HT1386 I keep getting a "Download Error. Tap to retry." on my iphone and ipad!!

I cannot download any music to either one. Any ideas on how to fix this? And how to do I clear the download que so I can start over?

I found something that worked for me on an iPod Touch 4G, iOS 5.1 in a similar situation. I was trying to download a bunch of previously purchased songs, but they wouldn’t download -- i ended up with a long list of songs in the Downloads window of iTunes, all of which would give me “Download error, tap to retry” no matter how many times I tried. The trick I read on another site of pushing Retry, immediately pausing, and Retrying again didn”t work for me. But when i went to the Music app, all the new failed downloads appeared in the songs list (accessed via the Albums button at the bottom of the screen), but with little round buttons (like the stop button on a DVD player) next to them. The songs wouldn’t play, but if you push one of the buttons, the song disappears from the list and starts downloading in the Downloads window in iTunes. By doing this, I was able to quickly break the locked up queue of downloads. The problem didn’t recur on my next download.

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