Iphone is synced with another library

My computer broke so I had the hard drive replaced. How do I sync my iPhone with my new hard drive without wiping my iphone?

Sync is only oneway, from PC to your device.  Unless you have the music on your PC, iTunes is going to wipe out what you have on your device if you are syncing to a new library.
The only way you can do is to get a third part software to extract those music from your device over to your PC.
A good Free one is called Sharepod which you can download from Download.com here: 
http://download.cnet.com/SharePod/3000-2141_4-10794489.html?tag=mncol;2

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    I'm afraid the LU suffix is a new one on me.
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    Trying to add playlist to iPhone. The current music on my iPhone is synced with another library. How do I add my playlist without erasing all of the music currently on my iPhone?

    iPhone is designed to sync with one computer only, if you sync with another, all your content will be erased and replaced by whatever is on that computer.

  • I recently moved some of my older tv series purchases to an external hard drive as my iTunes library hard drive was getting full.  Now, when I connect my iPhone and iPad to iTunes, I get the message that my iphone is synced with another library! Help!

    I didn't rename my iTunes library or anything.  How can I sync with iTunes without erasing all my apps, app data and settings/messages etc on the iPhone/iPad?

    If you moved your iTunes library by simply copying it to another drive, you may not be able to access your music even if you reconnect to that library, you may get a lot of "not found" errors because the music is not where the library thinks it should be. First thing to do is put it back where it was.  Then reconnect it. Then follow the steps in this link:
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    I'm sorry, I am having a smilar problem and my contacts have already been deleted because of it. I recently reloaded my OS as my computer was having problems. I'm using Vista. I had to reload itunes and when I attempted to sync my phone it said my iphone was synced with another itunes library. I'm not sure if I messed up and created two apple ID's. When I log into apple and attempted to see if I had any other accounts it did not show any, but when I try the other name I thought I had used first, it said that account had been locked for security reasons. I actually hit the "accept" button by mistake and it deleted everything so I unplugged it really quick and all I lost was my contacts. How on earth do I fix this? I can plug my iphone in and sign on, but if I attempt to change anything it gives that same message.
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  • Iphone thinks its synced with another library...???

    i always used my iphone with my PC, which has only one library. I don't keep any music in the library anyway - after transferring music to iphone, i delete it from the library since i don't use iTunes to listen to music. i've been doing it this way for years and years, managing everything on it manually through the "manually manage music and videos" option.
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    I'm not sure exactly why the setting for Manually Manage Music changed, however, when you change from Sync music to Manually managing music, you will get that error message because it will remove all music from the device so you can manually manage it. Your other issue is the fact that you have removed all of your music from the library. When you restore the phone, or update the software, at times the phone will need to resync your music because that is not contained in your backup, just a setting about the music. If your device tried to resync music, it would find there is none. Also, I'm not so sure why you cannot delete music, but I'm guessing that since you say all you can do is listen in iTunes is that you cannot listen using the Music App?
    To be honest, I'm not sure if there is an answer to this, least ways one that you would like to hear. I would see if anyone that manually manages music on their device can provide better information. This is the best that I can say.

  • Computer says: "The iPhone is synced with another iTunes library on "localhost". Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?"

    Hi,
    I just bought an I-Phone 5S. When plugging it to my Macbook for the 1st time to copy music from my I-Tunes, this message comes up: "The iPhone is synced with another iTunes library on “localhost". Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?"
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    Myzin wrote:
    I just bought an I-Phone 5S. When plugging it to my Macbook for the 1st time to copy music from my I-Tunes, this message comes up: "The iPhone is synced with another iTunes library on “localhost". Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?"
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  • Iphone says it is already synced with another library, but it's not

    My iphone says it is already synced with another library, but it's not.

    I have the exact situation and it is frustrating me. All I want is my original iTunes Library back!
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  • Iphone synced with another library

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  • HT1689 error message iphone synced with another library

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    When you say erased, you mean almost like a restore is done to factory settings instead of just the media being erased?
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  • Itunes is saying my own phone is already synced with another library

    I am getting the message to say that my iphone is synced to another library. But it is my library that I am wanting to sync it with and have synced it with in the past. How do I make it recognise that its my phone?
    The only thing that I have changed is that I used to autofill function to add music quickly to my husband's phone. I'm worried that this may have changed something?
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    This is correct.
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