I upgraded my ipad and it wiped out all my apps, music, photos, everything. It won't sync with my computer either. No content transfers. What to do?

After upgrading my iPad 1 to 5.0 OS it seemed to reboot and set my system back to the factory default. I lost all my music, photos, and apps. What the heck did I do wrong? How do I get them back? Nothing transfers when I sync.

Just experienced the same problem. If there was fine print saying "by the way we'll wipe out all our apps and content in your tools" I must have missed it.

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Please Help!! When I updated my Ipad2 it wiped out all of my calendar entries. Is there a way to retrieve them? I have looked in Icloud and itunes and am not finding the calendar there, as it comes on the ipad and is not an app.

Were you syncing calendar events over the air with your iCloud account or syncing calendar events direct with a supported calendar app on your computer via the iTunes sync process?
If your planner is your life, not a good idea to depend on one device for your calendar events. They should be available on your computer as well along with the data included with your computer's backup.

HT1727 All of the music on my ipod touch was synced with another computer that I no longer have. Will I be able to transfer songs and videos that I didn't purchase?

My ipod touch was synced with another computer that I no longer have. Will I be able to tranfer my music and videos to my new conputer without losing the items I didn't purchase from itunes.

Move or copy all the media from the old computer or the backup of the old computer to the new computer.
iDevices are not backup devices.

I have an iphone 4 that i use as an iPod. it is not connected to a telephone company. I updated to ios7 and now it won't sync with my computer

I have an iphone 4 that I use as an iPod. It is not connected to a wireless network. I have updated to the IOS 7 and now it won't sync with my computer. Does anyone know what could possibly be the problem?

Contacts are designed to be synced to a supported application on the computer or a cloud service.
Pictures taken with the device are designed to regularly be copied off the device to a computer as would be done with any digital camera.
If you have failed to use the device as designed it may be too late to recovery anything.
Is the device regularly backed up to a computer via iTunes? If so, the most recent backup (when restored to a replacement iOS device) should contain all contacts and pictures as of when the backup was created.

HT5568 The last upgrade wiped out all my apps. Will the IOS6.0.1 do the same?

The last iPod upgrade wiped out all my apps. Will the IOS6.0.1 do the same?

If you update via iTunes and synced media like apps and music are not in your iTunes library they will be lost.
You can always redownload iTunes purchases by:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

My very expensive 2010 MacBook Pro hard drive died over a year ago (never bothered to fix it as the dvd drive had also failed so not worth it). Nevertheless, I finally decided to sync my iPhone to the replacement laptop pc and it wiped out all the music

My very expensive 2010 MacBook Pro hard drive died over a year ago. I finally synced my iPhone to the replacement laptop pc and it wiped out all the music on the phone including most of the purchases. Can I get the music back (restore didn't help)?

Okay, I finally got the couple of songs left on the phone to play by uninstalling and reinstalling itunes on the pc and re syncing. The last version I installed (just prior to my original post) failed to start due to some unspecified error?!?. Great!. But I still couldn't sync the itunes purchases from the PC to the iPhone. Then, after about an hour of googling and reading assorted posts mostly about using google to resolve the issue, I finally figured out that I have to actually download ALL the purchased albums from iCloud back onto the iPhone! There are hundreds of them, and some are not even available anymore.
Why do I have to do that when I originally purchased and downloaded all the music to the phone? Why are they all on the PC to begin with and why won't they go to the phone via the USB cable? Why didn't all the music get wiped out on the phone when I synced with the dodgy itunes I had to uninstall. never mind.
I accept that all my original music from cds and shared collections is gone on the failed mbp hard drive, but how come this once okay experience has become a trauma? Hundreds of songs to download all over again, sheesh, this has not exactlybeen a "That Was Easy" experience guys.

I inadvertantly dropped my iphone 3 and now have a white screen with green vertical lines to the right. It won't sync with itunes due to an error. What can I do?

I inadvertantly dropped my iphone 3 and now have a white screen with green vertical lines to the right of the screen. It won't sync with itunes due to an error. What can I do?

Basic troubleshooting from the User's Guide is reset, restart, restore (first from backup then as new). Try each of these in order until the issue is resolved.
If it does not resolve the issue, the device is permanently damaged and will require replacement.

HT1386 2 days ago did sync via wifi with Ipad and it wiped out my notes.   anyone know if they can be retrieved anywhere?

2 days ago did sync via wi-fi with Ipad2 and it wiped out my notes.   Anyone know if they can be retrieved and how?
Also today decided to try to sync with I cloud and it wiped out my contacts. contacts did not go to outlook either.   Fortunately they are still on Ipod touch, but i am afraid to do anymore syncing.   Not the first time I have done a sync!

Greetings,
I've never seen this issue, and I handle many iPads, of all versions. WiFi issues are generally local to the WiFi router - they are not all of the same quality, range, immunity to interference, etc. You have distance, building construction, and the biggie - interference.
At home, I use Apple routers, and have no issues with any of my WiFi enabled devices, computers, mobile devices, etc - even the lowly PeeCees. I have locations where I have Juniper Networks, as well as Aruba, and a few Netgears - all of them work as they should.
The cheaper routers, Linksys, D-Link, Seimens home units, and many other no name devices have caused issues of various kinds, and even connectivity.
I have no idea what Starbucks uses, but I always have a good connection, and I go there nearly every morning and get some work done, as well as play.
You could try changing channels, 2.4 to 5 Gigs, changing locations of the router. I have had to do all of these at one time or another over the many years that I have been a Network Engineer.
Good Luck - Cheers,
M.

