Audio playback stuttering/skipping iOS11.4

Well, that didn't take long at all. Re-applying of iOS 11.4.1 did absolutely nothing at all, as the audio glitch occurred within 10 mins.

What a futile and pointless exercise and frustrating experience Apple are putting everyone through. iPhone X's cost almost $2000 in Australia and you have to go through this.

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Also... how is there no Apple rep on these forums? Surely there should be someone in here to help! Or Atleast to report the problem.... it only started happening to me the day after I updated to 11.4.1! So seems very softwarey to me

I am also on IOS 12 public beta 3 (8 Plus), but the problems have not disappeared. From the podcast app it switches to other podcasts, different speeds and regularly to Siri - without me doing anything.

There are 1000's of Apple employees, I am sure that they must experience the same problems. Incredible that there is no statement that they are working on the issue!

Hey mate, missed my appt by 10 minutes so they cancelled on me! Got another appt booked for today so I’ll let youse know what they say! Did a hard reset this morning and still happening just as frequently. Realllllly testing my patience

It's all extremely disappointing and very poor form from a global company. When I sent a blunt post yesterday, I received notification that it was edited by the forum host. It may have been a robot, it may have been a human but, either way, it looks as though that's the only kind of involvement we're going to get on this matter.

Still testing at the moment, from my previous post this morning re charge, so will see what happens with that.

Good luck at your appointment, although me thinks it may prove futile.

I’m honestly dreading it more than looking forward to it. Are you one of the guys who has updated to the iOS 12 beta?

That’s my next step after I get home from Apple because to be honest I’m not expecting much help

It’s impossible for me at work to keep my phone above 90% charge though, o just don’t understand how they have no answer, a multi billion dollar company who prides itself on ever updating software is falling down on its software, the irony

See that’s interesting... when I went to the Apple store, they ran a diagnostic and sound test on my phone, and they said it was 100% working fine and arranged for me to have a call center tech call me to figure out my problem because they couldn’t figure out what was going on... but then again I guess I’ve never done 4 panic restarts (also not sure what a panic restart is)

The positives ARE better battery life and less data usage. I'm not sure if disabling it disables any system level features (which I believe "low power mode" does). The drawback is that apps that legitimately could be doing stuff in the background won't be doing them - for example just this morning I realized my podcasts weren't downloaded when I got in my car, and I don't download them over cellular because I'd kill my data plan. Normally it happens automatically when new episodes come out.

A small example, but there are many others. I'll be interested to hear what your results are.

Follow up to my "Background App refresh" test - after several hours of podcasts & music, it started doing it again. My battery was at 57% when the problem started (I started listening this AM at ~95%), but I'm sure it's happened before when it was charged and playing plugged into my car. I switched back to my normal Bluetooth listening now, which DOES have some issues, but they don't sound the same.

The more I look, the more people I find with this issue, there’s thousands on twitter too! And Apple support are actually replying! Surely they have to be working on a new update??? Or do you think that’ll be it until ios12 in September?

I hope my music isn’t corrupted since most of it was downloaded through iTunes. I’ve noticed that I have doubles of a lot of the songs because iTunes Match decided I needed two versions of the same song 😑

How do we save PDFs in iBooks? I lost them the last time I did a backup. Has anybody ever tried the USBs that work on iPhones? (Although saving everything on a USB would probably put the bug right back on the phone).

I took my phone to apple and they recommended I buy a new phone because of this issue. I did and now I still have the issue with my new phone. I feel this was deceptive - and for that reason, I will be buying from your competitor next time. Also, how is this not resolved still? I've had the issue since April and use my phone for business calls. Unacceptable.

for me too, I went to the authorized assistance of Apple and my iPhone 7 did not present any problem in the tests they did, but the problem continues, I upgraded to iOS 11.4.1 and nothing has changed, so it blocks the screen of the mobile phone it starts stuttering/skipping playback. I'm inclined to exchange my phone for a Samsung S9+ or LG G7 Thinq, as far as I look are phones for those who like to listen to music.