Screen Goes Dark During iPhone Sync

This sounds strange and I can't seem to find a logical explanation for this. I noticed that I went I plug my iPhone via USB for iTunes to automatically synch, within seconds the screen goes dark. What I have been doing lately is to rest the phone on top of the MacBook Pro, just left of the trackpad. I have also noticed that if I just place the iPhone elsewhere, rather than laying directly on the MacBook Pro, the problem doesn't happen.

That's where the magnetic sensor for the lid is located. It causes the computer to think that it is closed! Now, an iPhone doesn't have a magnet, except in the speaker, so maybe that's what happens. Our your case has a magnet.
I hope this answers your question.

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Hello
I know that there are already a lot of discussions going on about these but nothing works for me.
MacBook Pro mid 2012:
MacOS 10.8.5 ---> new clean install
iTunes 11.1.1 ---> new clean install
iPhone 3Gs:
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Copied iTunes folder to new MacBook Pro.
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iTunes freeze during iPhone sync for the first time in many years whitout problems.
Some apps in iPhone are partly installed because of freeze.
When i delete them they appear again during next sync and then iTunes freezes again.
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# and so on, and so on
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It have taken me all day but it's solved!
During last sync on old MacBook Pro the new version of the iBook app was only synced partly.
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