Whilst syncing "waiting for changes to be applied" error // iphone 4s

Hi Guys,
I am experiencing a "pause" in syncing when the iphone is connected resulting in a message "waiting for changes to be applied".......
Has anyone experienced the same problem?
Removing the iphone photo cache as suggested elsewhere has not solved the problem either, nor has restoring the iphone (twice).
Thanks

What seems to work for me is to uncheck photos (then sync) and recheck photos (sync).
If the sync doesn't work I 'X' out to cancel the never ending sync, unplug then reconnect iPhone and try again.
My first iPhone, being the 4S and in my research it seems this issue goes back to early 2011. Apple c'mon.

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Phone: iPhone 3GS (16GB)
Soft:      iOS5, iTunes 5
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Hi all,
Apologies: I've just joined the community and didn't quite figure how to write a msg! Hope it works...
Anyway,
I read many posts on this annoying error message (Waiting for changes to be applied) in the last 2/3 days, but they all refer to the sync staying stuck on it.
Mine doesn't.
I read the message, then it quickly shuts down the sync and the iTunes progress bar only shows the apple...
As suggested by many, I removed voice msgs, turned off/on, tried to sync in individual stages (calendar only...) but nothing works.
I am up to date on iTunes (11.1.1.11) and have IOS 6.1.3 on my phone, to sync on a Win8 pc (all worked fine until recently).
I have had this phone for several years and it has never done this.
It worked absolutely fine, until I loaded the latest version of iTunes it seems...
Any suggestions?
Many thanks

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