ITunes sees iPhone as camera.

When I dock my 4s to my laptop it acts like it is a camera and open Picasa. I have removed and reinstall itunes. What else? Thanks.

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CP1477 wrote:
windows see the iphone as a camera (with the label Apple iPhone).
It sure does, that is the way it is supposed to work.
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If there are any photos in the Camera Roll you will get a prompt like you mentioned when connecting your iPad to your computer. It is indeed a good reminder to save those photos to your computer. But if you don't want to copy those photos to your computer then dismiss the window and start iTunes. Once iTunes is running you should e able to sync your iPad.

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See if the same happens on another computer if possible.
If the issue does not occur on a different computer, try running windows update and make sure all drivers are up to date.
If the issue does occur on a different computer, try deleting any pictures in the camera roll that were not taken with the iPhone camera (it sounds like you've done this already)
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Hi Toughie,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities. This article has steps you can try for iTunes launch issues:
iTunes for Windows Vista or Windows 7: Troubleshooting unexpected quits, freezes, or launch issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1717
Cheers,
- Ari

ITunes doesn't see my iPad. Tried all the fixes, except reloading iTunes. I have the most current version of iTunes. Computer sees iPad as camera. Any ideas?

iTunes doesn't recognize my iPad. Computer just sees it as a camera. Tried all the fixes, except for reloading iTunes; I do have the most current iTunes available. Any ideas?

Nobody from Apple answers any questions here other than those that go longer than 24 hours without a response and all that those Apple people do is to direct users to kb articles that might help in given situations. It pretty much ends there. So don't expect "Apple" to hear your pleas.
if you want help from Apple, make an appointment at an Apple store and see if they can diagnose the problem for you. The only other thing that I could suggest is to connect your iPad to another computer running iTunes. If iTunes sees the iPad, then the issue is on your computer somewhere. If you try this, you want to turn off auto sync on the other computer. Launch iTunes and go to Edit>Preferences>Devices>Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically.

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Hi, my first post here but I have been lurking for some time!
A friend asked me to update his and his wife's iPhone's (both 3GS) to iOS 5 (currently on 4.2.1). I popped round to do it this but every time I plug his iPhone in, iTunes sees it as a new device and wants to either set it up as a complete new iPhone or use the backup of his wife's iPhone or kids iPod touch to restore it. It can't find a previous backup for the device despite the fact that the iPhone was set up on that PC. It would appear they've never previously updated their phones since originally setting them up but all the same, I'd expect iTunes to recognise the iPhone?
Has anybody else had this happen before? Obviously I want to take a backup before installing iOS 5 but if I let iTunes set it up as a new device will it wipe the phone or will it recognise there's stuff already on there and back it up? Apps and music aren't an issue as they're in iTunes but he needs his contacts, SMS etc restored. AIUI If Apple replace a phone they back up the old one first and restore it so how do they do it? I don't want to click on 'Continue' and have iTunes wipe the iPhone!
As a test I've just installed iTunes on an XP PC that I've never connected my iPhone to before, backed up the iPhone first and plugged it in. iTunes reconised the iPhone and know everything about it, however I'm not sure if this is because I've already upgraded my phone to iOS 5 and it's backed up to iCloud?
I've tried Googling but not found anything useful so far. Any help would be appreciated!

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This explains how to change your ID: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5621. After changing your ID you will need to go to Settings>iCloud, delete the existing account (which only deletes it from your device, not from iCloud), then sign back in with the new ID. To avoid losing photo stream photos, save them to your camera roll before deleting the existing account.
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Can you use a webcam as an external iPhone 5 camera?

Reason I ask is because it would help me out at my job, and might be helpful to someone else.
I work a resident manager at a storage facility (live on site) and we have to mirror check units to make sure people aren't storing what they are not suppose to and sometimes I have pull out the bulky 8 foot ladder. Or to see if they move out of the unit and left their lock on the unit.
I was wondering if there was a camera/device you can plug into the lightning connector and use your iphone5 as a view finder like a borscope/endoscope.
Because the camera on the back if you reach over a storage unit you can not see the screen, and then if i flip it around to use the face camera i cant use the LED light... also taking a photo using the flash on the back camera does not get a clear picture at all
I don't have wifi in the building that I can use to do an IP camera.
I was looking at Bluetooth cameras like the "Contour" but its out of my price range.
Is there a way I can use a webcam as an external iPhone 5 camera? with an app?
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I have an external HDD that I use for backups once in a while, BUT to be honest with you I last backed up my iTunes stuff (around 30K songs) over a year ago. Maybe it is time for another backup.
In all fairness, the whole time I have been using Mac's (since 2001) I have never had a major crash (knock on wood) so it has not been high on my priority list tbh. This said, how Apple have been acting lately I feel they have become a little too big for them selves and I have started to notice errors here and there, something that was unheard of earlier
Anyway, in most cases it is never the HDD that causes problems and extracting data from these are not a major hinder so I'm good...
EDIT: Oh, maybe I misunderstood the question

HT201656 In itunes my iphone shows up as having nearly 8G of "Other"...what is taking up all this space?

In itunes my iphone shows up as having nearly 8GB of "Other"...what is taking up all this space?
On the iphone itself under settings, general, usage it indicates 12.7GB used and only 840MB available. I have one app (Audible) that is taking up 1.6GB, photos&camera take up 636MB, Spotify takes up 495MB, everything else takes up less less than 100MB each and totalling less than 2.5GB.
So if Audible is taking up 1.6GB and Spotify is taking up 636MB and all other apps take up 2.5GB this combined totals around 5GB. I have a 16GB iphone 4s.
16GB minus 5GB (my calculated usage) equals 11GB remaining. Allow for some required space utilization (let's say 3GB) and that leaves 8GB remaining. Why does my phone indicate 840MB available? That seems to equate to the amount shown in itunes that indicates 8GB of "other".
What is this 8GB of "other" that is taking up so much storage space on my iphone?
Thanks in advance.
John

johncdaly1955 wrote:
In itunes my iphone shows up as having nearly 8GB of "Other"...what is taking up all this space?
Other is usually around 1 GB...
A ' Large Other ' usually indicates Corrupt Data...
First Try a Restore from Backup...
But... if the Large Other Persists, that is an Indicator of Corrupt Data in the Backup...
Then a Restore as New is the way to go...
Details Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
More Info Here...
maclife.com/how_remove_other_data_your_iphone
More Info about ‘Other’ in this Discussion
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19958116

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