Only purchased music will play on my iPhone, this is not a location problem either.

This screen is the same for all my music on my phone:
The location of all files are fine and they play perfectly on my laptop, but only purchased ones will play on my iPhone, any ideas?

emcg23 wrote:
I have been trying to sync/back up my iphone and ipad but iTunes is saying I need to update my iphone to version 11.1 or later
No, your iPhone i s telling you that you need iTunes 11.1 or greater on your computer in order to sync with the computer.
I've been having problems with iTunes on my PC so I re-installed it but it's been a nightmare trying to get it to work.
Then you should fix this issue with iTunes before you try to sync your iPhone to it.
See this -> Remove and reinstall iTunes and related software components for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 - Apple Support

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