Apple Music skipping

Confirm! iPhone SE, last update, audio glitching on every first or every second track (first, it's a short pause, then a short period of a track is repeated three or four times (taah-taah-taah-taah, kind of) and them plays on). Thanks god, i haven't updated iPad yet. I'm a drummer and I use apple devices for playbacks when performing with a band. So you can imagine how critical this problem for me is.

Apple, please fix it

Thank you, but wouldn't a full restore involve restoring from a backup of the exact same iOS? Theoretically, how would this fix the problem? Also, doing a full restore and re-calibrating settings, passwords etc. is a time-consuming headache.

Since Apple discontinued the iPod, the iPhone IS the iPod now, and music listeners are getting shafted here and forced to jump through hoops to troubleshoot the problem. Apple needs to figure it out and release an iOS update quickly.

Decade long Apple user here, and becoming less and less impressed with this brand with each passing year.

I regret to report that the "full restore" was only temporarily successful.

On my drive home, heard the momentary music "skip" and then it came back in full force, fully distorted.

Ironically, playing podcasts earlier through the iPhone speaker there were no glitches, pops, or stutters. I was feeling confident this would work.

And maybe the full restore fixes that piece, but those of us using iPhone through apple CarPlay for music are still stuck with this disaster.

This is one of many issues I've had with Apple lately. Sad to see their QC go so downhill. Time to investigate downgrading my ios.

****, this is so frustrating! I just don't want to restore the phone with no 100% chance that it would fix the prob, but I guess I have to. Are there so few of us who are suffering from this prob, that Apple just ignores it?

Uh Oh. I may have spoken to soon. After four days or so of flawless audio after a full restore, the dropouts and stuttering/garbling just returned briefly.

I was using the headphone jack though (I usually do Bluetooth), which can crap-out if there's lint (possibly corrosion?) in there. I hope it's that. Ugh, so frustrating.

How long before Apple admit this is a software issue for them to fix? Appx 250 people on this one thread have same issue. Don’t push it on us to restore phones, delete apps etc because it’s clear from this thread that none of that works. Stop hiding, time for honesty and transparency. When is a fix coming?

Agreed. Mine also still stutters. I got the iPhone 5 out of mothballs (that can only be updated to iOS 10 so it’s safe) to use as an iPod until this issue is resolved. Defense burly should have been addressed in 11.3.1.

what device did you try this on? It happens on my iPhone 6S with all audio apps, but not on any app on my iPad, so it might be heavily dependent on the device.

I complete reset is a huge pain, and it would be frustrating if one did that and then it still didn't work.

I remove all my music and reloaded with new itunes download and that did not fix the issue. Nor did the screen lock. It also happened sooner in the playback like with into the first 2 mintutes. Oddly it lasts for a minute or so then goes away.

I have been experiencing the same music playback issue too. I took my phone into the Apple Store and they even replaced my phone but it has just happened again. This is extremely frustrating, sort it out Apple!

Same issue over here, and it is getting really annoying. Hopefully Apple will come out with a fix soon as 11.3.1 did nothing. I have two iPhone 7, one of 128 and the other of 32, and only the 128 is affected.

Delete and reinstall music app? Are you kidding me? What’s going on with your company? Your product used to be awesome. It’s gone straight to ****. I’m outta here. Getting a Galaxy. The iPhone, sadly, is now an unreliable, glitch-ridden mess.

This is not a satisfactory answer. The iOS is at fault, and Apple clearly doesn't know why and they can't fix it. Has anyone actually reset all these things and solved the problem? I don't see it. Its just the usual problem solving check list, not a fix. You need to fix the iOS.

Hello jeffs55,

I too am having this issue where very randomly music will start to glitch, skip, a malfunction in the middle of the plane. This has never been a problem for on my iPhone 7+. Shouldn’t there be an easier fix for this?

Thank you.

Are you nuts? Deleting music app so I get to manually go through my music again to curate it and redownload specific tracks?

I noticed that the audio skipping does not happen when using bluetooth headphones. What a great coincidence that Apple is selling Airpods.

Come back with a better reply you clowns.