My phone when I plug it in to my pc says that it is my wife's phone. How do I fix that?

My wife's iPhone broke so she got a new one. When she synced back up, I selected her backup for it to restore from, but now when I connect on my PC, it has labled my phone as hers. How do I change this?

Just click on your phone in the left side of iTunes like you were going to rename a folder on your desktop. It will allow you to change the name there.
If you have updated to the latest iOS, go to settings --> general --> about --> name. You can change it there as well.

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If you are not getting any sound from your iPhone’s speaker, you may want to troubleshoot using the steps in this article -
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts5180
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In itunes, when i plug my 16gb iphone in, it says i have 5.8gb of "other" filled on my phone, what is "other" and how do i delete it so i can put more music on

I know by the date of this thread that I'm probably too late to help you but I had the same problem and just figured out what the "other" really was. It is application archives.
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     You don't have to restore your iOS device and lose all your contacts, messages, app data. All you have to do is use a iOS device file browser and delete some old partial apps from incompleted syncs.
     I use "DiskAid" or "iFunBox" but you can use any app that can change the files on your device. I'm going to tell you how to do it using DiskAid.
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my iphone 5 randomly shut off and when I plugged it into my laptop, it says it is in recovery mode. however, i keep getting error 9 when it's attempting to restore. my phone has been off for 24 hours now and i can't get it to successfully restore

Hey p0507!
Here is an article that addresses your error message, and can help you troubleshoot this issue:
Resolve specific iTunes update and restore errors
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3694
Configure your security software
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Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
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