MBP not recognizing IPhone 3gs

Today and yesterday I have been unable to get my computer to recognize my IPhone. I have seen several topics on what to do if it is a windows computer, but I do not have windows. I have a MBP running OS X(10.6.4), I have iTunes 9.2 and I have upgraded my phone to OS 4. It has been several weeks since I upgrade and I have not had any issues until today and yesterday. As recently as Friday I have had my phone plugged into my computer and it was working fine. However, now when I plug it in, it does not charge and it also does not recognize in iTunes. However, when I use the same cable to plug into the wall it charges fine, and if I dock my phone in my alarm clock it will also charge fine.
Thanks for any replies.

There's not much else we can do on this forum then. I'd suggest making an appointment at an Apple store & taking your phone & computer, the geniuses should be able to sort this out. Make sure you backup your phone & all important data on your computer BEFORE you go.

Similar Messages

  • Windows 7 x64 bit and iTunes not recognizing iPhone 3GS

    Hello,
    I'm sorry to bring this up again and I know the community has seen it a million times but I'm definately needing someone to point me in the right direction. I have an Acer 5552 Laptop with Windows 7 x64 bit. It does not have the Intel P55 chipset as what I have read before in these discussions, so updating the BIOS will not work. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling iTunes x64 bit, removed and reinstalled the drivers and Apple Mobile Support software (which should do it by removing iTunes as a whole) and whenever I hook my iPhone to my laptop for a second sync it takes a long time to back up and then it gives an error, then when i try to connect it again iTunes says that the iPhone cannot be recognized and needs to be restored. I have done this 3 times in the past 2 months. This is a brand new laptop that I have. There should be no reason for this to happen unless I'm missing something. Is there any workaround to this? for the time being I'm syncing everything on an old, slow desktop that has Windows XP. It's worked with my old laptop which had XP on it great but sadly I gave my old laptop to my dad which he now uses to sync his iPhone with now.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated..also if anyone has the same laptop model I have and have Windows 7 x64 on it..please let me know what you did if you got your 3GS to sync all the time with no problems.
    Thank you very much.

    4 days and no response...really??

  • Itunes not recognizing iphone 3gs or ipod touch 4th gen

    My two sons ipod touch 4th generations were not being recognized by itunes, (they were previously, and I have not changed anything). I went through apple supports steps up to uninstalling and reinstalling itunes.
    They are still not being recognized and now my iphone isn't either.
    The computer sees them all and asks if I want to download photos from them etc.
    itunes is seeing my ipod shuffle and my 2nd gen ipod ok.
    My iphone and the ipod touches are running on version 4.3.5.
    Help

    Did you check if Apple Mobile Device Service is still active? iPhone and iPod touch: How to restart the Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS) on Windows

  • Aperture not recognizing iPhone 3GS as a camera?

    I decided to pull my iPhone photos into Aperture. However, some of the photos show correct camera metadata as being from my 3GS, but others show "unknown camera".
    There appears to be no rhyme nor reason, i.e. the first photo I took with my phone shows the correct metadata, whereas most others (randomly) do not.
    Any ideas?

    Upon further testing, it looks like maybe the photos I took with "Camera Genius", a third party camera app don't save the camera model as part of the metadata. Looks like only the photos taken with the actual Apple camera app will log the camera as an iPhone.
    So, question #2. How can I change the camera/model metadata (painlessly please ) of those that are "unknown"?

  • ITunes not recognizing iPhone 3GS on Windows 7

    Hi guys, I knew it is an old topic. I just want to know if there was a solution to this sucking problem.
    The problem is that the iTunes simply doesn't recognize my iPhone while the Windows does. The related services runs well and the iPhone was recognized as "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" in the device manager.
    btw. I'm not an Apple fan nor do I like the philosophy of Apple. I didn't want to buy an iPhone for myself. But unfortunately I received one as a gift. And now I have to bother you guys and waste my time on it:(
    But anyhow thank you if you can help me.
    Message was edited by: Cybercake

    4 days and no response...really??

  • Problem with itunes 11.1.0.126, windows 7, 32-bit version, not recognizing iphone 3gs

    Anyone having an issue like this?  I just updated to the latest version of itunes, 11.1.0.126.

    Anyone having an issue like this?  I just updated to the latest version of itunes, 11.1.0.126.

  • ITunes not recognizing iPhone 5 iO7 on Windows 7

    I have exhausted myself dealing with this problem. My iTunes will not recognize my iPhone 5. I am running Windows 7 64 bit and my computer recognizes the phone when i plug it in, however, my iTunes does not so I am not able to sync any music. I have tried practically everything I have found on the internet to fix this problem and even the people at the Apple store could not help me with my problem. I have uninstalled and installed all Apple related programs, I have insured that the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver is working correctly but nothing seems to fix the problem. I just don't know what to do anymore because nothing seems to work. I have followed the suggestions contained in the following discussions but nothing seems to work. Thank you for your help.
    Referenced discussions:
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3121604?start=0&tstart=0
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538

