closed the music app (through task manager), turned off iTunes match, turned it back on, restarted the phone, then opened music, and then it worked...

Can anyone tell me if there is a streaming feature for iTunes Match in os6?

I turned it on back when it came out but I turn the darn thing off after founding out that it downloaded every single song I played.

I'm experiencing the same issues, but neither restarting the App nor turning iTunes Match and Telephone on/off gave a solution. Any other ideas?

in the end I backed up the iPad with iTunes, reset &amp; restored it &amp; everything is back to how it was

The same issue i do have!

I think the key word here will be patience. I left mine on the blank progress bar/cloud icon screen over night (about 7 hours), woke up this morning and finally had the progress bar showing some progress, only about 75% done (i have around 11,000 songs) so it appears that this is just a really slow process but does in fact work. I will update once its finished to confirm it actually is ok.

This is ridiculous! 7 hours?? Were you able to do it over wifi? Did you have to leave the screen on so that it didn't turn off? I read that in another thread but I cannot do that due to the security settings on my phone.

Letting it sit and wait did not work after all. Going to try a clean install later since everyone seems to be having luck with that. Keep you all posted...