iTunes play counts broken under iOS8

I have the same problem. I performed a test and it seems the play count gets updated now every time you play a track on your iOS device, even if it's only for a few seconds. It used to be (pre-iOS8) that it would only updated if you reached the end of a track. The 'Last Played'-field seems the have retained that functionality (it show the last time you've reached the end of the song.)

Hoping Apple will fix this problem soon.

Is there any way to file a bug report with them ?

It seems they only read these support forums occasionally.

Since they are actually only for customers helping each other.

There have been other disasters with iOS updates and play counts in the past, but this one certainly takes the cake.

The only solution I can offer, which has worked for me, is to remove all of your music from your iPhone after every sync - then reapply it. This is both a tedious and time-consuming process, but it ensures you don't get the duplication which has been outlined above and in several other threads.

I have essentially given up on using my iPhone and iPad for playing music for the time being, removing all my music from each device, and electing to return to my trusty iPod Classic for playing music, while Apple get their head around the problem before applying a fix.

The new iOS was great in that music lyrics returned to some sense of normalcy (removal of unnecessary line breaks) although the text is a little too large for my liking.

Doesn't really solve the problem. I spent ages trying to sort it yesterday and that was one of the fixes I tried. We will just have to wait for Apple, who seem to be getting very sloppy of late, to get their act together. If you pay a premium for their products the least you should expect is that the software works properly.

Hi

do you mean syncing, removing music, syncing, adding again then syncing?

Hi hullaballoo

Essentially,

1. Remove all music from your iOS8 device.

2. Sync the music you want to play onto it.

3. Play music.

4. Sync it and the play counts should update fine (this is based on one play of each song, not multiple plays between syncs, I haven't tested that).

Repeat the process.

In the weeks since this problem was first identified, I have done this sparingly and have used my iPod Classic with no problems. The positive is that I am listening to a lot of old stuff I haven't listened to in a couple of years, so that's pretty cool.

Thanks, I did this yesterday and have synced a couple of times - it seems to be fine now.

Unfortunately this didn't work for me. When you say remove the music from the iOS8 device what method are you using? I just unchecked Music in iTunes and then did a sync saw no music on the iPhone and then did a sync with what I wanted to listen to and only listened once and it added a ton of plays like it had been doing before. There are specific songs that are doing it so I tried it on those and the remove everything and add didn't work unless I'm not removing the right way or something....but I kind of doubt it.

iOS 8.1 is being released Monday and if that doesn't fix it, I really don't know what the next step will be. My iOS 7 iPad (4th Generation) syncs plays just fine but I bought a 128GB iPhone for the purpose of holding a lot of music...any other suggestions in more detail for workarounds is appreciated!

Same problem with ios8 on iphone6. I think it only emerged for me after updating to ios8.02 because I didn't notice it previously and I pay attention to play counts become of smart playlists I have. It is extremely annoying. Is there a way to file a bug report to apple so they can rectify it soon. ios8.1 did not fix the problem.