Syncing/Backing Up iPhone Problem

When I sync my iPhone 3G, it says backing up iPhone. And it takes literally about 10 minutes jus for the backup. Why does it take so long? And can I turn it off?

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I downloaded a ringtone from Itunes and apple owned company to my Iphone4 and then followed all the instructions sent to itunes on pc and synced back to iphone still got squat. Why does apple need to be so hard for something so simple.

I downloaded a ringtone from itunes (an apple company) to my iphone4 (an Apple product). Followed all the instructions from "Help" boards, sent to itunes on my pc converted to m4r synced back to iphone and still got squat. I thought iphones and apple were supposed to be so user friendly? Any other phone you download a ringtone click on it "use as ringtone" and your done.

Frank, thanks for your note. I wrote "COMPLETED" because I had gone to a lot of effort to get the content of the book precisely as I wanted it. I would fully expect to see my level of effort and care matched by functional competence in Aperture 3 to render the book the way I created it. Too much to ask?
And yes, I upgraded the Aperture 2 Library first. [Not ALL my tens of 000s of pix, because I use Lightroom selectively for photo editing. But Yes to the Aperture 2 Library.] That step took a number of minutes, but seemed to work fine (no error messages of any kind).
Then I opened the existing book project in Aperture 3, which followed some "magic-box" process that took a minute or so. As I said, when that step was done, by all appearances the book was ready to submit for printing - until I examined the photos a little more closely. You did see the blurry example I included, didn't you? That is what each and every photo looks like.
Text-box content appears to have been rendered pertectly, for the record (including captions).
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I can't sync/back up iPhone data to my computer b/c iPhone screen is shattered and i cant unlock it to enter in my passcode. How can I sync my broken iPhone with my computer and back up my data so I can sync and transfer the data to my replacement iPhone?

I can't sync my iPhone and back up my data with my computer because iTunes says to enter the passcode into my iPhone to unlock it, but I am unable to unlock and enter in my passcode on my iPhone because the screen is shattered. I have my replacement iPhone with me and I'm not going to activate it until I can sync/get the data from my broken iPhone. I have the envelope to send my broken iPhone back to the Verizon store or whatever so that's not a problem. I just can't sync my old iPhone with my computer.
Thanks.

No I haven't synced my iPhone with the computer I'm currently using. The computer that I normally sync my iPhone with is being repaired.
I read a nearly identical question to mine (in which you answered) and I found my the answer. Thanks!
Now I have a few more questions: If I mail my broken iPhone to Asurion, will I be able to get my data off of my iPhone once Asurion has it? And what will happen to my old iPhone and the data on it if I activate my replacement iPhone? Will my broken iPhone just become de-activated and will the data be erased or lost or something? Could I still sync it (with the computer ir originally synced with) and back up the data?
Thanks.

ITunes sync to my iphone problems.

I just got an iphone 4 this past week, and I'll start by saying that I previously had an ipod Touch and these problems I have never had with it.
So when I go into iTunes with my phone synced in, I go into my music folder of my iphone(via iTunes on the PC), not iTunes library. When I edit anything in here, whether it is fixing an album name or artist name or whatever, it won't make those changes on my iphone. After I fix something, it shows it updating and syncing to account for those fixes, but when I go into my iphone itself, nothing has changed. It will delete and add songs fine, but fixes it just won't do. So what I have to do is delete the songs I want to edit first, then go into my iTunes library, fix them there and then re-add them. I also have my phone setup to manualy manage music, so I know it not a problem with any automatic syncs with my library.
Also, I have a secondary problem, not really related, but still kind of. But whenever I edit anything, or add or delete music, or just anything I make the smallest change to that it will sync to my iphone, at the top of itunes where it shows it syncing, it will also quickly go through the same 75 songs saying that they are copying. It is a quick few seconds every time it does it, but its really irritating. Even if I simply just change like one letter of a song name, it does it, and it does it no matter even when it isn't one of those 75 particular songs that I am even editing. It does it really fast, so its impossible to notice which each of those 75 they are, but I do manage to notice some of them each time, so I knew its always the same ones. Ive noticed that these songs it shows are songs that I have purchased. But I don't know what is special about them in particular since I have 152 purchased songs in total.
Thanks to anyone who wants to take a stab at trying to figure out what the crap is going on.
BTW. my iPhone started out on 5.0.1, then just today updated to 5.1, but these problems happed before and after I updated.

