Songs dont appear on phone.

I recently got my phone exchanged under warranty. The new phone came with os 4 so required updating. Having updated it appears that all my music has synced ( 10 of 13gb used on phone ) but very few songs appear to be on there when phone is in music mode. Where are they if not on phone and why is the phones memory so full if they are not there???

I have the same problem. I have music files from my old computer and transferred it to the one where my phone is synced. Itunes plays it well but if I transfer the file to my phone, it's just greyed out with a broken circle beside it. It's driving me nuts because I was able to transfer before the latest iOs update came. Now everything is screwed up.

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I went to that link but it doesnt seem to help. In itunes I have made sure that the song title, album and artist name are already in there with the correct spelling etc. In itunes all the info is there. When I look for the artist in my ipod it doesn't show up. I can find the album and the individual songs but the artist is not there.
Also...Songs in my itunes have all been organized and did the "get info" thing but some of the same artist appear several times on my ipod. I made sure everything is spelled correctly and the same for the same artist name, I have done resets and restore on the ipod, I deleted all the music out of itunes and then reinstalled it but I am still having the problem with certain artists...not all of them just randomly some. And it is continuing to happen with some new mp3s I am adding. What is going on with that???
Any help would be greatly appreciated...I have only had my ipod 3 weeks!!! If there is something wrong with it I want to return it and get a new one or is it user error?
Thanks to anyone that can help.

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I bought the 32gig touch yesterday and I love it! But I notice when I transfer a playlist (in song order) it shows up just fine but when you click on the album icon it has the song order disarranged..song 3, song2, song 4, song 5 etc..I clicked on shuffle a couple of times to see if that was it but it wasn't. In my itunes it again is in the right order.
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Are you copying over the iTunes Library.itl file and other supporting files in the iTunes folder, as well as the media folder iTunes Media? See Make a split library portable for some background.
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Some songs dont appear in artist

hey well i havent had any real troubles with my ipod until now. all thats happening is, i synch my ipod with itunes and it says all my songs are downloaded.. and then when i turn my ipod on, it doesnt show many of the songs in the artists, but shows them when i click ALL at the top.. or just SONGS. does anyone know what might be happening? its weird cause its like itunes is selecting which songs to put in artists or not...

You should check that the songs have album name info in their ID tags.
See: Some songs don't show under artist on my iPod.
Once you add a second album name for that artist even for a single song, ALL the rest of the songs should now show up under that artist, even those without album names.

Songs dont appear in itunes libary

i have new ipod 60gig ive downloaded latest itunes & ipod updater. i'm experiencing problems with itunes not listing all mp3 files anywhere in the libary out of 5000 songs only 800 show up files are organized as such
eg f:/multimedia/music/albums/artist/album title/00 song title.mp3
all mp3 are compressed with lame @ 320 high quality
fist i droped albums folder onto itunes libary window
then i cleared library and added single folders from add folder function still same problem i tryed making itunes default still same problem tryed every thing. im no dummie when it comes to computers but im stumped/frustrated please help
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Thomas, Apple designed iTunes to not work well with techniques commonly used by music pirates to illegally distribute music on the Internet. If you're really interested in using a too like Limewire, please look for support somewhere else.

New songs dont appear in itunes

ok heres the deal i have limewire set up to download into my itunes music folder, the folder were all the music is sorted into folders by itunes. When i download a new song it does not show up in itunes i have to manually drag it ito the itunes window. how do i fix this?

Thomas, Apple designed iTunes to not work well with techniques commonly used by music pirates to illegally distribute music on the Internet. If you're really interested in using a too like Limewire, please look for support somewhere else.

HT1391 1 of my purchased songs wont appear on my playlist, after syncing my i phone 5 several times?

1 of my purchased songs wont appear on my playlist, after syncing several times?

Hi there,
You may have better luck downloading that track directly to your device. Take a look at the article below for more information.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
-Griff W.

Can't add music my iPhone from iTunes. When I try to drag a song over to my phone, I get the circle w/ the syncing line through it, but it does not update/load. [Manually manage music and videos] is checked. And, this is the only Mac I have ever used to

Can't add music my iPhone from iTunes.
When I try to drag a song over to my phone, I get the circle w/ the syncing line through it, but it does not update/load.
[Manually manage music and videos] is checked. And, this is the only Mac I have ever used to add music to my phone.
Also, just updated the phone's software today, and iTunes' software is already up to date.

Hi Gregg,
Have you tried resetting the device (nothing will be lost): Hold down the Home and Power buttons at the same time and continue to hold them down until the Apple appears (up to 30 seconds). Once the Home screen redisplays, see if your Music app is behaving normally.
Cheers,
GB

Random songs keep appearing in my library that i did not buy. why?

random songs keep appearing in my library. i have never heard of them, nor did i buy them. they are not in my purchased folder though. does anyone know why this is happening? i am pretty sure they have been there since i set up my itunes account on this laptop.

No, I have not deleted them, although I am about to. Just wondering if anyone knew why they had appeared in the first place...? Does this happen sometimes? also they all happen to be in the "game" genre of songs. dont know if that means anything.

Songs are syncing to phone but some songs not showing in the playlist, you have to manually search for them...

