Sync locks up on iphone 3gs.

Gave my husband my old 3gs iphone.  Downloaded itunes for him on his windows machine.  Itunes recognizes the iphone when I hook it up but freezes during the sync at the backup step.  I have deleted all my old apps on the phone.  Now what?

It seems that the game isnt compatible with 0s4 :S
Its a shame...so any advise to solve my problem.??

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