IPhone disappears from itunes

Iphone 4s disappears from itune on the sidebar when unplugged; I have tried turning off and on 'sync by wifi' but it still disappears. I am using latest itunes with Mavericks.
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"sync will resume when macbook is available" following your instructions.
ios7.04

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Iphone disappears from itunes then reappears

My iPhone disappears from iTunes and then it'll reappear and re-sync. This has happened a few times today as I am charging & syncing my apps. I've uninstalled/reinstalled iTunes but the problem persists. I have the latest iPhone software.

"sync will resume when macbook is available" following your instructions.
ios7.04

My iphone disappears from itunes - wireless connection.

I have to restart the computer to get itunes to find it again. any help appreciated.

From my own experience, iTunes Wifi Sync can sometimes be a bit annoying...
First, you should have "Sync this iPhone over wifi" (in the General tab) enabled.
Sometimes you have to restart iPhone or iTunes, but I never had to, nor have I heard of people requiring computer restarts...
In your case it could also be a Wifi connection problem. Is your PC or Mac always connected to the same network as the iPhone? Could be a problem with Laptops as you move them between places.
Also, if your Wifi connection is very weak, iPhones tend to fail connecting from time to time. The iPhone would then just disappear from iTunes.
Hope this helps

Iphone disappears from itunes after wifi sync

I've been struggeling to get wifi sync to work correctly with my iphone 4. I have the newest version of itunes on a Windows 7 PC. When I first open itunes it sees my iphone over wifi and syncs successfully. A couple minutes after syncing completes, itunes loses my iphone. My iphone still shows up under devices, but if I click on any of the tabs in the device it then brings up the dialog box searching for the phone, then it tells me it cannot find it and it disappears from devices. If I close itunes and reopen it the iphone shows up again and syncs. Any idea what could be causing this?
So far in my quest to make this work I have opened ports 5354 and 27015 for inbound TCP. I have also set the Bonjour and Apple Mobile Device services to Automatic Delayed Start as mentioned in other threads.

It seems like it periodically reappears in itunes, but then if I try to sync or do anything its says "looking for iphone" and eventually tells me it can't be found on the network.

While extracting file during restore, device disappear from iTunes; then error message "device cannot be found" pop up

After failing to update iphone OS, now iphone is in restore mode
Device Manager recognize USB is connected to iphone with Location: Location 0 (Apple Mobile device (recovery mode))
IPhone in "connect to itunes" screen
After connect to itunes, message "itunes has detected iphone in recovery mode. You must restore this iphone before it can be used with itunes." appear.
In Device -> iphone screen, after clicking "Restore" button, itunes status become "Extracting software..."
During extracting software process, iPhone change from "connect to itunes" screen to just "apple logo", then go back to "connect to itunes" screen; but at the same time device-iphone disappear from itunes; once itunes complete extracting software, error message comes out "The iphone "iphone" could not be restored. The device cannot be found"
Tried again few times with all USB device removed & turn off all the anti-virus software and all other non window / non-apple softwares; but same thing happened.
so now I'm stuck.... please help.

after reading loads of forum, I didn't find anyone with the exact issue as mine. But I've followed some of the restore issue solution and now I've fixed my phone. Yeah! maybe not all the steps are necessary, but here was what I've done to fix it:
1.     update itunes
2.     Ensure Apple Mobile device driver is updated and work (i.e. iphones is detected in device manager)
3.     run "msconfig", ensure all other non microsoft / non apple softwares are off
          - Services: only enable all microsoft services, apple mobile device and bonjour service
          - Startup: only enable QTTask & iTunesHelper
4.    Restart computer
5     turn on itunes
6.    connect iphones via USB.
7.     itunes show iphone in device column, but iphone still stay in "connect to itunes" screen
8.     Hold Sleep button + Home button until the screen goes dark (iphone disappear from itunes device column at the same time), then just keep holding the home button (without holding the sleep button)
9.     first time, though itunes showa iphone in the device column again, but iphone screen go from apple icon straight to "connect to itunes" screen and stay there again.
10.     I repeat step 8, this time though itunes show iphone in the device column again, but the iphone screen stay dark showing nothing (instead of showing "connect to iTunes" screen)
11.     then I click restore in itunes, this time it manages to finish extracting software without iphone restarting itself during the process; itunes find the iphone and complete the restore.
12.     As I do backup all the time, now I just need to sync all the files / setting back to iphone, everything back to normal again.
still not sure what happened to my phone, but now it's fix =>

My Iphone 4 wont restore from a back up, during the process the phone says it needs to cool down and disappears from itunes

I DROPPED MY IPHONE IN THE WATER. A MESSAGE SAYING THAT THE IPHONE NEEDS TO COOL DOWN APPEARED REPETEA REPEATEDLY. I RESTORE TO THE FACTORY SETTINGS AND NOW IT DOES NOT LET ME RESTORE FROM A BACK UP!!! IT KEEPS SAYING IPHONE NEEDS TO COOL AND IT DISAPPEARS FROM ITUNES
ANY SUGGESTIONS?!!!!!!!!!

