Problems with syncing iphone...

I'm having problems syncing my phone with itunes, it says it is "backing up" constantly but it has been like that for nearly an hour and nothing is happening! Help me!!

Same problem here. Syncing works fine until it gets to the calendars, then it goes forever. This was an immediate problem upon update to 8.1, as everything worked great until that point. Looking at the task manager under windows during the sync, there's very little activity going on. I'm trying a restore now to see if that helps, didn't see the comment about the birthdays until too late . All I have to do is turn off calendar syncing and it works. Interestingly, if I turn on calendar syncing, but use the "Sync selected", but don't select any calendars, it still hangs.

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From what I understand, if the drive spins up, it is often possible to recover data from it. To be absolutely certain to destroy the data, you just about have to take a hammer to the disk. Hopefully, there will be a way to get your data back.
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Problem with syncing IPhone with Outlook mail and calendar

I followed all the instructions to reload, replug, turn on/off iphone & computer, but my new iphone still will not sync. The message says that sync is in progress; syncing calendar, and then:
Error message: "Could not sync calendar to the IPhone because the IPhone disconnected."
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I am having the same problem with my phone.
It works sometimes but usually it stops syncing in the middle of the operation.
The syncing prompt dissapears from the iPhone and then Itunes locks up..
Hopefully sombody has an answer?!

Problems with syncing iPhone to iTunes - please assist

I recently bought a new laptop & downloaded iTunes - when I try to sync my iPhone 4S I get an error message stating "the iPhone ____ couldn't be synced as the sync session failed to start". Has anyone else faced this problem? How do I resolve it? Grateful for any tips. #

Hello there, kd.arunkumar.
I would recommend closing all open applications in multitasking, power cycling the device and restarting iTunes. The following Knowledge Base articles outline how to do these steps:
iOS: Force an app to close.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
and
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
Then restart iTunes on your computer.
Once you have processed these steps, attempt to sync again.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

Problems with syncing iphone 5c

When I just synced my iphone 5c, my husband's email address is now what comes up when I want to update my apps or add any new ones. How do I get my own email address back? He has an account with his ipad.

If you have tried "everything" there is nothing more to do. No matter how many times you impatiently post to these user to user support forums.

I have an iPhone 4S and never had a problem with syncing it. But suddenly, when I connected my phone to my mac, it says that its in recovery mode, and I need to restore it in order to sync. I've updated both my phone and my itunes, and it didnt work.Help?

I have an iPhone 4S and never had a problem with syncing it. But suddenly, when I connected my phone to my mac, it says that its in recovery mode, and I need to restore it in order to sync. I've updated both my phone and my itunes, and it didnt work.Help?

fighter19lisa wrote:
that only makes it say its synced, when its not.
No, it does not. It transfers purchases from the iDevice to the computer. The computer must be authorized for the Apple ID that the content was acquired with.
fighter19lisa wrote:
my playlists wont show up on the phone.
Are they selected to sync? Is Manually Manage content on the device selected?
fighter19lisa wrote:
i had to change my password for my aol account again and i still cannot get my email on my phone to even work
What does that have to do with syncing content to the device? FYI, nothing.

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Can anyone offer suggestions for trobleshooting sync problems with my iphone. Recently I have connected my iphone and my ipod to my computer while having itunes open and I do not see my devices in itunes. I have powered off the iphone and powered back on and I have the most recent version of itunes on my computer. I have also tried multiple USB ports and multiple cords on my computer. When I go to file in itunes, Sync is not an option (greyed out). Any suggestions?

Had the same issue last year on XP Pro.
1) Start->All Programs->Apple Software Update Run this and make sure your up to date on iTunes.
2) Unplug both devices.
3) Restart the computer (I know your tired of being told this-it's a windows thing and sometimes it's a PO'd IT person thing either way do it).
4) After restart open iTunes.
5) wait a tad for iTunes to open all the way up, navigate through your music to make sure. Then connect the iPhone. Watch your clock area and you should see two pop-ups. One says Found new device, second says iPhone.
Last, if it doesn't appear it's because windows photo capture is trying to connect to the iPhone. Minimize iTunes and you'll probably have a pop up sitting there. THIS WINDOW will not show up in the task bar.

I have a problem with the iphone 4´s sync

i have a problem with the iphone 4´s sync this problem is with itunes because itunes said that icant because i didnt star the apple mobil divece service

Check out this Apple article -> How to restart the Apple Mobile Device Service (AMDS) on Windows
Are you able to start the Apple Mobile Device Service? Have you tried to reinstall iTunes?

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I own an iPhone 4s and I have recently come across a problem with syncing music to my phone. Whenever I try to sync it, nine or ten songs get synced then the sync cancels. It only syncs the first song on each album but not for all of them, some of the albums don't sync at all. I have been dealing with this problem for a while. I have updated iTunes to the newest update and iOS 7 to the newest update.

Well, the fact is, you have a carrier locked iPhone...locked to Verizon, to be specific. The only way that phone will work is if it is first activated on Verizon's network. Once you do that, you can then request that Verizon unlock the sim slot. However, once Verizon unlocks the sim slot, I doubt you'll be able to get the phone to work with any GSM carrier in the US. The unlocking of the sim slot is done for International travel outside of the US.
If you want to use Straight Talk, your best bet is to sell this phone & use the proceeds to purchase an officially unlocked iPhone 4S directly from Apple.
Good luck.

HT1296 I am facing a problem with my iPhone 4. I applied the first syncing with outlook 2007 by choosing the "merge" option. At the end of the process, some contacts are correctly sync, but most are only sync with the names. Numbers are lost. Any suggesti

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I would love to do this as well. All I need is my calendar appts from outlook. Right now I am using google calendar sync, but I would like to move to the cloud and away from google. I find it hard to believe there isn't an option to do this.

Problems with syncing appointments from icloud i made with my earlyer iphone

Im having problems with my calendar after switching from iphone 4 to 4s. All the appointments in my calendar i made with the old iphone 4 will not sync to my new 4s. I can see them i icloud on my win pc but not on my 4s..
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Did you used to have service and now suddenly you don't?
This happened to me a few years back, and several other iPhone users in my neighborhood, and after a while on the phone with AT&T they figured out that a technician had recently adjusted the receiver/sender on the tower and it was slightly off. They sent them back up and I actually had a better signal after than I did before it went out.
I would call AT&T and explain the issue you are having and see if they can fix it.
If you never had service there then like wjosten said it's probably just a bad zone.
Hope you get it sussed out.
-PM

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Alright, I'm having two annoying problems with my iPhone. It's an iPhone 4.
I'm using the latest iOS.
The first problem is that when I get a notification (a mail, text message, whatever), I hear the sound that it makes, but the screen doesn't light up. Then, when I click the home or the turn-on / off button (basically when I'm in the lock menu), it doesn't show the notification either. Yet, in the notification settings, I've set up to show them. For example mails. I just received a few mails. For mail, I've selected the banner in the notification center. But I see no banner. I see nothing in fact. I can unlock my phone and go in mail, and see the mail there.
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I appreciate all help. Cheers guys

Nobody? The second problem is solved! But my phone still doesn't light up or shows a banner or anything when for example a mail arrives?

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