Song stuck on the iPhone

I've got a song that is stuck on my iPhone. I connect to iTunes and its there, in music, greyed out, like when you right click it, it doesn't give me the option to delete it.
I have no desire for music on my iPhone as I have an iPod that I use for that. But I can't get this song off my phone at all.... Any ideas?
Thankies

Do you have manually manage music and videos selected under the Summary tab for your iPhone sync preferences, or do you have Sync Music selected under the Music tab for your iPhone sync preferences?
If the latter, deselect Sync Music under the Music tab for your iPhone sync preferences followed by a sync which will remove all music from your iPhone.

Similar Messages

How to remove a song stuck on the iPhone?

I purchased a song in the iPhone iTunes store then synced my iPhone with my computer, only to discover that someone had already purchased the same song there..
Since then that song has been stuck on my iPhone, no matter what I do it appears in the 'Purchased' playlist on it, which means that when I put the track in my playlists I get repeats of it on the iPhone..
Sorry if that is unclear, the problem is kind of hard to explain, and I may just be being pedantic but this really annoys me! I've tried removing all my songs and uploading them again as well as uploading then removing all of the purchased songs from my computer onto the iPhone but whatever I do it won't let me remove this track and it's starting to bug me!
I thought that maybe resetting my whole iPhone would remove it but I don't want to do that as I would probably lose a lot of data.. So I suppose my second question is, does iTunes store all of your contacts so that if you whipe the iPhone clean you can sync it again and retreive all your contacts, photos etc?

I had a similar problem and I finally got rid of it. I had bought a single song from itunes and synced it to my iphone. A few months later I bought the whole cd which included that song from a record store and imported it to itunes. I deleted the previously purchased copy from my library but the next time I synced my phone I had two copies of that song again.
Try deleting the song from your itunes library. The next time you sync your iphone it will say something like "you have purchased content on your iphone that is not in your itunes library, would you like to transfer this content to your library? If you don't transfer it it will be removed from your iphone."
Select not to transfer the content (assuming you have no other new songs you need to transfer) and you should be rid of the extra copy.
I hope this makes sense and helps.

My SIM card got stuck in the iPhone 5c SIM slot but without the tray how will i get it out

My SIM card got stuck in the iPhone 5c SIM slot but without the tray how will i get it out

Go to an Apple Store or you're wireless carrier store to have them properly remove the SIM card.

HT201441 i dont know the previous user of this phone and i'm stuck on the iphone icloud activation process

i dont know the previous user of this iphone and i'm stuck on the iphone icloud activation process.
what should i do?

radhikaven wrote:
i bought this phone in 2013 from dubai and used till last year june. I dropped the phone and got a problem with display as well as earpiece.
Later the phone was having a carrier network issue. Was showing searching. i restored the phone to factory settings and when i tried to set up the phone, its showing that the phone cant be activated at this moment, please try again later.
If your phone was bought second-hand (used) - something you haven't made clear - and it was Activation Locked by the previous owner (this wouldn't show up until you upgraded or reset it) then only he can unlock it. If you can't contact him to do so then you will not be able to use the phone. You can tell if this is the case because it will be asking for an Apple ID (which it will display partially) which is not yours.
On the other hand if this was a new phone then you may have hit a temporary outage in the activation server and you should wait a bit then try again.

HT5163 My SIM card is stuck in the iPhone. I am able to remove the SIM tray but the SIM card is stuck in the iPhone. What should I do to retrieve the stuck SIM card?

When I attempted to remove SIM card from my iPhone 4S, the SIM tray came out leaving the SIM card behind. The SIM card is stuck in the iPhone. What should I do to retrieve the SIM card which is stuck in the iPhone?

bring your phone into an Apple store

Hi, I was about to reset my iphone3g when I accidentally selected erase all contents and setting. It was stucked with the iphone logo, so i tried to fix it by restoring all my datas in iTunes. I was able to successfully fix it but when I inserted my sim c

hi, I was about to reset my iphone3g when I accidentally selected erase all contents and setting. It was stucked with the iphone logo, so i tried to fix it by restoring all my datas in iTunes. I was able to successfully fix it but when I inserted my sim card it says that simcard not recognized. I tried all the solutions in the net but nothing seemed to work. What should I do? I'm located here in the Philippines. I hope you could help. Thanks!