We're fellow users, STOP YELLING AT US! At the very least, get your CAPS lock key fixed.
The device was dropped in water, it is damaged, take it to Apple along with cash or a credit card and get an Out of Warranty replacement.

My iPhone disappears from my iTunes window -- cannot sync

I can't sync my iPhone.
With iTunes launched, I plug in my (Gen 1) iPhone, and the "Gil's iPhone" line gets added to the left column of the iTunes window as usual, but then, after a few seconds, it goes away. Meanwhile, my iPhone's screen goes to the green battery charge indicator for those same few seconds, then goes to black about the same time that my iPhone disappears from the iTunes window. The "Sync" button never appears in the iTunes window.
I have tried:
Rebooting the computer
Power cycling the iPhone
Unplugging and replugging my iPhone (Each time, my iPhone appears in the iTunes window then goes away.)
Using the other USB port
Using a different USB - to - iPhone cable
I tried plugging my iPhone into my partner's computer -- it seems to work there. "Gil's iPhone" appeared in the left column of his iTunes window and stayed there. I could view my playlists by clicking on the disclosure triangle, but, of course, it could not sync.
I have not synced my iPhone in several weeks, although I keep it in its cradle for charging.
I'd sure appreciate some suggestions to get my iTunes and my iPhone syncing again.
--Gil

Well, this problem seems to have stumped the experts. I called Apple Support (so glad I got the extended AppleCare). We expect to hear back from Engineering in a few days.
The process was so cool. We downloaded two apps to run on my machine. One (ARA, probably for "Apple Remote Access") allowed Daniel of Tier 2 to view my screens and point at things (but not click.) The other (ACCD) captured logs and files about my machine while I went through the mechanical procedure to repoduce the error, which took about two minutes. The files are compressed into two dmg files, so the enclosing folder is only 5MB. Looking through the logs in those dmgs is very interesting.

HT4623 The iOS 7.0.6 update failed, my iPhone 5S disappeared from iTunes and now is displaying the picture: iTunes and a USB plug. Turning it Off and On didn't fix it. iTunes doesn't see it. Any suggestions?

The iOS 7.0.6 update failed, my iPhone 5S disappeared from iTunes and now is displaying a picture iTunes logo and a USB plug and black backgraound. Turning it Off and On didn't fix it. iTunes doesn't see it. Any suggestions?

Thanks, Lawrence.
I've tried http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808 and other suggestions first, which turned out unrelated.
I've finally fixed the issue by plugging the cable in the USB 3 ports in the back of PC instead of the ports in the front, the iTunes saw the phohe and the recovery started automatically.
In the hindsight, I realized that the either the required prerequisite iTunes 11.1.5.5 update installed a USB driver incompatible with my PC's front side USB ports that I always used for my iPhone syncing prior or it was always
incompatible, but worked in all modes except the recovery.
Cheers,
Michael

IPhone icon disappeared from iTunes after successful iOS 8.1 installation

Just after I just successfully downloaded and installed iOS 8.1 onto my iPhone 5 from iTunes, I got the following message: "iTunes could not connect this phone. The session ID is missing". I have no idea what that message meant, but now there's no longer an iPhone icon showing in iTunes, although there was before I upgraded the iOS. I had successfully bought several "songs" from the iTunes Store and synced them just prior to uploading the new iPhone iOS. I guess now I will have to eject the phone improperly. Any idea what "ID" that message was referring to, and what I should do? I want to also upgrade the iOS of my iPad, but don't want the same thing to happen.
My new computer is a 13" MacBook Pro with Retina Display, 2.8 Ghz processor, 8 GB memory, running OS 10.10 (Yosemite). iTunes has been working fine.

Hey samuelayres,
Thanks for the question and detailed information. You’re in luck, we have a support resource that includes troubleshooting steps for this exact issue:
iOS: Unknown error containing '0xE' when connecting to a Windows PC - Apple Support
http://support.apple.com/en-us/TS3221
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Airplay icon disappears from iTunes

