Possible fix if your iPhone 3G isn't being recognised by iTunes!

Hi all,
I was having this problem, my iPhone was being recognised by Windows XP as a camera but would not show up in the left hand column in iTunes. After going through all the tutorials, checking services and drivers, I decided to *turn WiFi off* and try again. Bingo. It sync'd first time and I have tested this method and it works everytime. Seems being connected to a wireless home network interferes with iTunes or something like that.
Give it a try and let me know how you all go!

You're in luck because i just ran into this issue and fixed it.
For some silly reason your apple iphone device driver gets moved under device manager and itunes can't see your phone as a result.
To fix the issue:
on your keyboard: windows key + pause/break key.  Then select Device Manager on the left of the window.
If you expand Universal Serial Bus controllers you will likely not see "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" listed.
You'll have to do some poking around, because it will be under one of the other headers... found mine under "Portable Devices", but yours could literally be under any of them.
Once you find "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver", right-click and select uninstall.  Follow prompts to uninstall.
Then right-click "Universal Serial Bus controllers" and select scan for hardware changes.  Your PC will then install it to the proper location and iTunes will be able to see your iphone and sync.
Dunno why it does this, but it does.
Hope that helps,
Cheers!

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