Why can't I back up ,y iPhone 5.  In iTunes it tell me it cannot start a session to back-up!

When I sync the iPhone 5,  I get an error mess saying "cannot start a session" when it trys to bask it up.  THe sync goes well excpt for backing it up, what is causing this as I need to back-up my phone?

How long are you leaving it to backup and how fast is your internet connection?
Backing up 3GB of data to a remote server can take many, many hours, especially if your internet up-speed is slow.

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