Apple moble device helper

every time I open iTunes, I get a Windows alert that "Apple Mobile Device Helper has stopped working". A new alert message is generated about every 10 seconds as long as I have iTunes open. any ideas?

Take a look here:
http://discussions.apple.com/ann.jspa?annID=640
Selective startup info:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560
Hope that helps.
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Right click 'computer' in your PC/laptop (whichever). Click 'Manage', then 'Services and Applications', then 'Services', you should see 'Apple Mobile Device' running or stopped. If you couldn't find 'Apple Mobile Device', it means you haven't download iTunes into your PC/laptop (whichever).
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That is because your apple mobile device service is not started.
The apple mobile device is the thing that allows your phone to communicate with your computer. First thing to try is restarting your computer then plugging your phone in. Check with activity monitor / task manager to see if it is running.

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I assume that you are gettting this error message when you try to connect the iphone to your computer.
To start the service, right click on my computer and choose "Manage"
Then select the services tab. You should see the service listed towards the top of the window. Start the service and see if it works.
If not, you may need to re-install itunes. This will re-download the service for you.
Good luck...

Apple Moblie Device service is not started - Cannot be started.

Running Windows 7 64bit and iTunes 10.1.0.54
I've been able to sync my iPod in the past. Now, when I plug it in, I get the message "This iPod cannot be used because the Apple Moblie Device service is not started."
Ok, so I try to start the Apple mobile device service. I get the following error: "Windows could not start the Apple Moblie Device service on Local Computer. Error 1067: The Process terminated unexpectedly."
When I check my error log I see: "The Apple Mobile Device service terminated unexpectedly. It has done this 56 time(s). The following corrective action will be taken in 60000 milliseconds: Restart the service."
I've gone through the steps to uninstall every component of apple products found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1925 to no avail. I've even gone through the verification step and no folders/files exist after uninstall. Still no dice upon reinstall.
I've been uninstalling/reinstalling and googleing for a solution for about 3 hours now and haven't found a solution. Any help would be appreciated.
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Please follow this article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567
it should help
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PLEASE HELP!!! My 'Apple mobile device helper has stopped working'!

Today i bought the new 3G iPhone so i went online to download the new 7.7 iTunes software. Now when i go into my iTunes a Windows pop up appears telling me that my 'Apple mobile device helper has stopped working' and that it is diagnosing the problem. The thing is that it doesn't diagnose the problem, the same box just keeps popping up over and over again.
I am not very computer literate and have tried everything that i can think of but nothing has worked.
Please can someone help because i'm absolutely dying to use my new iPhone; i queued up from 6 am to get my hands on it! :0(

I'm just a simple user. I don't know how to fix it any more than any of the other posters with this problem. I've looked around in control panel, done some poking and prodding with services and processes, and can't find a reasonable way to stop the messages without completely hosing up iTunes. I know the messages are annoying as ****, and nobody likes the idea, but sitting around and doing nothing is sometimes a whole lot better then doing something that makes it worse. See if you can find a document from Apple that tells you how to go back to the previous version of iTunes. I've seen that course of action mentioned several times for previous releases of iTunes upgrades, so the instructions for it must exist in another forum.
I just think, from the number of posts, that Apple is going to have to get a fix out pretty quickly, because this error pretty much shuts down their products on the Windows platform. They can't afford to let it go on for very long.

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I'm trying to re-install Itunes. I keep getting an error message that says....
"Apple Moblie Device failed to start, Verify you have sufficiant privileges to start system services"
Does anyone know what this means, or how to fix?
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Hello pongo19,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
How to restart the Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS) on Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1567
Close iTunes and disconnect the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Click the Windows Start button .
In the Start Search field type Services.
In the Programs section of the search results, Click "Services".
Select Apple Mobile Device and click Stop the service as shown below:
After the service has stopped, click Start the service.
After the Apple Mobile Device service has started again, open iTunes and connect the device.
Set the Apple Mobile Device Service Startup type to Automatic
Remove and reinstall iTunes and AMDS
Best of luck,
Mario

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My itunes is saying that I cant use it on my pc because the apple moble device is not started what do i do to fix it

Not sure what you mean by enable? You can access your iTunes account from the iTunes menu bar, click Store / View My Account.
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How to fix the old Apple Moble Device Support?

How can I update or reinstall iTunes if it always stops due to not being able to find the old Apple Moble Device Support. I've tried to manually or use the auto update and it always stops saying the Apple Moble Device Support can't be found. I've tried to remove the program, two are listed in the windows add/remove, but I just get "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable."
I can't find it anywhere to add, remove or repair. I uninstalled iTunes hoping to start fresh but now it won't install again for he same reason. Now I have NO iTunes, old or new.

I've tried to remove the program, two are listed in the windows add/remove, but I just get "The feature you are trying to use is on a network resource that is unavailable."
(1) Download the Windows Installer CleanUp utility installer file (msicuu2.exe) from the following Major Geeks page (use one of the links under the "DOWNLOAD LOCATIONS" thingy on the Major Geeks page):
http://majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4459
(2) Doubleclick the msicuu2.exe file and follow the prompts to install the Windows Installer CleanUp utility. (If you're on a Windows Vista or Windows 7 system and you get a Code 800A0046 error message when doubleclicking the msicuu2.exe file, try instead right-clicking on the msicuu2.exe file and selecting "Run as administrator".)
(3) In your Start menu click All Programs and then click Windows Install Clean Up. The Windows Installer CleanUp utility window appears, listing software that is currently installed on your computer.
(4) In the list of programs that appears in CleanUp, select any Apple Mobile Device Support entries and click "Remove", as per the following screenshot:
(5) Quit out of CleanUp, restart the PC and try another iTunes install. Does it go through properly this time?

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Okay, so the same thing is happening to me. I do not have a Mac.
I uninstalled that Apple Device Mobile Support but I don't think that helped at all.
I don't really know what I'm doing.
Everything I plus in my iPhone it doesn't pop up in my iTunes.
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When i try syncing my phone a alert message pops up saying "this iphone cannot be used because the apple moblie device service has not started" what do i do?

when i try syncing my phone a alert message pops up saying "this iphone cannot be used because the apple moblie device service has not started" what do i do?

Read here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567

When i try syncing my phone a alert message pops up saying "this iphone cannot be used because the apple moblie device serivce has not started" what do i do?

when i try syncing my phone a alert message pops up saying "this iphone cannot be used because the apple moblie device serivce has not started" what do i do?

Read here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1567

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