Deleting songs/podcasts from iphone 4

Shandon

Hopefully just a simple solution to this but can I delete songs or more specifically podcasts from the 'ipod' part of my iphone once I've listened to them?

Creamy Goodness

have to delete them from the iphone whilst it's attached to itunes.

ios5 will however allow you to delete any music/video off your iphone without the need to be connected to the pc. i've used it on a number of occasions and it's great.

aidan_walsh

You can remove individual podcast episodes by swiping across them and pressing the Delete button. This isn't available for music now, though as CG said above iOS 5 will have a solution when its out.

Shandon

that's great thanks. Will I be able to upgrade to ios5 for free with the iphone 4 when it comes out?
When is it due out?

Heard there might be a way to use a number style keypad to predictive text like you can on other phones. Is this true?

guil

yes it will be a free update and it's due around september

coylemj

The easiest way to get rid of music and podcasts from your iPhone/iPod is to deselect them in iTunes, they will be deleted from the device next time you sync.

guil

that only works if ya have sync only ticked music and videos selected in itunes, it osn't selected by default

coylemj

guil wrote: »

that only works if ya have sync only ticked music and videos selected in itunes, it osn't selected by default

So why not make life easier for yourself....

Tick (Select) everything, then select that option (sync only ticked music and videos), then you can deselect stuff that you want removed.

guil

easier as opposed to what?
ticking manually manage music and videos is much easier to do in the first place and easier to maintain

i have 5000 songs on my laptop and about 3-400 are those are on my iphone

Shandon

guil wrote: »

easier as opposed to what?
ticking manually manage music and videos is much easier to do in the first place and easier to maintain

i have 5000 songs on my laptop and about 3-400 are those are on my iphone

Could you go through the steps to do that for me quickly guil please?
I'm in the same situation as have thousands of songs on itunes but only want a few hundred on iphone. The way I'm doing it now is dragging and dropping bit by bit and it's taking ages.

guil

thats all there is to it, tick manually manage music and videos and then drag and drop everything to the iphone, its an arse to do originally but wont take much tinkering to change things

also what i've done is after i have all the songs on the iphone, i transfer them to a folder using sharepod, that way if you somehow remove them all, you can just drag and drop from the previous folder

kraggy

I'm trying to delete some albums off my iphone.

The way I saw it described on the internet involved ensuring that the "Manually manage..." button is selected and then click "Apply".

However at the bottom right hand corner there just a "Sync" button.

Surely there must be a quicker way to delete music than going through the whole sync process?

My laptop is old so it can take an hour!

Danbo!

If you have ios 5 just swipe the song/artist/album name in the music app and press delete.

guil

nice one i never knew that was possible

Fingleberries

guil wrote: »

nice one i never knew that was possible

Yep - it's one of those new quietly introduced features in iOS5
Very handy actually.

Danbo!

But if you manually manage your music via iTunes when you plug it back in it will attempt to re sync what you have deleted. Not sure if wireless sync or iCloud sync sorts this, haven't had a chance to experiment yet.

kraggy

Is ios5 free for everyone who has an iphone 4?

What are the major changes it brings? Do you download it from apple.com or where?

Also, how do i know which operating system is on my phone at the moment?

guil

Yes it's free and can be used on a 3GS aswell. To download it and use it connect your iPhone to iTunes and click on update or restore. To check what firmware is on the phone go to settings>general>about and look for version

Be careful though as doing this will remove any jailbreak or software unlock

kraggy

Thanks Guil.

But gettin back to the original question. How come you can't just click on the iphone in itunes, and see what music is on it and simply delete that which you don't want?

I mean, with all the geniuses in Apple, surely they could have provided for this?

This syncing business is a balls.

guil

you can do that if you have manually manage music ticked, just click the arrow to the left of the iphone and then click music

kraggy

guil wrote: »

you can do that if you have manually manage music ticked, just click the arrow to the left of the iphone and then click music

Never knew that would you believe. Thanks.