My Iphone4 will not back up, there for I can not update without losing everything. I tunes tells me something is currupt and can not back up.

My I phone 4 will not back up to my computer, i tunes says somethinig is currupt.. there for I can not update my phone to the newest software so I have the original, a year and a half, and it is causing me issues. I dont want to update without backing up and lose everything!?

What does it say is corrupt?
What have you tried?

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Absolutely.
If you go to Appleid.apple.com, then click on the Manage My Account button (big blue rectangle).
When you've signed in (using your current Apple ID), there will be a section showing your email address, click on EDIT next too it, enter in your new Apple ID, and then select Save Changes, and viola! Your Apple ID has been changed, without loss of any content.
Then on your device just go into Settings> Store> click on your account> Sign Out> Then Sign back in using your new email address in place of the old.
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I have the same problem. It is only with tv shows and only with programs I have downloaded after the software update.
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I have an IPad 2 and no computer at all (it broke). I want to download iOS 5 off a friend's Mac but can't lose music, apps, etc as my iPad is my only technology right now. Is there a way I could update without losing my data??

So basically I've been living computer-less for 8 months now, doing everything on my iPad 2. I want the iOS 5 update so my iPad will be more independent and not having a computer will be less of a problem. Can I update on a friend's Mac/pc without syncing my iPad to their computer? I can't lose all my data, it's all my contacts photos music and school work for the past months. Also I'm studying abroad so losing everything would be even worse considering I'd have to wait months to figure it out. Help!!

These are the options you have.
Budget $1299.
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How do I sync my iPhone to iTunes on a new computer without losing everything? My old laptop's hardrive crashed and I just got it back. Now I want to sync my iPhone but it keeps telling me that it'll replace all my audio, but then I'd have no songs.

I just lost EVERYTHING on my computer. All I have left now are my songs and photos on my iPhone. Once I got my laptop back with a brand new hardrive, I was anxious to sync my phone up to iTunes. I felt that once I had all my things on my computer, I wouldn't have to worry so much about my phone getting stolen or broken or something. (My family has a bad history with accidentally washing our phones in our laundry...) I downloaded iTunes and waited an hour for the sync to back up my phone. Once that was done, I looked in my library expecting an extremely long and comforting list of songs to appear on the screen. However, there was absolutely nothing. I looked under the music tab on my phone and checked the Sync Music box only to be greeted with a scary window threatening to replace the songs on my iPhone with the songs in my library. That would be all fine and dandy IF I actually HAD songs in my library... HELP ME. I live on my music, for my music, and because of my music. Plus, I've purchased every last song on there and I would be very, very, very, very, very angry if all those 99 cent songs (which add up) were to disappear. I'd be very, very angry indeed. Oh and my artwork is all messed up on my recent purchases for some reason. Technology doesn't like me.

1) ensure iTunes is authorized for your iTunes store account(s)
2) connect your device and right-click or control-click it in the iTunes Source list, then choose transfer purchases from the shortcut menu that appears.
3) sync the device
iTunes will wipe the iPhone but, since you transferred your purchases in the previous step, your content will be in your library and you can re-populate the iPhone with it.
above works for purchases from the iTunes store. for everything else, check out this post by Zevoneer.

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Does it sync or not? Did you remember to select music to sync onto your phone before clicking on Apply or Sync?
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I'm doing my own reply, so others will benefit!!!!!!
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Type--- Netsh windsock reset ----then press enter and restart your computer.
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My iPhone4 will not play any music. When I select a song, it goes to the screen for the song to play and it immediately goes straight back to the list of songs. If I hit shuffle, it just continously shuffles, shuffles, shuffles, then goes back to the list of songs. I have cut the phone on and off numerous times and it still continues to do this. I have tried tapping the album art and that doesn't work. I have turned off shuffle and that doesn't work. I do not have shake to shuffle selected in my settings. Help!

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In my experience, the songs that are skipping may not have transferred over to your iPhone correctly. I would advise you to uncheck the "Sync Music" checkbox in iTunes, and apply the changes (so there is ultimately no music syncing to your iPhone).
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iPhone and iPod touch: Songs or other audio content are skipped during playback
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3159
Troubleshooting songs that skip
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3217
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Cheers!,
Matt M.

HT1430 my iPhone4 will not turn on or show that is working at all, i have tried to charge it so that the screen will light up but it won't work, when plugged into the computer iTunes does not show any sign it is plugged in, what do i do?

my iPhone4 will not turn on or show that is working at all, i have tried to charge it so that the screen will light up but it won't work, when plugged into the computer iTunes does not show any sign it is plugged in, what do i do?

There is a hardware problem. Whether it's worth it to you to have no working phone for 2 months until you can update vs paying for replacement/repair now is a question only you can answer.

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Will not turn on or will not activate? The two are not the same, the specific issue affects how the issue is troubleshot.

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Disabled
Place the iOS device in Recovery Mode and then connect to your computer and restore via iTunes. The iPod will be erased.
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For how to restore:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
You may be able to get some data from the restored iPod by:
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Wondershare Dr.Fone for iOS: iPhone Data Recovery - Wondershare Official
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You can redownload most iTunes purchases by:
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If none of the tricks like reboot (hold both the power and home buttons until the apple logo appears) do not help, take the iPhone back to an Apple store genius bar and have them test the WiFi module. You can also connect via USB to a computer running iTunes and update that way.

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