Hi guys,
All music is syncing across from my purchased items to my phone... However, some are missing from the 'purchased' playlist and I can only come across them when scrolling through the 'Artist' or 'Song' menu. I then have to manually add them back to my purchased playlist.
Is there any way to stop this?
I want all my 'purchased' songs in that playlist and then have all of my other music from CDs in their individual ones (which works fine).
This happens for about 5/6 every time and it's a nightmare trying to work out which ones are missing so to speak unless I stumble upon then.
So basically, the songs ARE on the phone but not showing in the playlist, just to make that clear.
Many thanks in advance...

This sounds very similar to an issue that I experienced. There was a phantom 6G assigned to movies even when no movies were on my iPad. I could make the phantom 6G come and go by checking/unchecking the "Sync Movies" box in iTunes.
First, try a system reset. It probably won't fix your problem but it's quick, easy and harmless...
Hold down the on/off switch and the Home button simultaneously until the screen blacks out or you see the Apple logo. Ignore the "Slide to power off" text if it appears. You will not lose any apps, data, music, movies, settings, etc.
If the Reset doesn't work, try a Restore. Note that it's nowhere near as quick as a Reset. From iTunes, select the iPad/iPod and then select the Summary tab. Follow directions for Restore and be sure to say "yes" to the backup. You will be warned that all data (apps, music, movies, etc.) will be erased but, as the Restore finishes, you will be asked if you wish the contents of the backup to be copied to the iPad/iPod. Again, say "yes."
There is one other thing that you can try but I don't want to describe it unless the above doesn't help.

After deleting my music (by mistake) I can't download all my songs back onto my phone

I accidently deleted all my music off my phone.
I plugged my phone into my laptop to sync all the songs back on the phone.
When i checked the phone certain songs haven't gone back on the phone. They can be played on the laptop but they wont sync over and when I press the cloud button on the phone (to re-download) it wont do it.
It seems to be songs that I downloaded on my phone directly that have been effected.
How do I get the songs back onto my phone without buying them again
Please help!!

The other disadvantage to manually managing that I see is that if you ever have to Restore the iPhone (and you will someday) you'll have to remember which songs you had previously loaded when you get the iPhone up and running. Restoring your backup won't put these songs back onto your iPhone.
But if you define what you want on your iPhone with one or more playlists in your library, and then auto-sync to those playlists, then they're always available and you don't have to re-create anything should you ever need to Restore. You'll still have to re-load them, but at least you don't have to try to figure out what you had loaded before.
The other issue with manually managing is that you lose the bi-directional sync of ratings and play history. It sounds like it used to work with the iPhone (unlike every other i-device) but it appears that functionality is no longer supported. But if you auto-sync to a playlist, etc. then you always keep this information backed up to iTunes.

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My old iPhone broke for no reason, so I got a new one (luckily I was still under warranty)
I restored the settings that I could.... Lost everything from Sept and Oct, though.
I was given a giftcard, which I claimed and bought songs and apps with.
Some of these songs arent appearing on my new iPhone, or my iTunes library... and I cant find them in my purchase history.
I definately bought them, and the downloads were fully complete. They were purchased weeks before it broke.
Please can someone help me get them back?

Okay, I still have no traces of them...
I think it was around 4 ringtones, and 20 individual songs - I dont want to have to pay for these all over again!

I keep getting exclamation marks on my playlist on itunes, but this is only for the songs downloaded on my phone. I can't play any songs on my phone, only on the original itunes library. Whats going on??

but this is only for the songs downloaded on my phone. I can't play any songs on my phone, only on the original itunes library. Whats going on??

The iPod backup that iTunes makes does not inlcuded synced media like apps and music. Thes those iTunes are not restored to the iPod unless they are in the iTunes library.
Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Unsync all music and resync
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.

HT203167 I recently downloaded my previous purchased items from iTunes but I have found that some songs dont play or have only downloaded half of the actual song :/

I recently downloaded my previous purchased items from iTunes but I have found that some songs dont play or have only downloaded half of the actual song :/ when i go to iTunes>Purchased it says that the songs have already been downloaded, which means i cant re-download them. is there a way I can re-download my previous purchased songs?

Once you successfully add you iTunes library to iTunes Match, you go to Settings>iTunes & App Store on your iOS device and turn on iTunes Match. Your iTunes Match library will then appear on your iOS device.

I received an Iphone 5 as a gift two days ago. The first thing I did was set up ICloud for photos. Itunes would not allow me to add songs to my new phone without restoring it, yet when I did this, it deleted all photos. And I cannot find them anywhere.

I received an Iphone 5 as a gift two days ago. The first thing I did was set up ICloud for photos. Itunes would not allow me to add songs to my new phone without restoring it, yet when I did this, it deleted all 129 photos of my graduation and friends from the past two days. And I cannot find them anywhere, photo stream, ICloud, nothing. Where can I get back my memories?

Were the photos taken by your new iPhone? If so, did you not import them off your phone to your computer (as you would any other digital camera) before the restore? If not, restoring wiped the data off the phone and your pictures are gone.
Sounds like a good time to (re)read the User Guide.

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