How to delete "Ghost Audio Files" on iPhone 6s, iOS 9.3.1, iTunes 12.3.3
I have a Windows PC with iTunes 12.3.3 (latest version) and iPhone 6s iOS 9.3.1
Been having alot of trouble recently with iTunes thinking I have music on my iPhone when I really don't have music on my phone, hence the name "ghost files". I have tried what several other websites have suggested doing such as:
- Downloading iFunbox and deleting ghost files there
- Clearing all music on iPhone through settings>General>Usage>Music and delete all
- Resetting iPhone, worked, but only temporarily
- Using a different Apple lightning cable
- Download and run iExplorer
Also posted a topic before which brought me to the realization that the audio files are on my iPhone but not showing up in the Music app. Please do read through this topic, I have given alot of background information here that isn't going to be written on this topic.
So i just spent the past 2 hours syncing music over to my iPhone and it all got "erased"
I have checked iTunes in the summary tab of my iPhone at the very bottom, and it does not show any data for music files, which is very weird. I have since tried syncing the music i want on my phone through iTunes but it simply doesn't sync over. iTunes acts as if the files are already on my iPhone.
One last problem that may be affecting the music is that on iTunes next to not all, but some of the songs I previously had on my iPhone have a ! inside of a circle to the left of the song.
iPhone 6s, iOS 9.3.1