Latest itunes update disbled my iphone personal hotspot on 1-22-2014

On 1/22/2014 I downloaded the latest itunes update. When it was done itunes would not recognize my iphone and my computer would not connect with iphone for internet. I use my iphone4s as a personal hotspot to access the internet. I had to do a computer system restore just to get the phone and computer to work together via USB cable to access internet. I then was able to update the Ralink driver to enable wi-fi. I seem to have everything working now. Why did this happen? Should I ever allow itunes updates again?

SOLVED, BY MYSELF
Ok, so I had to post this because I didn't get any help anywhere, and I hope that my experience will help others. I can't tell you how many times I tried uninstalling and reinstalling itunes to see if that helped. No. What I finally did out of frustration, is under add/remove programs, removed everything apple related from my pc: itunes, safari, quicktime, apple application support, apple mobile device support, apple software update, bonjour, and mobileme. Then I reinstalled itunes. Finally itunes recognized my iphone, and I didn't lose any of my music. Hope this helps everyone who has had a similar problem running windows xp.

Similar Messages

  • Latest iTunes update cannot see iPhone 4

    I updated to the latest version of iTunes today after prompting from iTunes which advised there was a new update.
    Following this I restarted my Windows PC, then opened up iTunes.
    I then connected my iPhone 4 using the USB connector.
    My PC recognised the device
    The device was not seen in iTunes
    The device would not sync.
    I then removed iTunes and installed an old Nov 2013 (or previous version) one and my iPhone 4 will now sync correctly.
    I am not too keen on updating the s/w until anyone else has advised me that I should retry.

    Hy there,
    In order for you to solve this problem you have to follow these stept if your running windows:
    1'st step is to go into the device manager
    2 step is to go to portable devices (it is rught under network adapters)
    3 step is to right clic apple iphone and click update drivers
    4 step is to brows your drivers from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers
    After that your itunes will pump up alown and youl see your iphone right there.
    Good luck and sry for my bad righting.
    Andrei

  • Iphone 4 not recognized and will not sync after latest itunes update.  I have done all trouble shooting and uninstalled and reinstalled itunes to no avail.

    iphone 4 not recognized and will not sync after latest itunes update.  I have done recommendedl trouble shooting and uninstalled and reinstalled itunes to no avail. Can I go back to earlier version of itunes or restore computer to fix?

    'The installer has insufficient privileges to modify this file C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Apple Application Support\Web kit.resources\inspector\Images\Spinner Inactive Selected.gif.'
    That one's consistent with disk/file damage. The first thing I'd try with that is running a disk check (chkdsk) over your C drive.
    XP instructions in the following document: How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP
    Vista instructions in the following document: Check your hard disk for errors
    Windows 7 instructions in the following document: How to use CHKDSK (Check Disk)
    Select both Automatically fix file system errors and Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors, or use chkdsk /r (depending on which way you decide to go about doing this). You'll almost certainly have to schedule the chkdsk to run on startup. The scan should take quite a while ... if it quits after a few minutes or seconds, something's interfering with the scan.
    Does the chkdsk find/repair any damage? If so, can you get an install to go through properly afterwards?

  • Latest iTunes update; iPhone sync takes a long, long time

    I have a 64GB iPhone 4S, up to date with latest software.  I have iTunes running on a Toshiba Satellite laptop running Windows Vista 64-bit SP2; running latest update of iTunes.
    I am currently doing my second iPhone sync to change out a bunch of music since the latest iTunes update.  I have tons of records, and I like to switch up the tunes quite a bit.  I love the 64GB iPhone; holds over 500 albums.
    Both, the first time and now this time, the sync is taking forever.  Seriously, as I type this the sync is now past two hours and looks to be about 60% done.
    Prior to this update (both iTunes and phone), the sync took maybe 20 minutes,  Nothing else has changed; same computer/operating system, no bugs or viruses.  The only thing I think it can be is this latest update to iTunes; which, by the way, dumped all my albums when the update was done.  I had to add all the folders again; that took a while and a lot of album covers were lost.  Big pain in the butt, basically.
    I don't know if you Apple people are listening, but this is eroding my confidence in your brand.  Will I spring for a MacBook like I was planning?  Hmmm...

    No solution - just the same problem.
    My wife's 4s (iOS 7.0.2) has been hanging at syncing Contacts on iTunes 11.1 (iMac; Mountain Lion) the past several days. It never gets past "Syncing Contacts".
    Doesn't anyone have any advice. I've hard re-booted her iPhone; re-booted the iMac.
    We don't have this problem with either my iPhone 5 (7.0.2), her 2nd-gen iPad or her old iPot Touch.
    We share the same contacts and calendars across all of these devices and the iMac.

