Erase and sync unlocked iphone

If I erase and sync my unlocked and jailbroken iphone in iTunes, will the phone remain jailbroken and unlocked or will I have undone that?

Well if that's what you think but I'm telling you from first hand experience I had a jailbroken and unlocked iPhone 3G in the UK. When the official unlock became available I used the same laptop as I always had to do an uprade of the FW (because I was about 2 updates behind as I couldn't do them due to losing the JB and unlock), it update, it un-jailbroke and the official lock went back on. Then I received the confirmation of the official unlock and I used the same computer again to unlock it via the Apple servers.
Also, how many people come on here perplexed that they've done a FW update and thier 'official' unlock has gone. Because it is jailbroken and unlocked and the update has re locked it and un-jailboke it.

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I just bought a new computer, if I erase and sync my iphone to sync it to my new library, will I lose my apps?

I just bought a new computer, if I erase and sync my iphone to sync it to my new library, will I lose my apps?

Hey cjacket13,
When you purchase applications on your iOS device, they are tied to your Apple ID so even if you lose them, you can re-download them from your purchase history.
That said, when you first sync your iPhone to your new computer you'll want to transfer purchases from your iOS device to the computer by following these directions here:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848
Best,
Delgadoh

HT1202 If I Erase and Sync my iPhone to my new library will I lose old data?

If I erase and sync my iphone to my new itunes library on my new computer will it erase my photos, videos and contacts too?

It will erase your contacts if you choose to sync contacts on the Info tab of your iTunes sync settings and sync to an empty contacts client. To avoid this you must enter at least one contact in Address Book, Outlook or whatever you're syncing contacts with prior to syncing. This will generate a merge or replace prompt for contacts when you first sync, choose merge.
Syncing doesn't touch your photos and videos in your camera roll (other than to include them in the iPhone backup). It will, however, remove any non-camera roll photos or videos synced to your phone from your computer.
You might want to look through this guide on syncing with a new itunes without losing data: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141.

I have to erase and sync my iphone to an other itunes account will i lose everything ?

My old laptop has broken down and i am no longer able to use my itunes on there. I have another laptop with itunes installed on it but my iphone 4 is not synced to it. I need to erase and sync my data to be able to update my phone and i want to know if i will lose everything on my phone, thanks very much

AKapur1757 wrote:
No, I tried to download music on my phone from my laptop and whenever I try it says that my phone is using a different iTunes library ...
This happens if you are Syncing to a Different iTunes Library on a Different Computer.
By design, the iPhone will Only Sync to One iTunes Library at a time,

Itunes keeps asking to erase and sync after already erased and synced

I've erased and synced my iPhone 4 and iPad 1 both 3 times, iTunes is asking to do this everytime I want to add something new. When I'm done I'd have everything checked in the upper left hand corner in itunes that I always want to sync i.e. music, tv shows, or books, but when I reconnect a couple days later some will be unchecked then I have to erase and sync. Anybody know why this is happening.
Specs
MacBook Pro: Mid 2012
OS X: 10.8.2
iTunes 11.0.1

I think you can mark this thread as "answered".
I had the same problem after picking up a replacement 4Gb iPhone from the Apple store last night. When I returned home and plugged in the iPhone it downloaded the 2.0.2 update and applied it prior to the first or two painfully slow restores on my G4. When the iPhone came back to life after the Restore I had the same situation you described, apps and data restored but no music and only the "Set up new iphone" or restore from backup option when the iPhone appeared in iTunes. Thinking I had done something wrong I told it to Restore the from backup again. Two hours later, same results.
So I was pleased to see your message on the discussion board and possible solution. I couldn't wait to get home from work to try it. Well, selecting "Set up as new" fixed it. My iPhone appeared as normal in iTunes and I'm syncing my music as I type.
Thanks!

Hard drive crashed on my MacBook pro and had to replace drive and logic board. When I connect my iPhone and try to sync I get a dialog box stating iPhone is synced with another iTunes library, erase and sync? How do I sync with iTunes without erasing?

Hard drive crashed and had to replace drive and logic board on my MacBook pro. After Install tried to sync with my iPhone and a dialog box pops up stating "this iPhone synced with another iTunes library, erase and sync?". I checked the manually manage music and videos box because I don't want all my wife's pics and music on my iPhone. How do I Sync without erasing what I have on my iPhone???

columbus new boy wrote:
How crap is that?
It's not crap at all.
It's not that simple. For example, I've 3500 songs on my MacBook but don't want them all on my phone, so I have to manually select each song again???
There has to be a solution.
Why not simply make a playlist with the songs you want on the iPhone?
and maintain a current backup of your computer.

If I back up my iPhone, then "Erase and Sync" my iTunes, will everything on my phone be lost even though I backed it up?