I know. I was with my brother when we did this. He didnt clearly understood the question that poped-up. Regarding the simcard, after successfully restoring it on itunes my simcard won't work. I'm not able to send and receive calls and messages.
hi, I was about to reset my iphone3g when I accidentally selected erase all contents and setting. It was stucked with the iphone logo, so i tried to fix it by restoring all my datas in iTunes. I was able to successfully fix it but when I inserted my sim c

Song stuck in my iphone

A while ago I downloaded a song to my phone through the iPhone's iTunes store... Now it's stuck in my Library.
I've tried checking and un-checking synced lists
I've tried directly deleting it, the red delete button doesn't show up when I slide
I've tried removing all music from my phone then re-adding it
I made sure that the show all music in cloud is off
I made sure all restrictions are turned off.
Nothing is working! It keeps popping up on my phone.
I want the song in my desktop's library and NOT on my phone.
I'd try resetting it, but I really don't wanna lose my app data.
What can I do?

You're welcome.
Try hiding those songs: iTunes Store: Hiding and unhiding purchases - Support - Apple

I have a number of playlists configured to play songs I haven't heard in a while. They then drop off the playlist once they've played. When I use my iPhone, however, the songs stay on the iPhone version of the playlist. Why aren't they syncing properly?

I don't like Apple's algorithm that constantly pushes the same songs at me, so I have a couple of playlists configured for songs I haven't listened to in a month, two months, etc. This has worked fine for years. Since I've gotten my iPhone 4S, however, things are goofy. The songs are marked as played and fall off of the playlist on iTunes, but they stay on the playlist on the iPhone, which means they come up again and again in the shuffle of that playlist. Even if I sync the iPhone the songs are still on the version of the playlist on the phone and I can't figure out a way to "refresh" that playlist and get rid of them. I know this is my own particular quirk about my music, but it's worked with every other iPod I've had. I don't know why the iPhone is holding on to a different version of the playlist than the one on iTunes. Is there a setting I'm missing somewhere?
My iTunes is on a MacBook running Snow Leopard.

Lynn,
I had a very similar issue (same playlist). After several frustrating hours of various combinations I was able to sync by changing the options to "manuall sync.." and then "dragging and dropping" the needed playlist from the iTunes Playlist list to the iPhone button (on my itunes setup/view that was from the far left column list of all of my playlist in iTunes to the far upper right "iPhone" button). To sum up "checking" the playlist and syncing didnt work, "drag and droping" the playlist did... at least for now... then I unselected the "manually manage" in the options and re-synced and all playlist were synced correctly. Good Luck.

ITunes could not copy "Song Name" to the iPhone because an unknown error occurred (-50)

Recently when I tried syching one of my playlists into my iPhone 4 (Running on 5.1) using iTunes 11.2.0.26 for Windows (Windows XP SP3), I have been having a problem with some songs I acquired recently. It will sync all the other songs, but when it reaches the song in question, the following error message pops up:
"iTunes could not copy "Name of Song" to the iPhone because an unknown error occurred (-50)"
After which, it stops synching songs altogether.
I tried TWO different USB connectors (BOTH from Apple), and the error still occurs. When I remove the song in question, ALL songs sync normally.
I used the 'Get Info' option to see if there was something in the way the song was coded. This info is from one of the songs that gets synched normally:
Kind:                  MPEG Audio file
Size:                  11 MB
Bit Rate:            256 kbps
Sample Rate:     44.100 kHz
Date Modified:    12/20/2009 4:33 PM
Plays:               1
Last Played:      1/22/2010 8:40 PM
Format:             MPEG-1, Layer 3
Channels:          Stereo
ID3 Tag:            v2.3
Encoded with:   LAME
THIS is the info on the problematic song:
Kind:                  MPEG Audio file
Size:                  8.2 MB
Bit Rate:            256 kbps
Sample Rate:     44.100 kHz
Date Modified:    5/1/2013 6:12 PM
Plays:               1
Last Played:      5/3/2013 8:40 PM
Format:             MPEG-1, Layer 3
Channels:          Joint Stereo
ID3 Tag:            v2.3
Encoded with:   LAME3.96
By the way, BOTH song (The ones synching normally, and this unsynching song), where purchased and downloaded from Amazon.com.
ANY information that will help me solved this problem will be VERY appreciated. Likewise, if you need any additional information, please let me know...
Thanks for your time.

Try going through other threads on topic
http://www.google.com/search?source=ig&hl=en&rlz=&=&q=becausean+unknown+error+occurred+%28-50%29+iphone&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=#sclient=p sy&hl=en&newwindow=1&safe=off&source=hp&q=because+an+unknown+error+occurred+%28- 50%29+iphonesite:apple.com&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=&pbx=1&fp=9bef8cda26d1a6ec

Getting songs/podcasts OFF the iphone

how would one go about getting songs/podcasts off there iphone?

