HT1212 When I plug in my iphone into itunes for the first time will i lose everything?

Ive had my iphone for over a year now and it is rather full so was hoping to take stuff off of it and add it to my pc to make room on my phone but i havent yet had it hooked up to itunes on my pc so will i lose everything? please help!

Well, you certainly aren't using it the way Apple intended or describes in the manual, and you have been running a huge risk of losing everything. But if you have never synced it with any computer at all you shouldn't lose anything by syncing now. In iTunes on your computer open Preferences/Devices tab, and check the box to not automatically sync. Then connect the phone. When it appears in iTunes click on its name, then choose "Back Up Now". After you have backed up you can sync safely. If you have photos in the Camera Roll transfer them to a photo app on your computer the same way you would for any digital camera (not using iTunes).

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I clicked the button to sync with my ipod touch, because i thought it would give me all my picture and notes, which it did, but it also took away facetime and all the other software that the iphone 4s comes with. I also lost all my contacts. I dont care if i end up losing my pictures and notes, i just want my iphone back to the way it was when i bought it. I'm restoring it now, but it says its going to take 6 hours..I dont know if this is right or not.. help?

It can't do that by itself. You had to click through several prompts telling it to restore it from a backup of an old phone for that to happen.
If the phone was not backed up to iCloud before this happened, or to another computer, then the data is gone. There is no way to recover it.

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Hi rhyseroo!
Here is an article that will help you troubleshoot this issue with your iPhone not being recognized by iTunes:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
Take care, and thanks for visiting the Apple Support Communities.
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Hello
I have had my iphone (6) for about 5 months now.
I did my initial configuration without connecting it to my mac and itunes.
Now, 5 months later, I tried to connect it and itunes gave me two alternatives.
1. Configure as new
2. Restore from a safety copy (as i seems my latest safety copy was many months ago)
I do not want do configure my Iphone as new or restore it from a safety copy.
What do i do to be able to start using itunes without resetting my phone?
BR
Martin

There are multiple ways to manually add and erase music from your iPhone.
The way I do it and there for will explain it this way is just the way I do it and not necessarily the only way.
I have created a playlist "This weeks favorites" but of course the name doesn't matter.
I then drag and drop into it what ever songs I want on my iphone that day / week.
I also do this with TV shows / cartoons. (Just purchased all of the Flinstones. :O) )
No need to do this with the movies because there is a spot to "check" each movie you want.
When I want to erase them I just delete in the "folder" on the iTunes. Make sure your not deleting from your library but your "folder" that you have named.
Like I said this is just the way I do it.
Sean
Which yes, then you do have to SYNC but it would sync only the stuff you want to. I tried for awhile doing the "checking" each box or un-checking but that took a long time.
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Connecting a used iPhone with iTunes for the first time

When i bought my 5s end of last year i switched it on coming out of the box, without connecting it to iTunes. I started making back-ups to iCloud.
Now i want to connect it to iTunes to make a back-up, but iTunes thinks it's a new device and only proposes me either to restore an old back-up, or to start using the device "as new".
I'm afraid of losing everything chosing that last option, and the last back-up on my iMac must be one of my iPhone 4 so i wouldn't want that either.
Now how can i make a back-up with iTunes in that case?

not sure if you read what i wrote..
iTunes only proposes me to either restore an old back-up, or to start using the device "as new".
So it's not possible to click any backup button in this case

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HT1212 When I plug in my iphone into itunes for the first time will i lose everything?

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