What to do if itunes erases the songs on your iphone and won't allow you to resync them back?

what to do if itunes erases the songs on your iphone and won't allow you to resync them back?

Do you get any specific error messages? Double-check the following:
On the summary tab of your iTunes sync settings you have checked "Sync only checked songs and videos"
In your music library you have checked all the songs you want to sync to your phone
There are no exclamation points next to any of the songs you want to sync to your phone
You have authorized your computer for all Apple IDs for any purchased music you want to sync to your phone (in Store>Authorize this computer)
You have checked "Sync Music" on the Music tab of your iTunes sync settings
When everything looks correct, sync your phone.

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Assuming you are in a region where you are allowed to redownload your past purchases, delete the current copies from your iTunes library, go to the iTunes Store home page, click the Purchased link from the Quick Links section in the right-hand column, then select Music and Not on this computer. You should find download links for your tracks there.
If the problem persists, or that facility is not yet available in your region, contact the iTunes Store support staff through the report a problem links in your account history, or via Contact Support.
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Entered apasscode and forgot what it is. and now it says iphone disabled connect to itunes.. and when i connect it to itunes it tells me please enter the passcode for your iphone and connect it to itunes.. I dont know what to do now..

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Unless you have an Internet connection you cannot access iCloud. You can download your music from iCloud to store permanently on your iPhone, but only when you have an Internet connection to do so.

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You sync them via iTunes.
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Erase the data on my iPhone and resync....WHAT?

I had to reinstall Snow Leopard on my MBPro...now I can not sync my iPhone in iTunes...says that I can only have my phone sync'd on one computer. Um, any brilliant Mac techies out there able to give me guidance? I have music and applications that I have downloaded to my iPhone and I will lose them all if I allow iTunes to delete them and sync what is on my computer now.
Help! Thanks in advance to anyone that can assist me.

Well, that explains what's going on. Your phone sees your computer as a "new" computer because of the erase & install, and by design the iphone will sync itunes content with one computer at a time. At least your itunes content is intact.
Here's how to fix things:
Disable auto sync when an ipod/iphone is connected in itunes under preferences.
Put one contact in address book, it can be fake, doesn't matter. Same with ical, at least one appointment, again it can be fake..
Connect your phone, itunes running. DO NOT SYNC.
Right click in the device pane & select Backup.
Right click again & select reset warnings.
Go up to Store>Authorize this computer.
Go up to file Transfer Purchases.
Once finished, right click again & select restore from backup, select the backup you made when we started.
This needs to be followed by a sync to put your itunes content back on your phone.
You'll get a popup regarding your contacts/ical, to merge or replace. Select merge.

ITunes keeps skipping songs on my iPhone and iPad

This is a problem as many have reported. I have about 4500 songs on iMac that are combination of my own CD's and purchased music from iTunes. I have several dozen songs or more that are skipped on both my iPhone 5 and iPad air. I have been to two different genius bars to try to rectify this problem to no avail. For instance I have the CD Stage Fright by The Band. Even though on both my both my phone and iPad it shows the songs, song 1,2,3 and 5 won't play. I have tried everything. I have turned off iTunes match on my iMac. Turned off iMatch on my phone, deleted the music on the phone. I then turned iTunes match back on my iMac to refresh. Turned on iMatch on the phone. Now my entire library of songs are in the iCloud. I proceeded to download the Stage Fright album on the phone and once again the 4 songs will not play while the other 6 songs from the album will. This isn't a case where iTunes doesn't sell the album. They do and every song is available for purchase. Each one of the four songs plays perfectly on my iMac. I have never done an exact count of the songs that won't play on my iPhone or iMac. That would involve trying to listen to everyone of the 4500 songs. Another CD in particular is the Power and Glory from NFL Films, the music of Sam Spence.
Some of the clips are spoken tracks and some are music. I would say about 5 or 6 tracks will not play but get skipped over.
There is some glitch from the various updates of iTunes and iMatch over the last couple of years that have caused this. I could understand if tracks were somehow corrupted but they are not. It varies from artist to artist and album to album. Sometimes it is only one song on a particular CD.
I am purchasing the iPhone 6 next week. If no one can come up with solution can someone tell me how do a hard sync of my music from iMac to my iPhone. When you do a hard sync to back up with phone with the cable to mac when you click on music it says your songs are in the iCloud. When I restore my new phone from back up how would one do the hard sync where each of the 4500 songs are uploaded to phone. I know this is a long process as this is what everyone did before iMatch.

Since this has been posted I guess no one has a solution. The only other reply is someone else had the same problem. Apple doesn't care because they would prefer their solution which is to buy the tracks from them and not load your own CD's on iTunes. Somewhere in the cloud the tracks that don't play on my iPhone are sitting there. Makes absolutely no sense that the other uploaded tracks work fine. I guess I'm going to have to test all 4500 tracks to get the exact count and then go over the Apple store to see if they can submit this to a software engineer at the Apple campus to find an answer.

HT201272 I have just installed icloud on my pc and iphone..it has wiped the music of my iphone and music dl from youtube cannot be put back on my iphone thru itunes

I have just installed icloud on my pc and iphone 4. I also installed iTunes match. I had downloaded songs from youtube and put them on my phone but with Icloud and match it deleted them. I have them dl again in itunes but am unable to transfer them to my phone. Anyone got any ideas

Hi steeley,
Didn't mean checked in iTunes, meant checked on the profile page of your device....(under the Music tab).
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What to do if itunes erases the songs on your iphone and won't allow you to resync them back?

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