I received old iphone 4 from a friend, unable to sync
I received an old iphone 4 from a friend, had it activated and the phone is working.
When I plug it into my laptop to sync ( I have an ipad before this iphone 4 and had purchased a few apps and songs), the message is preparing to synd and then waiting for changes to be applied and that is it, nothing happens.
I have changed the apple id on the phone to mine, shutdown and restart the iphone 4 but still not working.
Help, please.
I'm sorry, but this post is the first that you said that actually identified the problem. You did not mention music at all in any of the posts, just that you did not want to sync contacts and calendar. Now we have something to work with in trying to help. If you are using a PC, I recommend that you go into iTunes and reset the sync history.
And by the way, at no time did I try to make you sound like an idiot. I asked you what you wanted to sync when you said you did not want to sync contacts and calendar and you didn't even answer that until someone else asked you the question. We are users like you who volunteer our time trying to help others, however, you have to try and be a little more detailed in your request.
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