Apple music playback pause.(Signal Issue?)

Hi,


I have an issue with playback pausing when the iPhone signal service changes. Even with downloaded songs. I will start playing tunes saved on phone when out in my car and it will randomly pause. I reckon this has something to do with phone signal changing as it doesn't happen with airplane mode on.


These are downloaded songs so surely this shouldn't happen?


Any solutions?


Thanks,

iPhone 5s, iOS 8.2

Posted on Jul 7, 2015 2:12 PM

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Posted on Aug 26, 2015 6:29 AM

This happens to me on the subway as well, but only for music I have made available offline through Apple Music. When I enter a station that allows my phone to have a data connection (WIFI or Cellular), playback pauses. This does not happen with music I have previously purchased. The work-around I have been doing, is turning off cellular data and WIFI all together while on the subway. When doing this, the only time my music stops is when I get above ground and I turn my cell data back on.


I hope this fix this soon.

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Sep 20, 2015 7:38 AM in response to patrickfromastoria

I have this issue with music that I own. This music is stored locally on my device and is not being streamed yet it pauses itself if my signal drops connection. Have Apple come out and given any guidance on why it is doing this? I love the concept of Apple Music but this is really frustrating me that I cant listen to my own music without it pausing itself.

I'm also not a fan of the music interface on the iPhone since the release of Apple Music. I have now lost the ability to browse albums and songs.

Disappointing as Apple Music has a lot of promise but it seems to be compromising the basic features that made the iPhone a great way of combining an iPod and iPhone.

Oct 8, 2015 5:00 PM in response to DigitalDougie

I'm having an issue with the music app. Is this the same thing as Apple Music? I don't have a subscription to anything but when I am driving home from work, I'll listen to MY music and when I'll skip music as I go and I find that it'll pause on me and won't start for awhile or if I lose the musicball then open it again the music will start playing. It started happening when they "upgraded" he music app. I was hoping iOS 9 would fix it but it hasn't. Does apple actually read these forums? The problem has been happening for far too long!

Oct 23, 2015 1:49 PM in response to DigitalDougie

For me it's even worse, it pauses and resumes randomly ALL the time, i can't even listen to one song without being paused (and sometimes resumes automatically). No matter if i am using wireless or 3G/LTE, neither if i play songs from my library or if i stream them from the Apple Music service...


For me the issue appeared 1 day ago, but i have no idea what the reason is. I didn't install any app or do anything unusual during this period.

I have iOS9 and using the Apple Music for almost a month.

This is extremely frustrating!

May 4, 2016 5:50 AM in response to DigitalDougie

Aparently Apple won't fix this issue. I don't understand why because I previously streamed Pandora and never had this "pausing" issue. Also what is even more annoying is that it also it randomly pauses my bluetooth phone along with the music, when someone calls. So if someone calls, my radio pauses and disables me from answering it. Again, clearly an Apple music problem. I also dislike the fact that it randomly shuffles my music and does not stay on the last playlist or album I was previously on. They should fix these bugs if they want subscribers.

Jul 13, 2015 8:54 AM in response to DigitalDougie

I am with the same problem. I still didn't have the time to try this and see if it works, but I just found a possible solution:


Problem #2: Apple Music playback automatically pauses when connection type changes (LTE, 3G, 4G)

Have you noticed that when you go through an area where your service/ connection speeds change, Apple Music pauses and you have to hit play to resume playback even with offline streaming? Yeah, it’s kind of a quirky issue.

The Fix: Even if you are playing offline music, when away from a Wi-Fi connection you have to allow Apple Music to use cellular data for it to work properly. This can be done by going into Settings>Cellular> Music app and enable (set to green). This will prevent it from pausing during playback as you travel through different network connections.


(http://www.idigitaltimes.com/apple-music-problems-how-fix-issues-syncing-playlis ts-icloud-library-offline-455939)

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