With your iPhone connected to your computer, launch iTunes (if not set to launch automatically when an iPod or iPhone is connected).
Select your iPhone under Devices in the iTunes drawer.
Under the Summary tab, deselect "Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected" and select "Only sync checked items".
Under the other tabs available, deselect the items you no longer want on the iPhone.
Under the Music tab, if you have "All songs and playlists" selected, you need to select "Selected Playlists" instead and make use of iTunes playlists. You can create unlimited Playlists or have a single Playlist named iPhone or whatever you prefer. You can add different songs from your primary music library and remove songs from this playlist that you no longer want on the iPhone and then sync.
Songs removed from the Playlist will be removed from the iPhone and any new songs added to the Playlist will be added to the iPhone.
The same applies to photos and podcasts, etc.

Need help, on how to drag songs in to the iphone?????

I just bought an 8gb iphone; I already did the installation an eveything in the computer (itunes). I can see the iphone in itunes and everything, just like a regular ipod, but for some reason it won't let me drag songs from the library to the phone, like the regular ipod. Is this an iphone thing??? or I'm missing something here???, by the way I can sync playlists, but no drag songs. Any help please?????

pureican,
Just for clarification:
If you select 'manually manage' in the iPhone settings, you will be able to drag/drop songs from your library into your iPhone. However, unlike iPods, you will only be able to do this from one computer.
If you select 'only sync checked items' then the iPhone will only sync items you have checked in your iTunes library or playlists.
Hope this helps,
Jennifer B.

HELP Song stuck on the screen

For some reason a song is stuck on the screen.Even when I shut off the ipod or leave it on for hours it still stays on. I can still play songs and everything but cant see what im doing b/c the screen dosent change...HELP!

If you have a clickwheel iPod, hold down Menu and Select for 6~10 seconds.
If you have an iPod with scroll wheel & 4 buttons across the top, hold Play/Pause and Menu for 6~10 seconds.
Is your iPod still in warranty?

Siri cannot identify songs playing on the iPhone

Prior to installing iOS 8 on my iPhone 4s, I could ask Siri to identify the song that was playing at the moment, ON MY iPhone. This is important because I have an extensive music library, that is constantly growing. When I am driving or walking the dog, I cannot pull out my iPhone and look at the screen to identify the song.
I used to be able to ask Siri "What song is this?", and she would tell me the name of the song and the artist. Now, she either says, "I can't identify music when you are using bluetooth." or "Listening..." and of course, she can't hear anything since she as stopped the music.
I have the Shazam app installed, and it is ok, but I need the functionality of asking Siri what is currently playing on the iPhone itself.
Is there some setting I need to change, remove Shazam (which I do like), or something else?
Can you all fix Siri so that if I am playing music with my iPhone, Siri will know that and get the currently playing song from the player, instead of trying to Shazam it?

Prior to installing iOS 8 on my iPhone 4s, I could ask Siri to identify the song that was playing at the moment, ON MY iPhone. This is important because I have an extensive music library, that is constantly growing. When I am driving or walking the dog, I cannot pull out my iPhone and look at the screen to identify the song.
I used to be able to ask Siri "What song is this?", and she would tell me the name of the song and the artist. Now, she either says, "I can't identify music when you are using bluetooth." or "Listening..." and of course, she can't hear anything since she as stopped the music.
I have the Shazam app installed, and it is ok, but I need the functionality of asking Siri what is currently playing on the iPhone itself.
Is there some setting I need to change, remove Shazam (which I do like), or something else?
Can you all fix Siri so that if I am playing music with my iPhone, Siri will know that and get the currently playing song from the player, instead of trying to Shazam it?

On Ios 7 how do you delete songs directly on the iPhone

on ios 7 how do you delete songs directly on the phone

i think i stumbled onto a solution.
the upgrade to os7 brought a bunch of music into my phone i didn't care to hear anymore.
(free downloads from the itunes twitter feed..some of them are good, most of them i normally delete immediately)
i had 3 pesky songs that would not allow me to delete.
every other song in my library gave me the option to delete, just not the ones i never wanted to hear again.
..super frustrating when the song keeps starting over everytime you touch it while scrambling for a delete option.
they were purchases which i'd hidden.
i plugged to computer and tried to use iTunes to delete but they did not appear.
all "show all" options for music and video were off.
itunes match was off.
all automatic downloads were off.
"show all music" was off.
i logged out of my apple ID for several minutes.
i think this may have given time for my account to resynchronize the items i didn't want to see anymore.
i've logged back in and they're still gone.
i don't care if i hear a new eric clapton song again for the rest of the year thank you.

How do I Sync my iPhone with my new computer without losing all of my songs already on the iPhone?

I recently got a new MacBook Pro and I want to be able to sync my iPhone with my new iTunes library without running the risk of losing all the music that I already have on my iPhone.

See wjosten's post here: https://discussions.apple.com/message/13356770#13356770.

Song stuck on the iPhone

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for