HT1766 help i was following the steps for backing up my iphone and all of a sudden my iphone is dead and showing only a cord to connect to computer and the word itunes...what happened and how can I restore it?
help i was following steps for backing up my iphone and all of a sudden it went blck and then and now just shows a computer plug in with the words istunes....what happened and how do i restore my phone?
As explained here
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808?viewlocale=en_US
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****Thank you, I did not know that.
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I'll take it you mean:
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****oops!
is that there are extra layers of folders and a different main path from the standard windows location which would be:
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****I do have an iTunes folder in this location, from when I downloaded the new version post-crash, but there is no music in it. I named the Library iTunesBlank.
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****no, they are the ones with the localhost prefix and the extra layers of folders
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****The only file on my system called iTunes Library.itdb is the iTunes application! Genius and Extras also have that suffix.
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It sounds like you do hot have an iTunes application at all after canceling an update download. You may need to download it from the iTunes Download page and install it.
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