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Apple Music crashes when searching

I have an iPhone 6 with iOS 10.0.2. Since updating, the Apple Music app crashes every time I try to search. Also, when I am listening to a playlist, if I hit next song it crashes every few times but other times it plays fine. I've tried to reboot my phone already. I don't want to take the time to do a backup and restore if it's not going to work. Any suggestions?

iPhone 6, iOS 10.0.2

Posted on Sep 28, 2016 2:13 PM

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Sep 29, 2016 4:04 PM in response to Ebh1204

Howdy Ebh1204,

It sounds like you are trying to search in the Music app but that causes it to close. I would suggest that you quit the Music app:

Force an app to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Then restart the phone and test it out again. If it keeps happening I would next sign out of iTunes and App Stores in Settings. Note this will remove any Apple Music you have downloaded for offline listening. Once you sign out, restart and try one more time.

Let us know how that goes. Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.

Sep 30, 2016 9:10 AM in response to Ebh1204

Alrighty, thank you for that update. Next we will have to back up your phone, and restore iOS.

How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch

Once your backup is complete, use this article to restore it back to factory defaults:

Use iTunes on your Mac or PC to restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings

Once it is restored, test it out in its clean state and see if you can use the Music app as normal. When you confirm that works, restore your backup to the phone and verify that it's still working.


Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup

Oct 1, 2016 5:19 AM in response to chris_g1

I attempted to back my phone up using my laptop - Windows 8, iTunes version 12.1.2. Received notification on my computer that an invalid response was received from the device - before I even got the popup on my phone to trust or don't trust the computer. I've restarted the computer, rebooted the phone, tried different USB cords and ports and checked for software updates for iTunes. Still continue to receive the error.

Oct 1, 2016 6:42 AM in response to chris_g1

Honestly I have had similar problems with the music app. Go to downloaed music and I can see the songs, go to my music where I loaded from my own cds, and I have over 1000 songs - music becomes unresponsive.


I Disconnected from the network to see if the issue was fetching artwork... still hangs and becomes unresponsive until I exit the app and restart.


this app is broken. It's staggering to me that it made it through Apple testing. That the answer here is wipe your system and start again- are you kidding me?


here is a reason jobs is missed at Apple, too much of a perfectionist to allow this crap out the door.


how does a bug get reported and fixed at Apple? Is there a proper code support process that is not just community chats that tell you to wipe your system and start again?


for a product that has hundreds of millions of existing users - that can not be the answer

Oct 1, 2016 9:03 AM in response to Ebh1204

Thanks for the update ebh1204. There is a newer version of iTunes so go ahead and update that first.

Get the latest version of iTunes

There is an article we have about that error message. You've done a good couple steps from that article Go ahead and do steps 3 and 4 from this article:

Get help with iOS update and restore errors​

An error message that includes, "invalid response"

Use these steps to see if the issue is with your USB cable, USB port, or computer. Try again after each step:

  1. Use the USB cable that came with your device. If you don't have it, try a different Apple USB cable.
  2. Switch to a different USB port on your computer. Don't plug into your keyboard.
  3. Plug into a different computer.
  4. If you still see the error, you can check for other USB issues, issues with third-party security software, and issues with hardware.

If the issue continues, contact Apple Support.



Now if the issue persists after this then, true to what it says at the end of the quoted section, you may want to reach out to us on the phone.

Apple Music crashes when searching

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