When pluggling my iPhone into my laptop and opening itunes no devices appear.

When plugging my iPhone into my laptop and opening iTunes no devices appear and i am therefore unable to sync my device, why is this?

Hi dominicdominic,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities! I understand you are trying to connect your iPhone to your computer so you can sync media to the iPhone, but when you connect your iPhone to your computer iTunes does not recognize the device. The steps to get this resolved will be different depending on if your computer is running Mac OS X or Windows. I’ll include both articles below.
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1591
iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
I hope this helps,
-Joe

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iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1538
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Hy there,
In order for you to solve this problem you have to follow these stept if your running windows:
1'st step is to go into the device manager
2 step is to go to portable devices (it is rught under network adapters)
3 step is to right clic apple iphone and click update drivers
4 step is to brows your drivers from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers
After that your itunes will pump up alown and youl see your iphone right there.
Good luck and sry for my bad righting.
Andrei

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