Hi,
I recently bought an Airport Express (last generation) to be able to hear my iTunes music collection on my stereo. The Airport Express is connected to my home router via ethernet cable (WiFi is disabled) and is configured to only work as an Airplay device. It works flawlessly from my iPhone and iPad, either using the builtin iOS music app, Spotify, or any other app that supports Airplay.
But that's not the case with iTunes on my PC (Windows 8.1). The Airplay icon keeps disappearing from iTunes and the only way I can get it back is by disconnecting the ethernet cable from the Airport Express and connecting it again. There are two situations where the Airplay icon disappears. One is if I put the computer to sleep. When it wakes up the Airplay icon is gone and I can't get it back unless I disconnect the ethernet cable (or reset the Airplay). But sometimes I'm hearing some music via PC, then switch to Spotify on the iPad, and when I get back to the PC the Airplay icon turns orange and I can't connect to the Airport Express. Then it disappears. It doesn't always happen.
I've already tried every solution that I read in these forums but nothing works. I've disabled the windows firewall, disabled IPv6, configured the Airport Express with a fixed IP address, etc. etc. Nothing seems to work. The only thing I haven't tried is connecting my PC and Airpor Express via WiFi to the router, because my PC is a desktop and doesn't have an WiFi card. Right now it is connected via ethernet cable to the same router as the Airport Express, so it shouldn't be a problem, I guess.
Can anyone please give me any advice? I'm really frustrated, because having to disconnect the network cable from the Airport Express every time I turn on my computer so I can hear to some music is very annoying.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Best regards,
Pedro

Hello, I have this exact same problem -- Airport Express bought Feb. 2014 (not sure of firmware version?) Windows 8 PC, multiple iPads, iPhones in home. Wireless provider Comcast in S.F. Bay Area (using their Xfinity modem / router) extremely reliable and very fast for 10+ years.
Every few days Airport Express icon in iTunes on Windows PC turns orange and requires PC reboot. Upon reboot, streaming music works fine. Have also tried all other fixes found on Support forums, etc.
On iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4S and both iPad 2s Airport Express icon is always available and always seems to work fine.
Strangely enough, after replacing iPhone 3GS with iPhone 5s (yesterday!), Airport Express was not available on new iPhone, but after quick reboot of Airport Express, new iPhone was able to stream music...
Windows 8, iTunes, etc. updated w/ latest versions, etc.
Definitely a pain having to re-boot PC every few days to re-connect to Airport Express...

HT1386 i am trying to restore a backup og my iphone 4 from itunes on my macbook, it asks me for a password which i do not recall setting up, is there any way of getting this password.

i am trying to restore a backup og my iphone 4 from itunes on my macbook, it asks me for a password which i do not recall setting up, is there any way of getting this password.

No there's not. Otherwise that wouldn't be very secure, would it?

TS1702 how can I remove large number of photos on my iPhone 4s from iTunes using a PC - Lenovo Think Pad - so that I can reduce the space used on the phone by 50%?

how can I remove large number of photos on my iPhone 4s from iTunes using a PC - Lenovo Think Pad - so that I can reduce the space used on the phone by 50%?

You don't need iTunes for that. Simply connect the iPhone to the PC where it will be recognized as a camera. You can then select the photos you wish to transfer, transfer them, and delete them.

Sync issues with playlists. Not syncing playlists, and now my playlist have disappeared from iTunes. I am Using iTunes 11.1.3 and iOS 7.0.4

Sync issues with playlists. Not syncing playlists, and now my playlist have disappeared from iTunes. I am Using iTunes 11.1.3 and iOS 7.0.4

Hello surig84,
Thank you for providing the details of the issue you are experiencing when syncing your iPad. I recommend reviewing the following article specifically the section titled "Authorize using the correct account name."
iTunes repeatedly prompts to authorize computer to play iTunes Store purchases
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1389
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

IPod Touch stops syncing and disappears from iTunes

I have a problem with an iPod Touch 8GB: when connecting it to a MacBook, it starts syncing and transferring songs, but after a while it just stops syncing and disappears from iTunes. The iPod will still show "sync in progress", and it will still show up in the System Profiler, but not in iTunes.
If I cancel the sync from the iPod, the song library will be inaccessible ("Cancelling sync" or whatever it says) until I unplug the USB cable. If I keep trying (by unplugging and re-plugging it in), it will eventually finish syncing all songs, but it takes ages that way.
I have tried 2 different USB cables and upgraded to firmware 1.1.5 (it was 1.1.4 before). Any ideas?

I have upgraded to 2.0.1 and the latest itunes as of today and still have the exact same issue. I have even tried the following with no luck :
1. Restart the ipod after this occurs and then sync again.
2. Deleted my entire list of Music and Videos from itunes and reloaded them back.
3. Formatted and Reinstalled Windows and tried syncing again.
Thanks to this issue, i dont even have a single song or Video on my ipod....
Can someone please Help.
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HT1937 I tried to update software on my Iphone 3 from Itunes after i managed to sync phone to laptop but then i had a message (error 1015) after completing saying itunes has detected an iphone in recovery mode, i am now unable to do anything with my phone

I tried to update software on my Iphone 3 from Itunes after i managed to sync phone to laptop but then i had a message (error 1015) after completing saying itunes has detected an iphone in recovery mode, i am now unable to do anything with my phone, please help!!

You generally get that error code on a jailbroken phone ?
If it is Jailbroken then I am afraid you will get no help here.

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