3G not found by iTunes, but 3Gs is
I’ve owned an iPhone 3G for some time, and hardly ever syncd it, but up until recently, I wanted to, and found that iTunes running on my home-built Windows 7 64-bit PC wasn’t “seeing” the phone. When I plugged the phone in, iTunes would freeze for several minutes, then unfreeze, but still wouldn’t see the phone.
I always assumed it was the PC. I did many reinstalls of the iTunes software, including the "techier" version described in Apple's support forums, but couldn’t ever get it to work properly. Not a big problem since I had no such problem syncing the same phone to iTunes running on my XP laptop, and when I just had to sync something, I’d do it there.
But, just for fun, I decided to try my wife’s newer 3Gs on my home-built PC. It sees her phone immediately, which leads me to believe the problem isn’t the PC, but the 3G itself.
Any suggestions?
I’m really not in love with AT&T, so while I’m not ready to cut them loose completely, I don’t want to upgrade to a 3Gs and another 2-year contract if I don’t have to.
Thanks in advance!
Solved problem. Rebooted the Nano (hold down center and Menu until screen goes blank) and XP immediately recognized the device.
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