ITunes sees my iPhone 4S but will not sync!
I have a 64G iPhone 4S. When I plug the phone into my Mac Book Pro, iTunes recognizes my phone and begins to sync but NEVER actually syncs. It times out and say that iTunes is unable to sync with phone. I have tried everything that I know and everything that two Apple tech people know. Uninstalled iTunes, reset and restored the iPhone. Apple sent me a new phone and it still doesn't work!! My wife's iPhone 4 syncs fine with the same computer. I have even tried syncing my 4S with a different computer and it does the same thing. I even took my Mac to two other Internet/network sources to see if the routers or network settings was the issue and it still doesn't sync! Someone please give me some tips!
Thanks,
DB
I don't know if this will help but it just fixed my iPhone 4 that was getting error messages and refusing to sync.
Sounds weird but it has worked for others with syncing problems too.
Connect your phone to iTunes by USB and let it go through its sync timeout thingy.
After that, select your iPhone icon in the left hand panel in iTunes, scroll down to the bottom of the Summary page (main window) and uncheck 'sync with this iPhone over wi-fi'.
Next, check the box to enable 'Manually manage music and videos'.
Now click Apply and see if it goes through the motions. (Obviously, with nothing manually checked it won't copy any apps, videos or music on to the iPhone, and the sync process might happen quite fast)
If you don't get an error this time, you might have fixed it. If so, to finish the procedure, uncheck the manual sync option and click the Apply button again.
It's up to you whether you leave the iTunes wi-fi connect option off.
There seems to be a glitch with iTunes and iOS 5.1. It was made even worse in the upgrade to iOS 5.1.1 a few days ago. But I am no techy, so that's JMO.
Hope that helps, but is a long shot for you with a new phone.
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