Need to sync 2 iphones to Itunes w/out deleting 1st sync

My IPhone 4S is currently 99% dead due to a 800lb desk falling on it. I am trying to use my old 3GS to download music I have bought and burnt that is currently on ITunes, Is there a way to sync my IPhone 3GS to my laptop without going over the 4GS data? The 4GS has a lot of information backed up onto the laptop so I need to know how to sync my IPhone 3GS to the laptop without erasing all of that if anyone knows how

You're getting into very advanced iTunes here! I haven't tried it, but I think what you want is to have the iTunes library database (not the music, just the index) under your login ID, but the music itself on the shared drive. And likewise for your wife; her index should be under her ID. The library file needs to be in ~/music/iTunes, where "~" is your login directory (Macintosh HD/Users/<username>. The index filename is iTunes Library.itl. There is a companion file iTunes Music Library.xml that should be in the same place.
It will take some experimentation on how to make this happen.

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Hi Michela27,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If you have content on your iPhone that isn't on your computer, the best thing is to use the advice in this article to transfer it to your new computer before setting up sync:
iTunes: Transferring media from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1209
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I am using my daughters old laptop (which already has her iTunes on it) and need to add my iPhone and iTunes acct info but can't figure out how... PLEASE HELP!!

Sign her out of the iTunes copy that's on the machine, then you can sign in with your account credentials.

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I need to restore my iphone but itunes can't connect to it because of my password which I can't input becasue it has no service and needs to be restored. what can I do to restore it? Is there a way to input the password?

You will need to put the iPhone into Recovery Mode to be able to restore it in iTunes.
To put your iPod/iPhone into recovery mode:
1. Make sure the iPod/iPhone is connected to a computer with iTunes installed on it.
2. Hold down the sleep/wake button(top button) and the home button at the same time until the iPod/iPhone screen goes black then shows the apple logo( usually 10-15 seconds).
3. Once the apple logo appears on the screen, let go of the sleep/wake button and keep holding the home button.
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so, if I delete all music on itunes then connect my iphone all my music on the iphone will then be deleted?

HT201269 I just synced my new iphone through itunes and it deleted my new pictures. is there any way to get them back?

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Do you sync your iPhone with iTunes every once in a while? If yes, there are chances that iTunes has taken last backup of your photos, contacts, etc. that you want back.
Connect your iPhone with your PC. launch iTunes, right click on your device and click on "Restore from Backup". Choose the latest backup to proceed.
If you configured iCloud for backup before you restored your iPhone. Go to Settings -> iCloud - > and login using your Apple ID. Once you've logged in, all the photos, contacts, mail, messages should be back on your iPhone. This may take a while (depending on your network).
Alternatively, if you are only now setting up your iPhone, choose 'Restore from iCloud Backup' in the setup screen. Login with Apple ID and the iPhone will be restored from the latest iCloud backup.

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The back of my iphone 4 got smashed and it worked fine for about 3 hours.
Then in the top left corner of my screen where normaly my service bars are, it said "searching".
And i could no longer make/receive any calls and my phone is completely unconnected to my 3G network.
I consistantly am getting a pop up message from apple saying that i "cannot make/receive any calls" and i need to do " a restore with tunes".
The closest Apple store is about 1.5 hrs from my house.
Please HELP!

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What we want is for USER B to be able to access the computer + digital hard drive w/music (managed by iTunes account A), but retain his Aps that he's purchased for his iphone.
I hope this is clear. Can someone tell us the best way to accomplish getting USER B access to our home music collection?
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Ok, all I want to do is play the same stuff on my home computer as on my work computer. There are 3 I-tunes accounts on my home computer (mine is one). My apps/movies and music don't show up on this computer, even though it has been authorized. I have synced the phone, but no changes, even after adjusting the prefs. Oh, and this is a side note, my Outlook calendars are not playing well together either. My home Outlook is "stand alone" while my work calendar is accessed by others all the time and both appts and email are "pushed" to my phone. (This is not a big deal, however)
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Not sure this is possible as I have done some looking online and can't find an answer, but thought the experts here may be able to help me.
I have quite an extensive music library, at least 5000 songs. Problem is, I don't like/want to keep all of them, but to sit at the computer and listen to them one by one to delete is very painful. I have my iPhone plugged in and playing music all day at work. Is it possible to delete the song off of my iPhone and then sync in such a way that the same song is deleted from iTunes at a later date? Is this possible? I don't know if the music on the iPhone can override the music in iTunes....
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Hey there 2Chainz,
It sounds like youre being prompted that there is not enough space. I would use the following article to help resolve the issue named:
iOS: "Not enough free space" alert when trying to sync
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1503
Try disconnecting and reconnecting your device, then syncing again to solve this issue.
Orphaned files may remain on your iOS device if it is physically disconnected while syncing music, podcasts, videos, or photos. This can prevent iTunes from syncing the iOS device on subsequent sync sessions. When this happens, the Capacity indicator in iTunes may report a large amount of "Other" disk usage for the iOS device. To resolve this issue:
Turn off the music or photo sync option in iTunes for the device.
Click Apply to sync the changes to the device.
Turn the music and photo sync options for the device on again.
Click Apply again to try to sync the device to iTunes.
If the 'Not enough free space' alert appears, continue to step 5.
Turn off the automatic syncing functions for the iOS device. To do this:
Select the iOS device from the iTunes window and click the Summary tab.
Deselect "Automatically sync when this device is connected" and select the "Sync only checked songs and videos" checkbox.
Click Apply to sync the changes to the device.
Reduce the amount of data that is being synced to the device and resync the device. For example, if syncing your Music library exceeds the memory capacity of the device, choose "Selected playlists" to transfer rather than "All songs and playlists" under the Music tab in iTunes.
If the 'Not enough free space' alert appears, continue to step 6.
Restore using iTunes.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
Sterling

Need to sync 2 iphones to Itunes w/out deleting 1st sync

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