My iphone just says preparing to sync then cuts out??

my iphone just says preparing to sync then cuts out??

Disconnect the iPhone from your computer.
Not reset it.
Hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
Restart your computer.
Connect the iPhone. Try syncing.
* Helps to tell us if you are Mac or Windows when you post for help. Thanks!

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by reset option do you mean the DFU restore? worked for me, have you tried that?
if not - hold the lock and home button until the power down bar comes up. then hold the lock button for ten seconds - next continue to hold the lock button and press the home button for ten seconds - next release the lock button and hold the home button for 10 seconds. this should be done with the phone tethered. If done right and your itunes is configured as such, the phone will reload the drivers and start up itunes, and then prompt for a restore/update.

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
This user tip might help you understand how accounts work with Contacts (Address Book). (25)
First check that all your settings are correct, that contact syncing is checked on all devices (system preferences > iCloud on a mac and settings > iCloud on a iPhone, iPad or iPod).
Make sure the contacts you are adding are added to your 'iCloud' group and not an 'On My Mac', 'On My Phone' or other non iCloud group (you can do this by checking in groups), non iCloud contacts will not sync.
If you are sure that everything is set up correctly and your contacts are in the iCloud group, you might try unchecking contact syncing in the iCloud settings, restarting your device and then re-enabling contact syncing.
Contact syncing is nothing to do with iCloud back up, the only settings you should be concerned with on the device are at settings > iCloud page.

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I have downloaded the latest version of itunes to my computer and when I sync my new iphone, it says it is syncing but doe not pull the music in my library. Can anyone assist me in figuring out how to sync my iphone? The computer that has my current music library is old so I want to get it synced before it dies...

Download what applications?
Apps in iTunes do not run on computers.
What is the exact error and where specifically is it occurring?

My iphone 4 says activation required and then connect to itunes and when i try to connect it wont what do i do (i cant use it at all) :'(

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i purchased 2 albums off of iTunes and when i went to play the one album 4 of the songs play for a few seconds then cut out.

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I recently downloaded an album and two of the songs on it play until about half way through and then cut out! What is happening and how do i get them back?

I recently downloaded an album and two of the songs on it play until about half way through and then cut out! What is happening and how do i get them back?

I'd report the problem to the iTunes Store.
Log in to the Store. Click on "Account" in your Quick Links. When you're in your Account information screen, go down to Purchase History and click "See all".
Find the items that are not playing properly. If you can't see "Report a Problem" next to the entries, click the "Report a problem" button. Now click the "Report a Problem" links next to the items.
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I'm trying to sync more music onto my iPhone but it just says "Waiting for sync to start" and it won't go away or start the sync.

I've tried multiple things but I just cannot get the sync to start!

At some stage is is likely to have been connected to another computer's iTunes. It is now linked to that computer's library and iPhones can only be associated to one library at a time. Linking to a different one requires wiping the phone.
If you used the phone with another computer you owned you can transfer the iTunes library from that computer to this one and the phone will still be syncing with the same library it was before.
If all there is on the phone are items which can be backed up to iTunes and purchases which can be transferred you could do that, then wipe the phone and sync them back.

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TS1363 Why does my iphone stall on preparing to sync?

why does my iphone 4, stall on preparing to sync?

In addition the the step it tells you what it is doing during that step. If it is backing up that is taking a long time try deleting your backup, then just back up (rather than syncing). The first backup may take a while, but after that is should be fast. If it is Syncing see if you can identify the sync step - contacts, calendar, photos. If you have a lot of photos in Albums (not camera roll) that should take a long time whenever you change photos, but should not any other time.
How are you syncing contacts and calendar? If you have a lot of contacts (>1,000) and the change frequently that's a possibility Likewise for calendar entries.
Beyond these I'm as mystified as you. Earlier versions prior to 3.1 commonly took a long time to sync, but more recent versions generally ahve not had a problem.

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