  • Was doing the latest os update on my iphone 4 the update was interuptedby a bad internet connection and now the screen is stuck on an image of the itunes logo with a pic of the usb cord and an arrow in between HELP!!!n

    was doing the latest os update on my iphone 4 the update was interuptedby a bad internet connection and now the screen is stuck on an image of the itunes logo with a pic of the usb cord and an arrow in between HELP!!!n

    or you can try this
    http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1034

  • While downloading the latest IOS update to my iPhone 4, my phone went into a frozen state with the update 2/3's complete. It's remained like this for the past 12 hours. I can't turn the phone off, and I can't connect it to iTunes. Anyone know what to do?

    While downloading the latest IOS update to my iPhone 4S, my phone went into a frozen state with the update 2/3's complete. It's remained like this for the past 12 hours. I can't turn the phone off, and I can't connect it to iTunes. Anyone know what to do?

    If the place of purchase does not have a 'Lemon' policy (three replacements = refund or complete exchange), sadly you are out of luck.
    And Apple themselves do not have any power over what policy a reseller uses. You can call Apple Care and have them replace it, but the odds are you would probably get a standard replacement again like has previously happened. I'm pretty sure Apple holds their own sort of 'Lemon' polocy where if it's been replaced three times through them they'll swap it out for a brand new phone. Not 100% sure though, best bet is too call them again.
    And it ***** getting a response like that from their support personel, but hey, they can't all be that bad can they? I'm sure if you plead your case they'll try and help out. I've dealt with them in the past and had one or two people that rubbed me the wrong way, but most of them have been a great help and kept me a happy customer, haha.
    Regards,
    ThatGuy

  • Should I download latest iTunes first or the iPhone update?

    Should I download latest iTunes first or the iPhone update or does it matter? Thank you.

    It shouldn't matter. If iTunes promps you to update your iPhone when you plug it in than you have a new enough version and should be totally fine.

  • Can I still sync my iphone 4 in ios 7 to the latest itunes update?

    Right now my iTunes and my laptop can't detect my device (iphone 4), so I'm wondering if installing the latest iTunes update is the case. And I'm also worried if I do that, it will only prevent me from syncing my iphone to my iTunes. Help anyone?

    Hi ..
    An iPhone 4 cannot be updated to iOS 8 >   Apple - iOS 8 - What’s New
    iOS 7.1.2 is the latest version available for an iPhone 4.
    If iTunes doesn't recognize the iPhone ...
    For Mac >  iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
    For Windows >  iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
    Make sure your computer meets the requiremens for iTunes for Mac or Windows >  Apple - iTunes - Download iTunes Now

  • TS1441 updated to latest itunes and now my iphone 5 will not connect to my laptop

    updated to latest itunes and now my iphone 5 will not connect to my laptop

    Connect in recovery mode, explained here:
    iOS: Unable to update or restore

  • ITunes no longer shows my iPhone after I installed the latest iTunes update.

    I agreed to install the latest iTunes update and went through all the steps including rebooting. My phone then asked if I trusted the computer and I clicked "trust". It asked again and I clicked "trust". iTunes never opened automatically and when I opened iTunes, I saw that my iPhone5 was not listed; therefore, I can no longer sync. Then I rebooted my (Windows 7) computer again and experienced the same problems. I moved my phone to a different USB port but experienced the same problems.

    I have an AT&T Uverse email account that keeps saying I have an "incorrect user name or password."
    Perhapse it's the same issue since the Uverse e-mail is through Yahoo.

  • My PC won't sync with iphone 4s or ipad after latest itunes update

    When I plug it in, it asks to trust the computer. I have uninstalled and reinstalled itunes. I have tried different usb ports and turning off the firewall.It was working ok til the latest itunes update.

    Did you click on Trust? What happens when you do? When you removed and uninstalled iTunes, did you use this support document and follow the instructions exactly? http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1923

  • Resolved: iPhone Personal Hotspot Not working in iOS7

    Im using iPhone 4 with iOS7.1, I had a problem with connecting iPhone Personal Hotspot to My Laptop using Wi-Fi/ USB. I have spent days figuring this out & Finally I found a way to resolve It. So I just sharing it here if anyone having same probe as me you can try this method to fix it.
    This Method is Only People who couldn't Fix it in this Way, Please try this one before you continue this method. http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2756
    1. Download the Latest iTunes Version & Install It
    2. Now Un-Install Apple Application Support and Apple Mobile Device Support in your Programs
    3. Now Extract the Itunes Setup file (E.g: iTunes64Setup.exe) using 7-zip
    4. Install AppleApplicationSupport.msi (must be installed before AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi)
    5. Install AppleMobileDeviceSupport.msi (do not change the installation directory)
    6. Restart the Computer
    7. Reset Network Settings in your iPhone (Settings>General>Reset)
    8. Now Connect to Computer using USB or Wi-Fi. It Must be Work now! If not Just Reset All Settings in your iPhone. Now It will Work

    same case for my iphone 4 GSM (Hong Kong), my personal hotspot works at ios 7.0.4 but fails at 7.1 as APN cannot be set as described above. Hope Apple Support can help. My Carrier is PCCW-HKT (Hong Kong), which is not a registered carrier

  • After latest iTunes update I get error message when syncing:

    "iTunes could not sync information to the iPhone "name" because a connection could not be established to the iPhone". Same for my iPad, same for both even after upgrading to IOS6.0. Any ideas?
    I tried to carry out a restore on the iPhone but iTunes cannot back it up.
    Is the latest iTunes broken? or is it just me?
    I am on Windows 7 64 bit, Never had this problem till the latest iTunes update.

