ITunes match problems on iPhone

I just subscribed to iTunes match and setup my iPhone to use the cloud for music. It works except for the fact that on the albums tab it just says "no music". I am not sure why this is the case because on my ipad the albums show up fine. Any one else having this problem and know a fix?
I have tried turning match off and then back on as well as rebooting but nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated. I am running iOS 5.1

Hello, and first of all thanks for try to help me.
I read the information of the links, and saw if that information can help me, regrettably it doesn't.
Just says about software minimum requirements, turn cellular data on, itunes viewing options (i check it), settings for turn itunes match on (i check it always), options and settings for appear songs missing from itunes match on the computer (is not the case, i have no problems with my laptop). Check icloud status (i check it, it's ok).
Albums artwork missing & duplicated playlist (is not the case neither).
So, unfortunately don't say nothing about can't download uploaded songs from itunes match to iphone 5.
Hope you find another possible solution.
thank you...

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