I recently purchased a new Macbook Pro. I am trying to add music onto my iPhone 5 from iTunes, but it isn't working. I read the discussions to manually add music, but when I try, I get this pop up message:
The iPhone “Miranda’s iPhone” is synced with another iTunes library. Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?
An iPhone can be synced with only one iTunes library at a time. Erasing and syncing replaces the contents of this iPhone with the contents of this iTunes library.
So, I backed up my iPhone to the computer, in hopes that everything on my phone would not get erased. However, I didn't "erase and sync" yet.
My only concern is that the old iTunes library I had on my old Dell computer was with a different Apple ID, so how does this affect me?
Will everything on my phone get erased even though I backed up my phone? Why can't I transfer music onto my phone with my new iTunes? I've tried everything. Please help me!
I don't want to lose all my music from my iPhone. I have like over 600 songs, and the old computer I once used is now broken so I will never be able to get them back.

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities
First, if you back up your iPhone in iCloud, you don't need a computer to restore the backup. If you use a different library or PC to sync the device, it will be erased automatically, so you have to copy the iTunes library from the computer that you use to sync the device in order to keep all your data on the phone. The answer is that it won't transfer the library to the new computer: copying the iTunes library to the new PC is enough

Every time i plug my iphone into computer it wants to erase and sync

iphone was originally linked to my laptop... however i never transferred anything from the laptop to the iphone. i now want to use my desktop to transfer music. so i plug in the iphone, click the checkmark next to sync music. it says that the iphone is currently synced to another library and do i want to erase and sync? so i erase and sync and pick the music i want and transfer it to my phone. I unplug the phone, plug it back in again. in itunes it shows the music sync as unchecked... so i click the box to sync music and it says its associated with another library and it needs to erase and sync.
i have done this 4 times now. and everytime it wants me to erase and sync even though i just did it on the same computer with the same i phone 3 times in a row. i don't get it, why won't itunes/iphone sync with the new itunes library on my desktop??? what can i do to fix this issue?
i'm using newest itunes 11 on windows 8.1 computer. the computer has not been authorized... does this make a difference as to why the sync won't stick?
BTW i also hate how apple makes you sync your phone, android is so much easier to just plug the phone in and transfer your music/videos manually. never have a problem doing that. Only when apple tries to make it so easy it gets way more complicated than it needs to be!

Hi joy145,
If you are having issues syncing and would like to manually manage your content, you may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1535
If you are still having issues or continually prompted to erase and sync, you may want to try restoring your iPhone to factory settings before moving your data over (either via syncing or manually):
Apple Support: Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414
(Note: Restoring iOS software deletes all your data and content from your device, including songs, videos, contacts, photos, and calendar info.)
Regards,
- Brenden

Unable to manually manage music and videos on iPhone 4 without erase and sync, same computer!

Ok, so I know you all have heard this before but I do believe my case is rather unique, and quite frustrating.
I purchased an iPhone 4 and synced it to the same computer I am using now - created the playlist and used it to sync with phone. Worked great for awhile; but one day I contracted some nasty malware and had to wipe my computer and reinstall my OS (Windows 7). Albeit my music library was on my external HDD which survived the onslaught. I obviously had to reinstall iTunes afterwards. The playlist was gone on reinstall.
Afterwards I still didn't see an issue with my iPhone and iTunes: When I plug it in it syncs, everything seems to be working accordingly.
But I recently transferred some new music from a CD to my iTunes and wanted to throw those songs on my iPhone, the drag and drop method I was so very used to did not work and I noticed that "manually manage music and videos" was uncheck under my devices summary.
When I attempt to check this option in iTunes it gives me a popup notification telling me I need to erase and sync in order to use this option because my 'iPhone is synced with another library". Again, I DID have to reinstall iTunes after reinstalling my OS.
I have tried all the tricks that google could supply me with with no avail; authorizing, stopping the sync from automatically starting.... yada yada - none of these cookie cutter methods have worked for me.
Here's a too long didn't read:
>iPhone 4 was working fine - used playlist to sync with.
>Had to reinstall OS (Windows 7) Playlist gone.
>Reinstall iTunes.
>iPhone still syncs with library, no error messages on connect.
>Unable to manually manage music and videos without erase and sync.
>None of the usual methods work.

Hmm, I will say after posting this and looking at the related threads it seems I can only either use manually manage or sync.
I was using sync before but since the playlist disappeared I was syncing with I simply want to add music to my phone without deleting everything. Is this possible?
If I use "manually manage music and videos" will it delete everything or just the music and videos? It doesn't specify...
Could I just create a new playlist and sync it with that? If so how?
The bottom line is it isn't that big of a deal if I need to simply rebuild my iPhone music library but losing my configuration, contacts etc is not an option. Optimally I would just like to be able to add my new music to my iPhone without having to rebuild my library.