    So I am unclear, did you purchase these songs or import them from a cd?
    If you imported them and still have the CD try importing them again and see if they work the delete the others.
    Or if you purchased from itunes re-dowwnload and see if they work. Maybe they are corrupted files and this should resove it.

  • Can't get the latest itunes update to download on my windows7 laptop. It gives runtime error window then error 7, windows error 114, any ideas

    First thing to say is I'm new at trying to slove my own computer issues, so I may be a little slow. The latest iTunes update will not install on my Windows 7 labtop,   I keep getting a runtime error window with Error 7 and Windows eror 1114. I have run a fix and reload the file with no resuts and can't seem to get it do download manually either, any ideas for this computer challanged person?

    See... Unable to install or open > http://support.apple.com/kb/TS5376
    Also See this User Tip by turingtest2
    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6562

  • After installing the latest itunes update most of my music cannot be located. A box pops up and says the song cannot be found. What can I do?

    I installed the latest itunes update and now I can't play most of my songs. A box pops up that says it cannot be located and asks me if I want to locate it and when I click on Yes it gives me all my files on the computer (dropdown box) and I don't know how to find them. Some of my songs will still play.

    turingtest2 wrote:
    The "missing file" thing happens if the file is no longer where iTunes expects to find it. Possible causes are that you or some third party tool has moved, renamed or deleted the file, or that the drive it lives on has had a change of drive letter. It is also possible that iTunes has changed from expecting the files to be in the pre-iTunes 9 layout to post-iTunes 9 layout, or vice-versa, and so is looking in slightly the wrong place.
    Select a track with an exclamation mark, use Ctrl-I to get info, then say no when asked to locate the track. Look on the summary tab for the location that iTunes thinks the file should be. Now take a look around your hard drive(s). Hopefully you can locate the track in question. If a section of your library has simply been moved, or a drive letter has changed, it should be possible to reverse the actions. I can provide a step by step guide if you give me the two paths.
    In some cases iTunes may be able to repair itself if you go through the same steps and locate the lost track. It may then offer to attempt to automatically fix other broken links. Alternatively, as long as you can find a location holding the missing files, then you should be able to use my FindTracks script to reconnect them to iTunes.
    tt2
    Having the same issue.. All of playlists were deleted as well as the majority of my music can't be located. It seems the only music that can be located is the music I have purchased directly through itunes/iphone.
    The location where itunes thinks my music file is:
    "file://localhost/C:/Users/MY NAME/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/"
    The actual location where my music file is:
    "C:/Users/MY NAME/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/"
    This is weird because I have not moved my music and it was working fine before I upgraded to the new iTunes...
    My steps:
    1) update itunes to latest version
    2) plug in old phone take backup in itunes
    3) plug in new phone and restore from that backup
    I didn't notice the issue until I looked on my phone and all of music was missing from my phone along with playlists (minus the music I purchased directly from iphone/itunes.
    Then I looked in itunes in my music library and saw itunes can't locate my music files.  I also tried replacing the previous itunes library file as noted in the support link above but didn't do anything..
    Any help would be greatly appreciated!
    Thanks,

Maybe you are looking for

  • Value type of Purchase order.

    Hi MM Experts, For a purchase order line items ME23N where can i see the Value type of the line items of a purchase order.(pls give step by step) i.e Value Type = 10 - Actual,20 - Plan, 50- Budget What is significance of following Value types 1. 40 -

  • Is it true you can end a method definition with ;?

    I just tried it by accident, and it compiled. Is it supposed to be this way? public void f(){System.out.println(x);};

  • How can I upload my iWeb site to 2 different domain addresses?

    I have two different domain names, but I want to publish one iWeb site to both addresses. I can't work out how to do it, I was thinking to duplicate the whole site but using the other address. Then I would have to make indiviual changes to both sites

  • Getting Started with CFBuilder - A Question About Project Settings

    Hello All, I'm just getting my feet wet with CFBuilder and giving it a spin after over a decade's worth of experience with Dreamweaver and I have a question about setting up my work environment. First of all, I have two computers that I mainly work f

  • Address Book Issues moving from Leopard to Tiger

    I've carried out a clean install of a powerbook G4, moving down from leopard to tiger because the computer was struggling to cope with leopard with the lack of memory. I'm having problems importing the address book contacts. I've played around with t