I synced my iphone with my ipad and it wiped out my calendar

I synced my iphone to the cloud and it wiped out my calendar how do i restore to the old calendar?

I lost my calendar when I synced mt iPhone-how do you restore info

I upgraded my iphone 4 to ios6.1.3 and now it won't sync with my itunes on my PC. What do i do?

I upgraded my iphone 4 to ios 6.1.3 and now it won't sync with my itunes. When i try to download the new itune software it says the itunes update server could not be contacted. What do i do?

Hi drgpeck,
This article is for a similar issue, and the troubleshooting steps would be recommended for your specific issue:
iTunes for Windows: iTunes cannot contact the iPhone, iPad, or iPod software update server
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1814
Cheers!
- Ari

What to do if the iPad won't sync with any computer

My iPad will to sync with any computer. It says my iPad has malfunctioned. I have tried reinstalling iTunes and still nothing.

Assuming the headphones work in another device/other earphone do not work in your device.
-Try cleaning out/blowing out the headphone jack Insert/remove the headphone plug a dozen times or so
Try the following to rule out a software problem
- Reset the iPod. Nothing will be lost
Reset iPod touch: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup
- Restore to factory settings/new iPod.
- Make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

I Have an I-phone 3G and it won't sync with my computer

I Recently had to format my computer due to viruses and when I updated my computer afterwards and re-downloaded I-Tunes my phone won't sync to the computer without deleting everything on it... Is there a way I can sync without having to delet everything? I have alot of photos and game save data that I would not like to lose

Have you checked your settings in System Preferences>Sound?
Have you checked with JBL?
Ciao.

Warning Upgrading from 5 to 6 Wiped Out ALL Of Our Backups

This morning my wife asked if I would upgrade her Blackberry Tour 9630 OS. As usual I started the desktop manager for BB which was version 5.x. I did a complete backup of the device as usual and it put it in the usual folder with all our other backups.
The BB desktop manager said we had the latest OS of 5.0.0.7 which I knew was incorrect. Called Verizon support and she first had me upgrade the Desktop BB software to 6.x. She asked if I had backed up the device and I said yes. The software still said I had the latest version of the BB OS of 5.0.0.7 so the rep had me download an exe file. I ran it and it updated the OS to 5.0.0.9 which is correct.
I then said I wanted to do a restore of this mornings backup and low and behold the folder that holds our backups was totally empty. We searched everywhere for *.ipd files and only found shortcuts which were no longer valid because the target file was now gone. Verizon was at a loss so they got Blackberry support on the phone which proceeded to webex into my computer to find these missing files. They were at a loss and said I have a bad computer or virus which really set me off.
I work for a very large software company in tech support. The blackberry support person seemed fairly clueless even when she was on my machine. Bottom line is this. They refuse to admit they wiped out that backup folder this morning and blame it on the computer. So here I sit setting up this Tour like we are brand new customers. My wife (real estate agent) has lost all her contacts that were in the Tour but not on her outlook which is a lot. My wife lost all her settings. And per usual her spamfighting third party software was wiped out once again. This last thing is normal for Blackberry.
I won't buy another Blackberry. Not because of today but because they have been left behind. Today's incident is simply amazing. So if you're on a Vista 64 machine and you upgrade the BB desktop manager from 5.x to 6.x please be aware that you may lose all your device backups. We did and RIM had no clue what to do or say other than to blame the customer.

We should all learn a lesson from this post. We should make back ups of our back-ups. I know it takes extra time, but you are able to recover should something go wrong. Put your backups on a thumb drive or better yet make 2 copies of your backups
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IPhone upgrade wiped out all purchased apps...help!!

hi, I just downloaded and installed the new IOS to my iPhone. The download has wiped all of my purchased apps. I've managed to get one or two of them back, but the most expensive one, which I purchased outside of the UK, is nowhere to be found. It's not on my purchased apps section in iTunes, and when I signed in it said something about the account only being valid for the UK. Doesn't that seem a little draconian to be an excuse to delete the apps I purchased in Australia?
Anyone got any advice on how to get it back?
Cheers

did you find a solution to this? same thing happened to me last night. a couple of apps are there. everything else is gone (free and paid)...sickening. I'm not a techie at all...when first plugged in my phone the screens showed all apps but only like a shadow... but only those two apps were "there"...so when it did the "backup" it just grabbed those two. now thats all I have. Does the app store have a history of purchases/downloads? Having trouble with all apple "helps" ...I mistakenly always thought "sinc" meant that it was backing up my phone data to my computer. NOW I have ICloud , but NOW I have pretty much nothing left on the phone to be backed up. Oh yeah, it's still a phone.

HT1222 i just did this update for my iPhone and it has wiped out all my apps, etc. how do i access the backup for my phone so all is not lost?

I uploaded the 5.1.1 iphone update. It seems to have wiped my phone clean of apps, contacts, notes, etc. How do I get them back?

Restore from a backup.
apps you can get it back by either syncing with itunes, or on your phone app store - update - purchased - all or not on this phone, select the app you want by clicking on the cloud next to it.

I upgraded my ipad and it wiped out all my apps, music, photos, everything. It won't sync with my computer either. No content transfers. What to do?

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