Unexpected iTunes play on iPhone 4S

On an iPhone 4S, iTunes starts playing, seemingly without being called. I'd like to know how to set the phone not to play when calling. This most often happens when using a Bluetooth headset.

I once asked Siri if she could talk like a man. She started up iTunes and played "Walk on the Wild Side" by Lou Reed. Doesn't answer your question but it was funny.

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Song download grayed out in iTunes-- plays on iPhone

I recently pre-ordered an album on iTunes. One track was supposed to be instantly downloaded. I hit check for available downloads and the song showed up in my iTunes library, but grayed out with a dotted circle to its left. However, I just looked on my iPhone and the song is on the device and I can play the song. The songs I purchase automatically sync to my iPhone but I don't understand how to get the song to show up and be able to be played on my computer in iTunes. Thanks for your help!
EDIT: Somehow the problem fixed itself. Sorry for posting the question in haste. Maybe iTunes was just syncing or something. Anyways, glad it's working.
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You can transfer purchases from your phone or delete & redownload the song from your computer.
Open iTunes Store > Purchased (in the Quick Links section on the right)

HT1766 4 voice memos in iTunes backup from iPhone had ! marks and would not play so I deleted them and although they are still on the iPhone, they will not sync back to iTunes from iPhone.

4 voice memos in iTunes backup from iPhone had ! marks and would not play so I deleted them and although they are still on the iPhone, they will not sync back to iTunes from iPhone.

You may have to try deleting all the music from your phone (by going to Settings>General>Usage>Music, swipping All Music and tapping Delete), then sync it all back on with iTunes in order to fix this.

Can you play an iPhone through iTunes?

I can see all my music on my iPhone when I plug it into my Mac at work - running iTunes - but I cannot play any of the music it as it's grayed out?
Is there something I need to do to be able to play it - can I do that? -use iTunes to play my iPhone through my Mac on my desk at work?
Both iTunes accounts are authorized to buy and play music with my one apple account name.
Thanks for any input.

Go to the summary tab of your iPod in iTunes. There should be an option to Manually Manage Music and Video, or something to that effect. Make sure that's checked. That may do it.

I downloaded several cds to my external hard drive in .mp3 format. Later, I copied them to iTunes. The songs only play when the external hard drive is plugged in. I tried to load the songs from iTunes to my iPhone and the songs don't play.

I downloaded several cds to my external hard drive in .mp3 format. Later, I copied them to iTunes. The songs only play when the external hard drive is plugged in. I tried to load the songs from iTunes to my iPhone and the songs don't play. I thought iTunes allowed me to transfer music to my iPhone and play it. What am I doing wrong?

Hi skoorb1,
When adding music to iTunes, you can set it to either make a local copy of the file, or simply point to the original location of the file (for example, on an external hard drive). If it is set to do the latter, it will not be able to play or transfer those files when the external hard drive is not plugged in. You may find the following article helpful:
iTunes: About the Add to Library, Import, and Convert functions
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1347
Regards,
- Brenden

HT1550 I purchased a song from iTunes on my iPhone, downloaded the song and now it won't play?

I purchased a song from iTunes on my iPhone, downloaded the song and now I am unable to play it on my iPhone. It just keeps skipping to the next song and won't play it on my iphone but rather only on my laptop.....

Hey pnazaryan
If the purchased content is not playing, delete the songs from the Music app by swiping at the song. Then go through the process of downloading the track again.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G.

MP3 plays in iTunes but not iPhone

I have the iPhone 3G running 2.0.2 software. I have a bunch of .mp3 files that I loaded into iTunes and then sync'd with my iPhone. There is one mp3 that plays just fine in iTunes but will not play on my iPhone. When I select the song on the iPhone, the artwork shows up for a second but then it just skips to whatever the next song is. I tried deleting the song from iTunes and re-sync'ing my iPhone and verifying the song was no longer there, then re-adding the song back to iTunes and re-sync'ing my iPhone but it still just skips the song. There is nothing special about the mp3, it's 5.4mb, 128kbps, 44.100kHz, -9.8dB, MPEG-1 Layer 3. Any ideas?

Thank you for your reply. Converting to AAC worked but why out of 653 mp3's, I ended up finding 13 different files that wouldn't play on iPhone until converted? Very odd. Does that "Consolidate Library" option in iTunes convert everything to AAC? I'm wondering if I should go ahead and do all my files. I'm wondering what the advantages/disadvantages are?

Previously used overdrive media console to download audio books now i get an error message when trying to sync to iphone 4 after upgrading to 10.5 itunes and 5.0 on iphone unable to download audiobook states cannot play on iphone and does not convert

previously used overdrive media console to download audio books now i get an error message when trying to sync to iphone 4 after upgrading to 10.5 itunes and 5.0 on iphone unable to download audiobook states cannot play on iphone and does not convert

previously used overdrive media console to download audio books now i get an error message when trying to sync to iphone 4 after upgrading to 10.5 itunes and 5.0 on iphone unable to download audiobook states cannot play on iphone and does not convert

Itunes on my iPhone 5 only displays the artist list with the UP NEXT feature. How can I change the UP NEXT feature on my iPhone 5 to display the next songs that are to be played on my play list?

Itunes on my iPhone 5 only displays the artist list with the UP NEXT feature. How can I change the UP NEXT feature on my iPhone 5 to display the next songs that are to be played on my play list?

