Skip to main content
Contributor I
July 16, 2018
Answered

Music from iphone cutting out

  • July 16, 2018
  • 36 replies
  • 9866 views
Songs being played from my iphone are cutting out and not being played in full. Its skips to the next song, plays part then skips again.
This topic has been closed for further comments. You can use the search bar to find a similar topic, or create a new one by clicking Create Topic at the top of the page.
Best answer by miked13
Unfortunately Sonos is going to remove the 'On this iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch' feature in a future version:
https://support.sonos.com/s/article/2922?language=en_US

Announcement: https://en.community.sonos.com/announcements-228985/upcoming-changes-to-on-this-iphone-or-ipad-playback-6826585

36 replies

dezsonos
Lyricist I
September 10, 2018
Hi Jeff,
I to have been having the same problem all speakers are up to date(9.1) and so is my Iphone8 this only started happening since the lats update the one before 9.1.
diagnostic number is 1142854352
Lyricist II
September 14, 2018
Hi Jeff, I have now wired the Sonos speaker into the router... same problems occurring. Cut outs and stops playing. The diagnosis number I have just run is: 1401965219 - I hope you can work out the problem and resolution. Thanks in advance Jeff. Cheers
Lyricist I
September 16, 2018
Hi Jeff, I’m having similar issues to ICEv. The issues for me have been creeping up after a recent iOS update. My diagnostic number is 1648308008. Thank you in advance for any help.
Lyricist I
September 29, 2018
Updated to iOS 12 and updated Sonos and suddenly started having this problem, sometimes when goes to sleep, and others when it is awake.
Lyricist I
November 5, 2018
I always have this problem when my phone goes to sleep. I push play then jump in the shower. My sonos will keep cutting out and skipping while i’m in the shower. When i get back and wake my phone the songs stop skipping and cutting out. * iPhone XS Max 12.1 - Sonos latest OS *
Jeff S
Retired Sonos Staff
November 5, 2018
Hi everyone,

We're investigating an issue that causes playback troubles when streaming from the storage on an iOS device when there is a non-Sonos AirPlay device active on the network and your iOS device goes into auto lock or goes to sleep. We'll update this thread when we have more to share. In the meantime you can get streaming working again by disabling AirPlay on any non-Sonos device on your network, or by disabling auto lock in the iOS device's settings app under display and brightness.

You can bypass this issue entirely by syncing your iOS library with iTunes on a computer, then setting up a music share. This allows your Sonos system to stream music without issue when you have non-Sonos AirPlay devices on your network, and even when your iOS device goes offline.
Help others find useful content by clicking the like button and selecting the best answer to your question.
Lyricist III
November 13, 2018
Howdy. For what it’s worth, yesterday I was experiencing the above problems with songs getting cut short and changing songs half way through. Songs played directly from my phone which I placed on there - no streaming or external sources.
iPhone iOS 12.1 and everything updated.
So to bypass the issue, I set my phone to never go to sleep.
Obviously when I finished with Sonos, I put it back to2 min sleep.
Today I connected to Sonos and so far no issue. And the setting is still at 2 min sleep. :?
Lyricist I
November 15, 2018
iOS 12.1 || Sonos updated to 9.2 || No background apps running on iPhone
Diagnostic Report # 2094687154

This problem started recently (~July/August) wherein songs streaming from my iPhone would either skip or stop playing ONLY when the phone is locked. If I disable the auto-lock feature, everything works fine and the music continues to play.

There is no problem when I stream music from my MacBook (as it never sleeps/locks) or AppleMusic
Lyricist I
December 1, 2018
Strange behavior. i'm using my iphone with itunes via Airplay to my 2x Sonos 5 and Sub. When I send music from iTunes, I'm getting long cuts, with the Sonos ios app, I have no problem.
Lyricist I
January 3, 2019
We are experiencing same issue. Diagnostic number 1904743511