IPod song play count

How come playing a song on my iPhone doesn't seem to increase the song's play count when I look on iTunes? Is there any way to fix this?

It should, but you need to listen to the entire song all the way through until the iPod begins playing a new song for this to register.
As a test, I checked the play count and last played date and time for a song in a playlist in iTunes that I have selected to be transferred to my iPhone. I played the song on my iPhone all the way though until another song began to play.
I synced my iPhone with iTunes and the play count and the last played data and time was updated.

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    because it doesn't seem to sync correctly.
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    Guys,
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  • IPod-iTunes Play Count Transfer

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  • IPod touch play count dosnt work

    ok my ipod touch doesnt update play counts. like i play though any song all the way throughand plug it in to the computer and it says is hasnt played at all. but when plugged in to the computer the play count works fine. any suggestions on how to get play count working on ipod too???

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  • IPod Touch play count WAY too high

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    Char: 53
    Error: The track is not modifiable
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  • Restoring songs Play Count

    I need to move my songs from one hard drive to another. How do I go about backing up and restoring my play count?

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1589
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  • First Generation Ipod Shuffle: Play count and Last Played date

    I have a 1st Gen Ipod shuffle that works great in all other respects but it doesn't track the number of "plays" or the "last play" dates. Which means I can't use the "Smart Playlists" Itunes feature to be sure that the music on it stay fresh, non-repetitive. Another problem is if I listen to a podcast on the Ipod Shuffle then in Itunes the podcast appears as though it has never played before. This gets confusing as I listen to a number of podcasts.
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    All my tracks should be MP3s or AAC.  I ripped them myselfs with iTunes.  I may have bought some songs directly off of record labels or some other online music store, but I own my music legally whether I bought it on CD or got given it by magazines or record labels.
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    I'll read you link, but I wrote a blog posting how I was disappointed with the service so far.
    Thanks!

  • Ipod touch play counts way too high

    Yep, another one. Apple going to do anything about it yet? Had my Ipod Touch 64gb for a week, there's no way I listened to Happy Birthday by the Birthday Massacre 64 times. haven't tried to make a smart playlist yet, but from what I gathered, they haven't made that easy or possible either.
    Not asking how to fix it because I don't think anyone really knows, but a simple requisition to apple to FIX IT.

    agreed!

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