How long will music stay in library while in airplane mode?

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How long will music stay in library while in airplane mode?

Ok, so I am in the navy and will be deploying here soon, I already had a issue that I lost my music after a reset while in airplane mode. I am hoping I will be able to get back all 30 gigs when I get home in a couple of weeks and hook back up to my wifi. My serious question is will this happen the entire time during m deployment, and if so should I just purchase songs to keep on my ipod instead of musing apple music?

iPhone 6, iOS 9.2.1

Posted on Mar 21, 2016 6:19 AM

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Demo

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Mar 21, 2016 6:28 AM in response to TXfam6

Apple Music is a streaming service so unless you are connected to the Internet, you can not use it to stream songs. You can download the songs for off-line use and keep them on your device as long as you maintain your paid subscription.

Add music from the Apple Music catalog to your library on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC - Apple Support

If you give up the subscription, you will have to purchase the songs if you want to keep them.

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Mar 21, 2016 6:41 AM in response to TXfam6

I Understand what you are saying, but according to the link I posted, you can download for off - line listening. Copied from the link above....

Download songs, albums, and playlists to listen to offline

You can download songs, albums, or playlists to your device so that you can listen to them when you're not connected to the Internet.* You must download songs, albums, or playlists on each device that you want to use for offline listening.

*You can download music on up to 10 devices. These songs are accessible only during your Apple Music membership.

I Made the type bold for emphasis.

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TXfam6 Author

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Mar 21, 2016 6:33 AM in response to Demo

that I understand but being on a Navy Carrier there is no way for me to have any connection to network. So there is no way my phone will know I am still a paid subscriber, which means my music will disappear every time my phone turns off correct?

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KiltedTim

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Mar 21, 2016 6:42 AM in response to TXfam6

If you subscribe to Apple Music, I'm sure it has to 'check in' on a regular basis to make sure you're authorized. At some point, it will probably decide you're not licensed for it if it can't reach the server. If you don't use Apple Music and just sync the music to your phone from iTunes on your computer, you shouldn't have any problems... I've honestly never forcibly re-booted my phone while it was in Airplane mode, though.

Fair winds and following seas.

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TXfam6 Author

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Mar 21, 2016 6:47 AM in response to Demo

that's what I did and they played offline while in airplane mode for about 10 days. I had to reset my phone, when that happen it logged me out of my account, and now I have 1.5 gigs of the 30 I had on my phone. I am hoping that when I get back on my wifi I can log back into my account and get my music from the cloud, but without that I cant get my music back correct?

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Mar 21, 2016 6:52 AM in response to KiltedTim

Thank you, I never had to reboot my phone, but yesterday during a workout my music just started randomly skipping so the first thing I thought of was to turn off phone and turn back on and bam when I checked all my music was gone.

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Mar 21, 2016 7:06 AM in response to TXfam6

I am hoping that when I get back on my wifi I can log back into my account and get my music from the cloud, but without that I cant get my music back correct?

You will have to be connected via wi-fi (or maybe a data plan though that might be expensive).

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Answer 8

Mar 21, 2016 6:58 AM in response to TXfam6

Hi

If you buy a few albums from itunes they are always on your iPhone / iPad .

Cheers

Brian

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