Cannot enable iTunes Match on iPhone 4S

I subscribed to iTunes Match using iTunes 11.1.5.
When I go to activate it on my iPhone 4S running 7.1, I go to Settings>Music or Settings>iTunes & App Store and choose "Subscribe to iTunes Match".
I click "Subscribe" and it tells me "You are already subscribed to iTunes Match".
I click Open Settings to go to Settings>Music and I only see the "Subscribe to iTunes Match" button. I don't have an "Activate iTunes Match" button. I have restarted the iPhone a few times and haven't had any different results.
Any idea as to what I might be missing?

And here is the screen from the Music settings.

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iTunes match is working well for me, including on my iPad.
However, on my iPhone 4S it did not sync my playlists correctly so I turned it off.. now it seems stuck between on and off. On the iPad if I turn iTunes Match off, it takes a little while but eventually its clear and only local music is shown.
Right now the iPhone won't sync up complete nor will it unsync itself.
I've tried setting "use cellular data" on, been on my wifi for hours waiting, tried resetting network settings, turning phone on and off....
Suggestions?

I think turning itunes match off while it is still trying to load something causes hiccups. So you need to start fresh again as best you can.
Here is what I did. First I went to Settings>General>Usage, then in the storage section, I tap on Music app, then hit the edit button and then delete(This will delete locally store music so be sure you have a backup in the cloud or on your computer first). Now I turned ON itunes match on the iPhone while connected to wifi. Then I opened the Music app and waited for the pinwheel to go away(loading album art etc). So at this point, there is no physical music on the iphone, however I have access to and see all of my music in itunes match available for download. Then I went back to settings and turned OFF itunes match on the iPhone. If this has worked correctly and everything is gone, it should say "No Content, You can download music from iTunes" when you open the music app. If it does not or you see a playlist or genius or anything, then there is still something left over.
From here, I chose to sync my music via itunes and leave itunes match off on the iphone. You may want to try turning itunes match back on the iphone if thats what you are wanting.

HT4913 If the music library on my iPhone will be deleted when I enable iTunes Match, does that mean that I will not be able to access that music library when I temporarily turn off iTunes Match on the iPhone, e.g., when on the subway & can't connect to Ma

I have subscribed to iTunes Match and have employed it to listen to music on my Macbook Air and iMac. On these devices it seems to operate by streaming music to the device rather than deleting the device's current iTunes library and downloading songs as they are played from iTunes Match. Not so on the iPhone as far as I can tell. Consequently, to date I have not activated iTunes Match on my iPhone 4S. I presently have 40-50GB's of music on my iPhone, sync'd from my iTunes music library on my Macbook Air. I am concerned that if I enable iTunes Match on my iPhone I will lose the music library already on my iPhone, as Apple seems to be representing that once iTunes Match is enabled on the iPhone the current music library, carefully compiled, will be gone from the iPhone forever (unless I later re-sync it from the iTunes library on my laptop), that it will be deleted. Although this would free up a lot of space on my iPhone, I bought the 64GB phone just so that I could keep a lot of music on it and accessible at all times. I am concerned that in certain instances, say if I am in the subway and want to listen to music on my iPhone but don't have internet access below ground, that I won't have much music to listen to, only those songs previously played and thus downloaded onto the phone from iMatch, presenting me witrh a rather limited choice of music to play instead of the 40-50GB's I now have to choose from. Apple seems to have presented me with the choice of the lesser of 2 evils: i) enable iTunes Match and lose the music library already on the iPhone in exchange for access to iTunes Match and a greater number of songs than I can fit onto the phone (my library exceeds the phone's capacity) when a Cloud connection is available or ii) don't enable iTunes match and limit myself to only those songs, a considerable portion of my library to be sure but not all of it, that I can fit in the phone's storage space, i.e., the 40-50 GB's I have on there now. If I choose the latter course, each time I purchase an album I'll have to delete another album to make room for it on the phone. Apple thus offers me a sort of Hobson's choice, bad all the way around. Do I have this right? The Apple techs I've spoken to don't seem to have a handle on the "deletion" aspect of enabling iTunes Match on the iPhone. Right now, I'm too scared of "losing" my iPhone music library to enable iTunes Match on the iPhone. [Possible work-around, albeit a pain in the ***: I suppose that I can enable iTunes Match on the iPhone and spend the next couple of weeks 24/7 downloading songs from my iTunes Match library back onto the phone to replace at least some of those deleted when Match was enabled, thereby rebuilding a proxy library on the phone itself to play when I'm stuck in a tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan while maintaining access to thee larger iTunes Match library, more music than my phone will hold, once we come back into the light and my Cloud connection is restored.] Comments, suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you.