Hi Sarah,
It sounds like the songs have either not yet synced over to the iPhone, or something went wrong when attempting to sync to the iPhone. My recommendation is to uncheck the "Sync Music" checkbox.
Once you have done that, recheck the "Sync Music" checkbox, and apply the changes once more. This will instruct iTunes to completely remove all music from your iPhone, and then copy the files once more. If you have a large amount of music, this initial sync may take a while.
If the above does not resolve your issue, see the following articles:
iOS: Syncing with iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1296
Thanks,
Matt M.

HT201401 Only some of my music that I have downloaded from itunes plays on my iphone. The songs that wont play have a round circle with a darker square in the middle. Can someone please tell what this means and how I can get the rest of my music on my iph

I can only get some of my downloaded music from itunes on my iphone. The music that wont play has a round circle with a black square in the middle. Can someone help me to get all my music on my iphone. Thanks

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 uploaded 3 audiobooks from iTunes to my iPhone 5 with the latest ios7 on it. Each of them only plays the first 15 mins of the playback and then silence, the bar shows the book is still playing but no sound, any ideas? Thanks

I uploaded 3 audiobooks from iTunes to my iPhone 5 with the latest ios7 on it. Each of them only plays the first 15 mins of the playback and then silence, the bar shows the book is still playing but no sound, any ideas? Thanks

What happens when playing the same books in iTunes. Is there sound after 15 min?
If also silent in iTunes, check the info tab where you can see the item is an audiobook, etc. Check the volume bar, this normally is on the zero point.
When an audio book is really low in audio, I tend to move this to the plus side (+1=max), but for some strange reason this bar was at -1 in some books I had and they also seemed to play in absolute silence.

I download songs from my dropbox to my macbook pro and then upload them to my updated iTunes. iTunes plays them in entirety, but when i update my iTunes match, my iPhone and iPad skip many of the songs and albums. Why? I have tried everything.

I download songs from my dropbox to my macbook pro and then upload them to my updated iTunes. iTunes plays them in entirety, but when i update my iTunes match, my iPhone and iPad skip many of the songs and albums. Why? I have tried everything.

If you have manually manage set, you do not sync.
If you want to sync, select the content desired to sync and sync.
This is all covered in the User's Guide.

Music does not play on Iphone when using the Remote app for Itunes , is this normall.

Hi all,
I am using the remote App for ITunes on my IPhone 5,I can get the phone to operate
ITunes perfectly but there is no audio coming from the phone, I am having a party and I
want to play the same playlist throughout the house without having it up at full volume.
I was hoping to leave the laptop downstairs and plug the IPhone into a stereo upstairs.
If this is normal ...........
Is it possible to load the playlist on to 2 computers , and have them playing the same music
simultaneously.
Any suggestions please

See http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9926596

HT1351 I cannot add video to itunes and my iphone i see this warning" Example' was not copied to the iPhone because it cannot be played on this iPhone.

I cannot add video to itunes and my iphone i see this warning" Example' was not copied to the iPhone because it cannot be played on this iPhone.

Hi akbar.joya,
If you are having issues transfering video to your iPhone, you may find the following article helpful:
iTunes: May be unable to transfer videos to iPhone, iPad, or iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1497
Regards,
- Brenden

Syncing my iPhone 4 will not update iTunes play counts

Running a MacBook Pro with OSX Lion 10.7.2 and iTunes 10.5 (141).
Since upgrading my iPhone 4 to iOS5 - I have noticed that when syncing my phone in iTunes (wired), my 'play counts' do not update for recently played songs, and any songs played on my iPhone do not appear in the 'Recently Played' playlist in iTunes.
I mange my music manually on my iPhone, so had a go at removing all the music from it, then copying over just one album. Played the first track of that album on my iPhone which had been played 10 times. Synced iPhone, and still says 10 plays in the play count on iTunes.
Have checked the 'Home Sharing computers and devices update play counts' in the 'Sharing Preferences' in iTunes, but this has no effect.
Is anyone else experiencing this issue?
Is it a bug?
Am I missing something glaringly obvious?

Dalmanac, I hear you. I record all of my plays to a database, and iOS5 has broken that for me. Quite frustrating.
I've done a bunch of testing tonight, a bit more thoroughly than I did on the weekend. There are two scenarios where I appear to be able to get the phone to sync plays back the the library.
Play a song from the iPhone through iTunes:
1. Connect iPhone.
2. Play song through iTunes, but from iPhone.
2.1 iTunes briefly says "updating files on phone" or something such
2.2 iPhone count increases (viewable in iTunes)
3. Click on Music Library -> play count has not updated
4. Sync iPhone -> play count in Music Library updates
This implies to me that syncing from the iPhone on iOS5 CAN work. The functionality is there, just broken.
Repeating those steps, but playing the song on the phone, not iTunes sees the iPhone count update, but not Music Library.
Starting a fresh library (yeah, I know, I don't want to do that either) and leaving the phone in Automatic mode appears to sync plays from the iPhone when played from the iPhone. I just tested with one track, but it seems to work without issue.
Starting a fresh library and using Manually Manage Music does not work, or at least I can't get it to. It behaves the same as keeping the existing library in manual mode. iPhone count updates, library count doesn't.
The last thing I want to do is start a new library and turn off Manually Manage Music. For the time being I've changed my database import from reading the music library XML to exporting a playlist from the phone of the day's plays (including play date and count) and importing from that. At least for a bit to see if this gets syncing issue fixed - or if I can find the magic combination of making it work again with my existing music library in manual mode.
If anyone learns anything further about how to get it working or has any further diagnosis please post.

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