podcasts will not play iphone 5 in iOS 8

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podcasts will not play iphone 5 in iOS 8

Using an iPhone 5s with iOS 8.0.2. Podcasts previously downloaded suddenly will not play. The play button is grayed from all sources, as are the 15-sec refresh buttons, both from subscribed podcasts and not-subscribed. I didn't knowingly change a setting, nor did I make any system changes since playing a podcast Wednesday morning and being unable to play one Wednesday night. Same podcasts play fine on my iMac & show as having synced on connection with the iPhone. So what's up?

iPhone 5s, iOS 8, podcasts on iPhone

Posted on Oct 8, 2014 10:43 PM

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Oct 9, 2014 12:29 AM in response to paj479

I think you should update the Podcast app to the latest version, making sure it's fully compatible with iOS 8.

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Oct 9, 2014 10:50 PM in response to selenafromshenzhen

Thanks for your suggestion, Selena.

The app is fully updated. I even tried to update it again today. I also checked to be sure I had the latest update to iOS 8.0.2, and I do. I'm wondering if I'll have to delete the app, reinstall, then reload all the podcasts I had stored.

I did check to see if the music on my iPhone played, and it plays just fine.

Quite perplexing!

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iNoy16

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Mar 29, 2015 9:46 PM in response to paj479

I Also experienced the same problem earlier, not until i restart my iphone then try to play my downloaded podcasts again and it works. Hope this helps too in your case. God bless

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