HT1766 iphone not automatically syncing when plugged in

My iphone does not automatically start syncing when plugged in. I can't see my device in the side windown either.

which operating system?
what version of itunes?
does it show up if you open itunes manually?

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ITunes does not automatically sync when iPhone is connected

I upgraded to an iPhone 3g and I am unable to select the "Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected" option. It is greyed out in the iPhone Summary Tab in iTunes. I would like to automatically sync when I connect the iphone to my mac. How can I get this option available to me?
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At the iTunes menu bar, go to iTunes > Preferences.
Under the Devices tab, is "Disable automatic syncing for iPhones and iPods" selected?

IPhone won't sync when plugged in...

After upgrading to iTunes 9, my iPhone won't sync when I plug it it in. When I connect it, iTunes opens automatically and the phone/application will say it's syncing, but then after a couple of seconds it just stops and nothing has changed on the phone or my music library. I ran the syncing diagnostics test and it didn't detect any errors... Here's the message I got from it:
Microsoft Windows Vista x64 x64 Home Premium Edition Service Pack 1 (Build 6001)
Dell Inc. Studio XPS 1640
iTunes 9.0.1.8
QuickTime 7.6.4
FairPlay 1.5.18
Apple Application Support 1.0
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The iPhone supplier connected one one phone to his Mac computer and it immediately connected to and “saw” the phone. Interestingly, the supplier was only running iTunes v8. The supplier suggested there was a “patch” for iPhone to operate with itunes v9. Is this correct and if so how do I get it.
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See Here
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From Here
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/devices/
Have you tried a Reset of the phone...
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You will Not Lose Any Data...
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Usually takes about 15 - 20 Seconds... ( But can take Longer...)
Release the Buttons...
Turn the Phone On...
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430

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kellyfromdanville wrote:
I am new to Apple!
Ah, new to routers too.
Perhaps it's best to have a local computer support person come set you up?
To explain everything would require writing a book here.
But this is what you want basically.
Router, new Wireless N, firmware updated.
1: Two accounts, one admin, one guest Internet access. Random +30 plus character lenght passwords each preferred.
(guest password to max password length of any iDevices)
2: Encryption: WPA2 AES. No Ping. No remote access. No MAC filtering. Visible.
3: Guest access on devices and computers only. Passwords written down and stored.
4: OpenDNS preferred but not mandatory.
If you get OpenDNS, you can log into their website for free and set parental controls on things like inappropriate sites for children. So whatever device is used on your network can't access a large portion of those sites (nothing is perfect) by most users who are not technical oriented.
What your doing now is running the bare bones unsecure router which can be used harmfully against you.
Even a Apple Airport router has to be very well secured. The defautl cd and out of the box setup is not a secure solution.

"automatically sync when this iphone is connected" disabled

The "automatically sync when this iphone is connected" checkbox in iTunes 12 is disabled, i.e., greyed out. How to enable this?

If your device is set up for manually syncing then doesn't it make sense for automatic syncing to be disabled? Either way you are safer if you have to initiate a sync by pressing the sync button.
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Automatically sync when iPad is connected

is it possible to automatically sync when iPad is connected? I don't get the choise of marking a checkbox like the one I get on my iPhones summary-tab.
What I'm using:
iPhone 5 iOS 7 GM
iPad 3 iOS 7 GM
iTunes 1.1b48
iPhone
iPad

Russ G wrote:
I'm puzzled. In itunes, when my iPhone is connected to my Mac and the iPhone selected in the left hand pane, after then clicking on the Summary tab at the top of my screen, in the Options section below there is a check box I can select to "Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected". However, when I follow the same procedure with my iPad there is no checkbox to "Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected". It's just not there. Instead I see "Open iTunes when this iPad is selected".
If there is a setting in the Summary Tab to automatically sync an iDevice - I have never seen it. Yes there is a preference in iTunes to allow the devices to auto sync - but the setting in iTunes is for iTunes to open automatically when the device is connected. That setting is greyed out if you turn off auto sync in the iTunes preferences. There is also a setting to sync over WiFi and you have to enable that if you want to sync over WiFi - but not automatically sync over WiFi.
There is no setting on the iPad itself for auto syncing. There is a statement at the top of the iTunes WiFi sync setting that states the device will auto sync when plugged in, etc. - but no button to turn on Auto Sync on the iPad.
The iTunes Helper login item is if you cannot get iTunes to auto launch when your devices are connected. It should be enabled in that setting - iTunes Helper should be checked.

Restore iPhone to Automatically Sync

At one time I didn't want my iPhone to automatically sync so I turned it off under the summary that comes up when the phone is connected to my computer. I have tried to turn it back on but the option is not available any more. Any idea how to jump start iTunes to make the option active again? Any help would be great!!

Really helpful, but why on earth would this be a preference, they give no direction in the iPhone summary tab as to why it's greyed out, and they default to disallowing this (when people may well have had it set to autosync before since that was always the default for any new iPod)?
Very strange default and burying of an option that seems to conflict with the option in the summary tab. Not very Apple-life.
Thanks for posting this lngo2711

HT1766 iphone not automatically syncing when plugged in

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