iPhone Music Sync not making changes?

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iPhone Music Sync not making changes?

So, I've been having this issue for a while and it's annoying the heck out of me. What happens is that once I sync a song over to my iPhone, I can't make any changes to it at all via my computer. An example would be me syncing Pink Floyd's "The Wall", noticing that it has the wrong release year, changing it on iTunes, syncing it over, only to find out that it still keeps the wrong release year. This problem covers everything. Ratings, lyrics, anything related to music data. Deleting the songs/albums does not fix it, as the phone still retains the incorrect data. The only way to get rid of it is to do a complete restore, which I've done 4 times in the last two days. Help?

iPhone 4S, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Jan 9, 2015 11:25 PM

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Answer 1

ishadoe

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Jan 10, 2015 12:54 AM in response to dalekslayer96

What do your options say when you plug the iPhone into iTunes?

Mine look like this

Make sure manually manage music and videos is selected.

Have you tried:

Sync over Wi-Fi
Using a different cable to connect iPhone to your computer
Check when editing ID3 Tags on songs/albums that they save in iTunes

I run into these issues all the time and I use iTunes all day everyday. Trust me I know it's a hassle sometimes the best solution for me is to get a better source when getting your music.

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Answer 2

Jan 10, 2015 1:31 AM in response to ishadoe

1. Nope, haven't tried that. Not quite sure if it'd make a difference though.

2. Yup. It makes no difference though.

3. The problem doesn't seem to be on my computer, rather, it seems to be on my iPhone. Could it have something to do with the "Manually manage music and videos" checkbox?

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Answer 3

Jan 10, 2015 4:35 AM in response to dalekslayer96

Bump because no answer.

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Answer 4

Jan 10, 2015 6:11 AM in response to dalekslayer96

I'm still clueless on how to fix this. Could someone respond?

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Answer 5

tobi_95

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Jun 14, 2015 6:07 AM in response to dalekslayer96

Having the same problem here - I want to change the year on some remastered (Pink Floyd 😉) albums so I can see them in the order they were originally published. It is not possible, whatever I try. Normal syncing, removing them from the iPhone and re-syncing to copy them again - nothing works...

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