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airplay not showing up on my iPhone... works on everything else!

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dave22r

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wasn't sure what forum to put this in... the problem is on my iPhone so i stuck it here.

just got an apple tv 2 hooked up. airplay works on my iPad 1, iPod touch 4th gen, wife's 4S, and about any other iDevice i could find around the house.

double clicked my 4S, slid the bar all the way over and it's just a volume button. no airplay. what the eff??

reset my phone, no dice. that's about the only solution i could find after quite a search. since it works on my wife's exact same phone i'm guessing everything else is in working order. any ideas?
 
Bernard SG

Bernard SG

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Wirelessly posted (IPod Touch 4: Mozilla/5.0 (iPod; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)

Try closing apps to free memory. (resetting should have done the trick though)
 
Bernard SG

Bernard SG

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It has happened to me but one reset is usually enough to solve it.
Maybe you can try re-starting the Apple TV (unplug-plug).
 
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dave22r

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Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A334 Safari/7534.48.3)

Unplugged and plugged. Nope! I think it's a problem wit my phone. Like I said, it works with all the other devices I have. Maybe I messed with a setting or something.
 
verwon

verwon

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Jul 26, 2011
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Looking at Apple Support....


Verify wifi is on...

Verify ATV and device on same wifi network...

Verify enabled on ATV...

Check all Internet connections....

Disable firewalls...

That's really all they list.
 
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dave22r

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Dec 19, 2008
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verwon said:
Looking at Apple Support....


Verify wifi is on...

Verify ATV and device on same wifi network...

Verify enabled on ATV...

Check all Internet connections....

Disable firewalls...

That's really all they list.
Click to expand...


yeah, i read that page too :)
i need the page on 'make airplay button appear on iPhone'
 
Patriot24

Patriot24

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Are you using an Airport device for your home Wi-fi? If yes, then check to see if there are any firmware updates available and install them.

Before the update a couple of weeks ago, AirPlay, AirPrint, and Time Machine were basically completely broken. After the updates, everything has been functioning perfectly without a single issue.
 
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dave22r

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Dec 19, 2008
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Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)

Yup, updated the airport extreme about a week or so ago. And yes, I'm on the same band as all the other devices that connect to the atv as well as the atv itself.
 
Bernard SG

Bernard SG

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You said there are many devices connecting to the :apple:TV. Couldn't it be the reason? Maybe :apple:TV has a maximum limit of devices that it can handle?
(I'm just speculating here, I tried to google it but I haven't find any evidence that such limit exists or not).
Another suggestion is to try restoring your iPhone overnight, in case there's something faulty from your last iOS upgrade.
 
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mastercheif91

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I've had this bug on my 4 with iOS 4 but not since I got my 4s. I used to change the language to french and then it would pop up in the music app. Then change it back to english. I don't know why it works (seems to reload springboard) but it worked for me.
 
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dave22r

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mastercheif91 said:
I've had this bug on my 4 with iOS 4 but not since I got my 4s. I used to change the language to french and then it would pop up in the music app. Then change it back to english. I don't know why it works (seems to reload springboard) but it worked for me.
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learned a few languages, i saw the springboard reset you were talking about, no airplay yet...
 
HazyCloud

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Patriot24 said:
Before the update a couple of weeks ago, AirPlay, AirPrint, and Time Machine were basically completely broken. After the updates, everything has been functioning perfectly without a single issue.
Click to expand...

That's a negative. There's still huge issues with AirPlay and 4S'. When using AirPlay to an Extreme, the 4S drops connection within about 10-20 seconds. There's a huge thread going on over at Apple's Support Community.

OP: Does YouTube give you the option to AirPlay? If not, do any apps other than Music? (Pandora or TuneIn)

The AirPlay icon only shows up when on WiFi. Have you tried resetting network settings?
 
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