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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HT204406 I enabled iTunes Match on multiple devices. When I change certain playlists they update fine on the other devices, but i have a playlist on my macbook pro that cannot be seen on my other devices. How do I correct this?

I just enabled iTunes Match on multiple devices in my house. At first, almost all the playlists were duplicated. I manually deleted the playlists back to one entry per playlist...a real pain. I could see changes made on one device updating on the other devices for almost all my playlists...which told me things were working correctly. But....There are a couple of playlists on my Macbook Pro that won't update to my other devices, like my desktop. What gives?

You can sign in on multiple devices to use iTunes Match but it must be with the exact same Apple ID you used to purchase the service. You will need to sign out of the existing ID on the devcies and sign in with the new one.

I tried enabling iTunes match and now the option is gone completely!

I was wondering if anyone has a solution to this...I was having issues initially with my iPhone not recognizing that I had iTunes match enabled, so I re-enabled it on my Mac. When I went to enable it under Settings->Music, it allowed me to switch on "Enable iTunes Match", but then the option immidiately disappeared (See screenshot). iTunes Match is currently not running on my phone and I cannot get the option to enable/disable it to populate whatsoever. I've tried soft reseting multiple times (Holding down the home+power button for 10 seconds) with no avail. Does anyone know any solutions to this issue? I would greatly appreciate any help I can get.

Make sure you have current versions of iTunes and iOS.
Try tapping Settings > Store > Apple ID, sign out and sign back in.
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I'm running into several odd issues when playing songs on my iPhone with iTunes Match enabled. The problems I've experienced are:
A song partially plays, then skips to the next song.
Sometimes songs will not pause, pause after a 2-3 second delay, or pause, then start playing again when I press the pause button.
Sometimes there is a 3-5 second delay when playing songs that have already been downloaded.
Sometimes a song will play distorted, it just sounds like static.
Once, I pressed play on my iPhone and it just started playing random songs, some that had not even been downloaded before.
A few times, when I pressed play on already downloaded songs, nothing happened.
Now, some notes about these problems I've been having: I have a mix of matched, uploaded, and purchased songs. I haven't found a pattern as far as the type of songs that any of the issues occur with. With problem 1, I can kind of understand this happening if the song hasn't completely downloaded, but this happens even for songs that I've downloaded. It doesn't always skip the song in the same place and I can even go right back to the same song and play it all the way through again with no problems. With problem 2, it seems like maybe I'm just being impatient here, however, I'm not sure why there's a delay when these are downloaded songs and the artwork has already been downloaded. Sometimes if I just wait about 10-15 seconds it will finally start playing, but again, that seems odd since I've already downloaded the song. Problem 2 and 3 are kind of similar. I've noticed that sometimes when this happens that I can see the "network processing" indicator in the status bar, but sometimes not. It's a little odd to see my iPhone going out to the network to play a song that I have already downloaded and have the artwork (assuming metadata as well) for the song. Problem 4 has happened just a few times, but usually happens immediately after I unpause the song or start playing a song. Again, I can go back and play the same song normally and have played the same song before previously. Once, it caused the Music app to just crash entirely. Not much to say about problem 5 other than I checked shuffle and it was off. Just a little odd. Not much to say about problem 6 either other than it hasn't happened in a few weeks now.
Sorry for the wall of text, but it just seems that there are a bunch of odd issues going on that I haven't seen anyone else have aside from problem 1. I've already tried turning iTunes Match off and on. I've deleted all songs twice. I haven't jailbroken my phone or anything. I can't find a pattern because it happens with matched, purchased, and uploaded songs. Sometimes it will happen to 1 song, I will try it again some other time on the same song. I listen to music for about 6 hours a day using WiFi and at least one of these problems happens about every 2 days.
Aside from the problems I've been having, the service is great. I do understand it's fairly new and even with all of that, I still think the positives outweigh the negatives, especially for just $25.
I'm lost, though. Anyone have any ideas?
Message was edited by: burakkuchi - Added problem 6.