shuMaChao16 wrote:
So when I go into iTunes with my phone synced in, I go into my music folder of my iphone(via iTunes on the PC), not iTunes library. When I edit anything in here, whether it is fixing an album name or artist name or whatever, it won't make those changes on my iphone. After I fix something, it shows it updating and syncing to account for those fixes, but when I go into my iphone itself, nothing has changed. It will delete and add songs fine, but fixes it just won't do. So what I have to do is delete the songs I want to edit first, then go into my iTunes library, fix them there and then re-add them.
Well, that's very simple. iTunes simply does not update the information in the library simply because it was edited in the file. Do the editing within iTunes.
As for the other issue, it's a non-issue. Simply ignore it.

Play position in audible audio books not syncing back from iPhone to iTunes

Hi everybody. I hope I don't open a redundant thread, but i couldn't find one that has this topic.
Anyway, I am syncing some audio books from audible to my iPhone. When i start playing them on the phone, the play position is in sync to the position in iTunes. Now let's say i listen one hour on the phone and then sync again.
Contrary to what i expected, the further advanced play position from the phone is NOT synced back to iTunes but the old position from iTunes is synced again to the phone. So the next time I access the audio book on the phone I start where i started in the first place.
Is this a bug or have I missed some setting wheresoever?
Thanks for any suggestions!

I have seen others complain about it. For me I never listen via PC (only phone) so I haven't had an issue yet. Though I do when I stop listening look at the time and chapter/file I am at and go over to Notes and jot it down. Due to reboots or other issues, it has lost where I was but with my notes, I can quickly get back.

Voice Memos sync to itunes, but don't sync back to iPhone

When I sync my iPhone with iTunes, the "Voice Memos" playlist gets created and I get my memos into iTunes just fine. However, I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that when you delete a memo from iTunes it should be deleted from your iPhone on the next sync, and also that you should be able to add memos into iTunes and they sync into your iPhone. Not only does this not work for me, but when I delete a memo from iTunes and then sync my iphone, I get an error saying my iPhone couldn't sync, error code 13019. Once I delete the memo from the iPhone MYSELF, the iPhone syncs okay.
Incidentally, I also find that even if I name a memo on the iPhone, when I sync it into iTunes it comes through with just the date as the title, not the name I gave it on iTunes.
Is anyone else noticing this behavior with Voice Notes? I did actually try restoring my iPhone and it didn't chance anything.

Seens to be fixed with iTunes 11.2.2.

Lost all data on computer, want to sync back from iPhone

Hello, first of all thank you very much for helping me, and sorry for my bad english.
I have a iphone3g which connects to windows Xp trough an itunes 9.0.2.
My problem is:
I had to format my hard disk so I've lost my itunes libray and all files wich were included it. By the way I've reinstalled the iTunes. I've found an older libray and sat it up iTunes to use that folder/libray.
The only problem is that this libray has an 50% diference that my iPhone has. I mean the half of the files (music, movie,calendar etc.) are different. I noticed it when i connected my iPhone to the iTunes, because iTunes wanted to replace all my sings and applications on my iPhone as it is on the (old) libray. I've noticed it and disconnected my iPhone from the CP.
I've tired to create a new fresh empty libray and copy all my media from my iPhone to the new libray. But it said the iPhone could be connected just one lbray. (Which seems to be my "old"libray.) I dosnet want to connect my iPhone to the old libray because it will cause the loss of the half of my songs. I neither cant find the libray which is the same as the one on my iPhone nor copy my songs to a new libray.
My songs were not imported to the itunes libray folder but were on their own place. It means that I have not lost my data, just the configuration (playlist, rateing, playcount, wich files were selected to add to the itunes, !applications! , etc.)
Oh yes, there is an other thing. My newly bought applications were synced to the lost libray, and they could not be found in the "old" one, just on my iPhone. But as i said, I can not connect my iPhone to a new libray.
I hope I've described it well, and you can help me please.
Waiting for your answer.

