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iphone 4s failed to sync

tying sync my iphone 4s with itunes, it saying fcould noy sync because the sync session failed to start, any idea why it doing this?


- everything up to date and things.

- i also can't sync over wifi with itunes, as it try's search for it, i connected it with itunes, then it disapears from itunes, and have to re-connect.

iPhone 4, iOS 4.3.2

Posted on Oct 16, 2011 1:42 AM

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Oct 16, 2011 7:37 PM in response to NMJH

I bought my iPhone 4s and one for my wife today and am having the same problem that I can not sync with my itunes. It synced the Apps but none of the photos and music. I am using the latest version of iTunes 10.5.0.142. I have tried restoring my 4s to factory setting but the result is the same: no syncing of photos and music. I am not sure if you tried the suggestion by Closer007 below. Would like to hear if you found a solution to this problem.

Nov 16, 2011 11:32 PM in response to NMJH

Hi there, i'm having the same issue. I get that message and sometimes it just says it has completed syncing which it hasn't. I have restored the phone a few times, and it works alright the first time you sync it. But then when you try to add apps or more music from iTunes it doesn't work. Quite frustrating. I tried it with my iPad and it does a similar thing. It's only ever happened since iOS5. And I'm syncing with the USB cable, not WiFi.

Nov 21, 2011 10:26 AM in response to NMJH

I've been having the same issue. Every time I hook the phone up to my mac I get "iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPhone “iPhone”. Go to the Summary tab in iPhone preferences and click Restore to restore this iPhone to factory settings." I haven't tried restoring it to factory settings, and don't want to. From the sound of what people have said here, I doubt it would help anyway.

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