When I went to restore my phone, I may have found the cause of these problems. I never deleted all of my original synced songs before enabling iTunes Match.
When I just went to do the restore, I figured I'd delete all of my songs, then disable iTunes Match. After deleting about 3.5 GB of music and disabling iTunes Match, I ran the sync to backup my iPhone. It said there was still 2.2 GB of music. I checked my phone just in case and there was 2.2 GB there, probably the original synced songs that I never removed.
Anyway, I'm doing the restore now just in case and will respond tomorrow with how everything is working.

HT204074 will i lose the music on my decive if i enable itunes match

Will I lose the music on my iphone if I enable itunes match?

You will not "lose" your music, since:
1) it is already stored in your computer
or
2) you have it available from the itunes store, if you bought the tracks there.
These two methods are the only options to get music into the phone, so you can't lose a single track.
However, if you chose to enable iTunes match in your device, it will erase the music that is already stored in your phone, and you will have to load it from the cloud. I assume this is the answer that you are looking for. Hope this helps.

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I'm having issues with the hidden songs in iCloud. They always show up in my download queue when I update iTunes or redownload iTunes. Is there a way to delete the songs from iCloud without enabling iTunes Match?
Thanks for the help! Or the ideas.

You cannot delete anything from your purchase history in icloud at all.

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First, disable iTunes Match on the iPhone. Open the Music app and let the content clear out. Now, in iTunes, disable iTunes Match while holding down the Option key (Shift for Windows). Quit iTunes, wait a few seconds, and re-open it. Turn iTM back on and let it complete it's scan. The songs that are "waiting" ought to get converted to "purchased," "uploaded" or "matched." Once the scan is complete re-enable the service on the iPhone.

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So my songs are (almost) all loaded up to iTunes Match via iTunes. But when I go into Settings>Music on the iPhone to enable iTunes Match, I get this error reading:
"You are not currently subscribed to itunes match. Use itunes on your computer to subscribe"
I'm assuming that's what I did when I paid my $25, right? iTunes is ready to go. What's up with the iPhone??

How to CHANGE APPLE ID
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE40
Apple ID and iCloud
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4895
Apple ID FAQ
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE37
Apple ID Support
http://www.apple.com/support/appleid/

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how the itunes match works with Iphone? It erase the music when the Iphone is full?

Hello, Timrhon.
Thank you for the question. If you have uploaded all of your music to iTunes Match, here are the steps on how to enable iTunes Match on your iOS device.
iTunes Match on iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5637
Cheers,
Jason H.

Cannot activate iTunes Match on my iPad Air

Hi all,
I recently suscribed iTunes Match and could activate it successfully on my iPhone and my first Apple tablet.
However, I purchased for Christmas a second tablet (iPad Air). On that second one, I do not manage to activate iTunes Match.
In settings, and Music (or iTunes) sub-menu, when I turn on the button, I am requested to enter my Apple user password, but the button turns off immediatly, and when I try the music, all the songs that were successfully "imported" yesterday when I could turn it in.
I checked on Itunes / my account / manage my devices, this second tablet duly appears in the list of approved devices.
I have only 5 devices in total.
I also tried to restard the iPad Air, without results.
What can I do ??
Many thanks in advance for your help.
Christophe, from Europe

You need to be signed into the iTunes Store on the iPad with the same Apple ID used to purchase the service. If you have only one Apple ID then sign out of the store, do a hard reset on the device by holding down Power+Home until you see the Apple logo, then sign in again. You ought to be able to enable iTunes Match. Also be sure you are enabling the service in Settings > iTunes and App Stores. Some people have reported difficulty enabling it in the Music section of Settings.

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