This user tip is very helpful and the instructions are easy to understand. Read it and do what it instructs you to do and you should be good to go.
Syncing to a New Computer or replacing a crashed hard drive
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

Cant sync/back up iPhone to new computer

Hi,
when I plug my iPhone 4 into a new computer in iTunes it pops up saying that "iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPhone "Matthew". Go to the Summary tab in iPhone preferences and click Restore to restore this iPhone to factory settings.
I read through a few older posts where people had similiar issues and some folks had suggested backing up the iPhone and then restoring it, however when I right click on the phone under devices on iTunes the only options it comes up with it 'Open in new window' and 'Eject iPhone'
I do not have my iPhone backed-up anywhere else, therefore if I restore to factory settings I am going to lose everything.
Any help would be fantastic, thank you.

Instead of backing up to the computer, can you do a backup to iCloud? Assuming you have room in iCloud for your backup, and room on your iPhone to do the iOS update over-the-air, this should work.
But someday you're going to have to face the music when you connect your iPhone to your Mac, so get your library back in shape as best as you can.

Movies will not sync back to iphone

I recently purchased movies on my iphone4 and before I upgraded the software I transfered purchases to my mac. After the phone went through the upgrade and restored all my information to my phone, all of the recent movies I purchased on the phone would say "url error" when I tried to play them. I deleted them from the phone and tried to re sync from my computer. They will not transfer. I can see them and play them on my mac, but they will not transfer to the phone
Thanks for any help!!

Nothing? Nothing at all?

Syncing videos taken with iPhone 3GS to iPhoto and back to iPhone again!

Sorry,
I know this has been asked and answered many times over on this forum I still don't understand why these won't sync back?
Videos taken with iPhone 3GS. They will play on iPhone. Now synced back to iMac. Videos will play on iPhoto. They will not sync back to iPhone. Yes, the option under the iPhone in iTunes (Photos>Sync Photos From [iPhoto]>All photos and albums>Include Videos is checked.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance for your help!

Thanks,
I will give that a try. But why in the world did they put that option in the iPhone Sync menu in iTunes under the Photos tab if it does nothing at all??

Why do my playlists no longer sync reliably with iPhone?

Having used iTunes and various devices without difficulty for 8 years, I've only now encountered playlist syncing problems between iTunes and my iPhone 5. Random songs are missing from random playlists. The songs are transferred to the device but do not appear in the playlist. When they are manually added in the device, they dissappear at the next sync.

I am having a similar problem; only with the last few syncs to my iphone 5S (lastest iOS version) with 11.1.4 version of iTunes on MacBook Pro.
The problem seems with small playlists where I have downloaded 1 song on my iphone and the other on my MacBook Pro - only the song downloaded to the MacBook will sync with iphone 5S - the one downloaded to my phone transfers to music library but won't sync back to iphone from playlist created on MacBook.
But, an album I downloaded to Mac and added to a playlist synced with iphone first attempt = no hassles.
iPhone 5S; iTunes 11.1.4 on MacBook Pro Retina; iOS 7.0.5

I have recently upgraded to an iphone 5. When trying to sync/ back up with my current i tunes settings. I get the message the it 1.6GB over the storage capacity. Although when syncing my i phone 4 (same size 16GB) i do not have any problems?