    golds04
    Re: iTunes not recognizing iPhone 5 
    Feb 16, 2014 7:45 AM (in response to oryyx)
    Had this problem this morning.
    Once in the past had to erase my iphone and reload it.That was unpleasant.
    This morning had the problem,too.
    Plugged in my iphone directly into the Imac (not hub) then clicked shut down on the imac.
    Pressed the button in the back while the iphone was still plugged in-and when rebooted iphone was visable in itunes.
    Hope this helps.
    Thanks so much for your suggestion. I'm using a MacBook Air and I just tried this with my laptop - shutting down the computer all the say (not restarting it) and then booting it back up with the phone plugged in. It didn't work but it was worth a shot! Thank you!
    Jen912 wrote:
    I had this exact same problem and just figured out how to fix it. I had to reload the driver on the iphone5 in order for itunes to recognize the device. Follow the steps here to see if you might need to do the same thing. Once I reinstalled the driver, everything works fine and I'm now able to sync with itunes again.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
    Thanks for the suggestion, I have seen a TON of posts like mine where this is the solution. Unfortunately, I am on a Mac not Windows so the driver isn't the problem.

  • Itunes not recognising iphone 3GS. iphone is in a loop of searching..with image of connector to "itunes" on screen. Very frustrating - please help

    itunes not recognising iphone 3GS. iphone is in a loop of searching..with image of connector to "itunes" on screen. Very frustrating - please help

    Check first if your iTunes is up-to-date. If it's updated, try using a different cable or try plugging it to a different USB port.

  • My PC not recognizing iPhone

    My Pc not recognizing iPhone. I tryed a lot of ways but nothing help.

    If its anything like what my pc does from time to time... Is that when I plug in , Itunes "locks" up for a period of time followed by it finally "letting go" and then not seeing my iphone.  Granted, I use an Iphone 4 but none the less I'm assuming this is the issue you are having.
    What I do (cant take credit for this, learned from another user on these boards) is hold your home button and power button at the same time.  Let the iphone turn off and then turn it back on.  Plug it back in , and it should be seen.  If that does not work (does not always for me) try it when the usb cable plugged in.   One or the other usually does the trick for me.
    Good luck!

  • Hello, I can not reset Iphone 3gs, I tried few times, but I only get a cable on the screen with Itunes icon. and Itunes does not see it. anyone can help me?

    hello, I can not reset Iphone 3gs, I tried few times, but I only get a cable on the screen with Itunes icon. and Itunes does not see it. anyone can help me?

    You may need to put the iPad in recovery mode to restore it.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

  • Can i recover my notes from iphone 3gs in recovery mode

    Can i recover my notes from iphone 3gs in recovery mode

    No.  All data on the phone are already gone.

  • Mercedez Benz COMAND System not recognizing iPhone 5 after iOS 8 update, can we expect the same result with iPhone 6 or 6 plus?

    Mercedez Benz COMAND System not recognizing iPhone 5 after iOS 8 update, can we expect the same result with iPhone 6 or 6 plus?
    I'm planning to purchase the 6 plus, but I need to know from where.whom will the fix for this problem emerge.

    My new iPhone 6 paired perfectly with my Mercedes system.  That said, on your iPhone 5, reset your network settings and then try to pair it again.

  • Windows PC suddenly not recognizing iPhone. Recognizes another iPhone just fine. USB works until operating system in PC (XP) loads. Any clues out there?

    Windows suddenly not recognizing iPhone, yet recognizes another iPhone fine (sees in iTunes, etc.) USB appears to be fine - passes electrical to iPhone until operating system (XP) boots, and then "disconnects". I've gone through all of Apples suggestions for troubleshooting - including msconfig. Same result - quick double "bong" tone and no connectivity to iTunes. Versions are all up-to-date.
    Any suggestions out there?

    How did you get the VMWare sync to work? I hate Apple at this point.

  • Vechr good guys please tell me I can not activate iphone 3gs unlock after the official sees no sim card

    vechr good guys please tell me I can not activate iphone 3gs unlock after the official sees no sim card

    Disable your antivirus and firewall.
    If that doesn't fix it either the phone was jailbroken or hacked, or the computer you are using was used to hack or jailbreak some other iDevice.

  • ITUNES NOT RECOGNIZING IPHONE 4S DEVICE, NOT ABLE TO SYNC

    Hi Everyone, just noticed an anomaly with my devices
    ITUNES NOT RECOGNIZING IPHONE 4S DEVICE, AND NOT ABLE TO SYNC. ANY IDEAS WOULD BE HELPFUL, THANKS

    Open Device Manager and Right click Apple Mobile Device and choose Update Driver
    Select BROWSE My Computer For Driver Software
    Select Let me pick from a list of Device Drivers on my Computer
    Click Have Disk button---NOTE if the have disk option is not available. Choose a device category
    such as mobile phone or storage device if listed then Click Next the have disk button should appear.
    Click the Browse button and navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers
    Double click the "usbaapl" file or "usbaapl64" or if there is no driver folder look in
    C:\program Files (X86)\ Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers. instead
    Click open in Have Disk Window  Then Click NEXT and then FINISH Windows will install the Drivers
    GOT THIS FIX FROM AN EARLIER POST BY J F FOURIE and it worked for me
    Hope this helps

Maybe you are looking for