I want to be able to sync my iPhone 5 to my new iTunes library (new computer) and erase old music. When I connect my iPhone I have no option to "erase and sync."

So I have the iPhone 5. My old computer crashed so I ended up purchasing a new computer and re-installing and downloading all my old music and new music.
When I connect my iPhone to my new computer I can sync music but the old music still remains on my iPhone as well as the new music.
There's a lot on the phone that I don't want anymore but I can't seem to figure out how to erase it.
I don't want to restore the iPhone so I don't lose all my old messages and so forth.
I have all of the latest updates for the iPhone and well as iTunes.
If anyone has any answers to help that would be awesome!
Thanks.
- Jordan

Hey there,
It sounds like you are not getting the prompt to erase and sync your device. This indicates to me that Manual Syncing was enabled on the original iTunes Library, and becuase of that it is also now enabled on your new computer.
This is changable in the Summary tab of iTunes when you have your device selected, and this article will help you do that:
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1535
Configure iPhone, iPad, or iPod for manual management
To manually manage the content, follow these instructions:
Connect the device to your computer.
Open iTunes.
Select your iPhone, iPad, or iPod. If your device isn't visible in the upper right corner of the screen, choose Library.
Click the Summary tab and select "Manually manage music and videos."
Click Apply.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Sterling

HT1848 There is no "transfer purchases" button when I try to do this! My only option is to erase and sync... How do I transfer the music from my iphone without erasing it??

There is no "transfer purchases" button when I try to do this! My only option is to erase and sync... How do I transfer the music from my iphone without erasing it??

- You can only sync an iPod to one iTunes library/computer. You can however, manually manage music and videos among different libraries.
Go to iTunes>Help>iTunes Help>Sync your iPod....>Sync You Device>Set up Syncing>Sync your device manually and follow the instructions.
- If y wnat to switch syncing libraries/computer see:
go to iTunes>Help>iTunes Help>Sync your iPod....>Sync You Device>Set up Syncing>Sync your device manually and follow the instructions.
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive: Apple Support Communities
If all the synced media like music is in the iTunes library of the second computer it is very easy.

Trying to sync new music i got on my mac which is my new computer to my iPhone and erase and sync is saying it will replace the contents of my phone. Does it mean Photos also or just Music and Videos?

I got a Mac and i downloaded new music on it and im trying to sync the music on this computer to my iPhone which is hooked up to another iTunes and iTunes is saying " An iPhone can be synced with only one iTunes Library at a time. Erasing and syncing replaces the contents of this iPhone with the contents of this iPhone with the contents of this iTunes library" does this mean that it will also erase my photos or just my music and videos ?? if it does is there another way to sync with out all my contents being deleted??

You can only sync one iTunes Library from Mac to iPhone.
And just so are you aware, Apple ID accounts cannot be merged, thus merging content > Frequently asked questions about Apple ID

TS3198 After doing the backup and restore how do you know if the phone is unlocked if you do not get the message: "Unlock Complete. Congratulations, your iPhone has been unlocked. To set up and sync this iPhone, click Continue."

After doing the backup and restore how do you know if the iphone is unlocked if you do not get the message: "Unlock Complete. Congratulations, your iPhone has been unlocked. To set up and sync this iPhone, click Continue."

If you don't get the message, your phone is NOT unlocked.

IPhone synced with another library..."Erase and Sync" question

I helped someone transfer from an older iPhone to an iPhone 6 and did an encrypted backup on my laptop and then restored that backup to their new phone.
When they took the phone home and tried to sync their library with it they got the following message:
"The iPhone ... is synced with another iTunes library on ... Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?"
I understand what iTunes is referring to but what does "Erase and Sync" actually do? Does it just erase any media i.e., songs, apps and videos and then resyncs them from the new library or does it completely wipe the phone and start from scratch?
Thanks...

When you say erased, you mean almost like a restore is done to factory settings instead of just the media being erased?
I ask because the older phone is no longer available and they want to preserve their photos, etc.
Can I backup the phone on their computer, select erase and sync and then restore from that backup?

Restored mac - iphone doenst recognize itunes - erase and sync

HI,
I recently had to completely restore my Mac Book Pro... complete re-install everything, OSX Mavericks, itunes, the whole 9 yards. Problem - My iphone was synced with the same computer, but now it doesnt recognize it as its "home" itunes library. So when i connect the iphone, it says the iphone is synced with another library and for me to sync it with this "new" library, i need to erase and sync, which of course i do not want to do.
Basically i just got a new iphone 6, and was able to back up my 5s and restore it on the 6, but 2 things didnt come along in the restore, videos, and ring tones. That is when i tried to to sync the videos and ring tones thru itunes, i came across this problem.
any solutions?
thanks

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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Erase and sync unlocked iphone

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