ITunes wrongly thinks my iPhone is connected

iTunes shows my iPhone as being connected, and I keep getting error message 0xE800007F, saying "iTunes cannot connect to this iPhone because an unknown error occurred" – but my iPhone is not plugged in to the iMac! The message goes away when I do connect my iPhone, but returns again when it isn't connected. Does anyone know why this happens, please?

Hi dave0520,
If you were able to successfully back up your iPhone to iTunes, you should be able to restore your previous content and settings. You may find the following article to be helpful:
iOS: How to back up and restore your content
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
If it is still not behaving as you expect, you may need to restore the iOS software first:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414
Regards,
- Brenden

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