HT1386 neither my computer nor itunes recognizes my iphone?

Just purchased a new iphone 5. When i connect to my laptop or desktop, the only prompt that appears is to "slect the program to launch for this action" and it gives me the options of......microsoft office word, photoshop, microsoft office document imaging, windows live photo gallery.... and a few others. But nothing even closely resembling an actual iphone. As a result, when I click on itunes, my iphone does not appear at the devices tab or anywhere else. Any advice? Do I have to download three or four hundred software packages (probably have to pay for them all) to make this thing work?

Sounds like youre using a windows computer, are you running the latest version of iTunes? if not, download the latest (which is free) and that might fix the issue.
http://www.apple.com/itunes/

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I plug my iPod touch (4th gen) into my computer, and the computer nor iTunes recognizes the device. It is a brand new ipod, and I already updated my iTunes to the current version. Help! I want to get music off of my computer!

Why won't it recognize?

iCloud is free, iTunes match is $25 a year.
I had the same problem and when I went to Settings I had 0 songs, even though they were obviously still there since I only had 15GB free on my 64GB device.
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I could start from scratch, but I really, really, really don't want to go through all of my hundreds of apps, reinstall them one by one, etc. etc. etc.
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TS1363 when I plug in my IPOD into my computer to add more songs, my computer, nor itunes recognizes the IPOD.

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try a different usb port, or try the wall charger, change ipod usb wire, turn ipod on to see if the low battery screen pops up by holding onto the switch above the ipod. try that stuff

Hi guys. Water damaged Iphone 3GS, works great, can charge on the wall plug and the usb cable on the PC, but neither the computer nor Itunes can detect it. Also I can pass and receive phone calls, but I can't hear anything. What are my options?

I did try DFU, restarts, try other computers, etc. But nothing. Should i buy a new battery?
P.S: I'm sorry for my english ^^

Obvously your phone does not "work great" . It is damaged. Your option is to buy a new phone or get an out of warranty exchange at an Apple store.

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help please

I had my 2nd gen Ipod jailbroken about 2 years ago, and 'succesfully' restored it.
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Sadly once you put jailbreak on it voids the warranty, meaning you cannot try and get a new Iphone, ipod etc. as you installed software that is not covered by Apple.
There are a few videos on youtube showing you how to succesfully fix your jailbroken (item).

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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4097

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Troubleshooting depends on what computer OS you are using.
Since you do not indicate what you use, here are both.
Windows: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
OS X: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591

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Hello obks1984
Check out the article below to troubleshoot issues with your iPod shuffle not showing up in iTunes. Also make sure that you have the cable plugged in completely to your iPod Shuffle and not just slightly pushed in.
iPod not appearing in iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3716
Regards,
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TS1538 my ipod touch 4g isn't being recognized by the computer nor Itunes.

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or
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HT1386 neither my computer nor itunes recognizes my iphone?

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