How to turn off iTunes auto-start when iPhone connected?

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How to turn off iTunes auto-start when iPhone connected?

The option "Open iTunes when this iPhone is connected" is disabled (grayed out) in iTunes 10. The grayed-out check box is unchecked, yet iTunes starts every time I plug in my iPhone 3G. I would like to be able to plug in my phone without iTunes starting. Is there a way?

Intel 32-bit, Windows XP, iPhone 3G 16GB iOS4.1

Posted on Sep 29, 2010 10:34 AM

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boobooboobooboo

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Sep 29, 2010 10:41 AM in response to RocketJSquirrel

Open iTunes, connect your iPhone. On the Summary Page, uncheck the box "Open iTunes when this iPhone is connected."

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Sep 29, 2010 10:42 AM in response to boobooboobooboo

Sorry, should have read your post first.

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whatheck

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Sep 29, 2010 10:57 AM in response to RocketJSquirrel

The "Open iTunes when this iPhone is connected" option is disabed when the "Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically" option is checked in iTunes preferences, under Devices.

Did you restart your PC since changing the option? The AppleMobileDeviceHelper service may still be running in the background.

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Sep 29, 2010 11:10 AM in response to whatheck

Right. Un-checking the preference to prevent auto-sync re-enabled the auto-start option. Then I was able to check and un-check the auto-start option and re-check the prevent auto-sync preference. Now all seems well. Despite appearances (the un-checked option), the internal setting was in the wrong state and twiddling it seems to have set things right.

What a boneheaded user interface, where items on widely separated parts of the UI affect each other invisibly.

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Oct 6, 2010 11:30 PM in response to RocketJSquirrel

It did work for me too in that way to set it off, but again no easy user interface.

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InTheY2K

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Oct 11, 2010 2:49 PM in response to whatheck

@whatheck: Thank you, thank you, thank you! Finally I've found how to keep iTunes from loading when I do NOT want it to :-D

Thanks once again!

Now I can just charge the battery again without iTunes nagging me 🙂

Cheers,
Sascha

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