I have recently upgraded to an iphone 5. When trying to sync/ back up with my current i tunes settings. I get the message the it 1.6GB over the storage capacity. Although when syncing my i phone 4 (same size 16GB) i do not have any problems?' I am not sure what the problem may be?

iOS uses more memory on the iPhone 5 than the iPhone 4 because there are quite a few more to iPhone 5. Therefore there will be less memory available on the 5. Reluctantly iOS 7, coming this fall, uses a bit less memory than iOS 6 so if you can do without a few apps until then you should be gravy!

Problems syncing back apps from my iPhone (coming from 2 Apple-ID accounts)

Hi. I was previously purchasing my iPhone apps with an OLD Apple-ID.
Some months ago I had to create a NEW Apple-ID (for reasons I'm not going into detail with).
So far so good:
The apps I had purchased with my OLD and NEW Apple-IDs lived happily together on my iPhone and synced perfectly with my MacBook.
…Until now:
I had to reformat my MacBook, and afterwards I tried to sync back the apps sitting on my iPhone. I've logged in and out of both accounts a few times and now, from what I can tell, I'm left with a few random apps from NEW and OLD accounts – and a very large chunk have just disappeared.
Logging out of the NEW account and logging in to the OLD account, then trying to sync my iPhone again, doesn't make any difference: I only have a FEW apps remaining – some of which are new and some are old, i.e. from both accounts (including both free and purchased apps).
I'm thus concerned to know if I've just lost a VERY large amount of purchased apps… and if I've shelved a smaller fortune's worth of cash in the toilet, so to speak.
(Note: prior to formating the MacBook, I stored a backup of the apps in the form of .ipa files on a secondary harddrive. Can I retrieve those files into my new account somehow?)

Not sure why your Mobile Applications folder didn't reside at the first level within the iTunes folder. This is where my Mobile Applications folder resides and I'm pretty sure that is the default location for the Mobile Applications folder. I'm not aware there is an option for changing the default location for the Mobile Applications folder.
One big issue remains: the settings & application's saved media didn't seem to stick from my backuped .ipa files when syncing back to the device again. (Or at least not with the one Brushes 1.ipa file in my test.) Are iOS program settings & saved media stored inside each .ipa file, or do you know where it's located otherwise?
3rd party app settings and data created and stored by a 3rd party app is not stored with the app on your computer. 3rd party app settings and data created and stored by a 3rd party app is included with your iPhone's backup, which is updated by iTunes as the first step during the iTunes sync process. The iPhone's backup is stored completely separate from the iTunes Media location or folder.

My iPhone doesn't sync to iTunes, iTunes syncs back to my phone

I tried to sync my iPhone 3G but instead of syncing all my new songs and folders to iTunes, iTunes synced back to my phone. Lost over 200 songs and all my folders. Use my phone in my fitness classes, all of my folders were set up with my songs for certain classes, at least 6 months of work got lost. Also, I have over 40 apps, non of them shows up in my iTunes store. Very frustrating
Please help, iTunes and iPhone giving me an ulcer and sleepless nights! Can I get my lost folders/songs/apps back? And how can I do that? How can I avoid this happening again?

The iPhone, like all iOS devices, is not and has never been a backup device.
If content is missing from the computer, copy it from the old computer or the backup of the old computer.
Not syncing regularly is simply asking for problems.
Devices are easily lost, stolen, or simply fail. In your case, had your device simply failed or been lost you would be out of everything.
Unfortunately, if they are not on the device or in iTunes on the computer they are gone.
The only reason syncing would cause them to "disappear" is because this is not the computer the device is synced with.
I would strongly encourage you to read the User's Guide to better understand how the device is designed to be used.

Half of my the music in itunes will not sync back to my iphone

Some of my music synced back to my iphone but not all .Some songs from the same album would load and others would not. There was a message that said "song not found" when it was right there in itunes. Only about half did load and itunes gave me a list of songs not loaded. Any idea what going on and how to fix the problem. Thanks for your response .

In iTunes, when you connect your iPhone, in the Music tab for the iPhone, have you checked "Sync only checked songs and apps etc...." or something like that.

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