iTunes doesn't recognize my iPhone
So an iPhone 3GS (with iOS 4.1) has been mine for a year and now I haven't been able to sync it for weeks now. I think the problem started after I downloaded the new iTunes (10.1.1.4). Whenever I plug it into my computer iTunes won't recognize it, and it doesn't even start charging. I'm running Windows XP on my PC and it keeps recognizing my phone as a digital camera.
I've un- and reinstalled all the Apple programs including iTunes and Apple Mobile Device Support several times. I've deleted all my apps on the phone which were downloaded directly to the phone. I've restarted both the computer and the iPhone a few times and still nothing.
Apple Mobile Device Support was restarted too, and I tried to update the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver with no success. It's not easy because in the Device Manager there is usually nothing under Universal Serial Bus controllers. My iPhone is usually located in a different section called Imaging Devices (I'm not sure if these were the right words, 'cause I'm using Windows in Hungarian), with Apple Mobile Device USB Driver name. I've tried to enable it and update it, but whenever I select usbaapl.inf I'm told that Windows cannot find the file. I've tried different locations, not just Mobile Device Support\Drivers but system32 too.
The other night when I kept trying to update the drivers (one appeared in USB controllers section, too) my phone started to charge somehow and an iPhone 2# device or something like that appeared in the Device Manager, but iTunes didn't recognise it. Now it won't charge again. Of course, I tried other USB ports.
I don't know what to do I've been reading topics for a while but found nothing. I hope you can help me, it's driving me crazy.
I've un- and reinstalled all the Apple programs including iTunes and Apple Mobile Device Support several times. I've deleted all my apps on the phone which were downloaded directly to the phone. I've restarted both the computer and the iPhone a few times and still nothing.
Apple Mobile Device Support was restarted too, and I tried to update the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver with no success. It's not easy because in the Device Manager there is usually nothing under Universal Serial Bus controllers. My iPhone is usually located in a different section called Imaging Devices (I'm not sure if these were the right words, 'cause I'm using Windows in Hungarian), with Apple Mobile Device USB Driver name. I've tried to enable it and update it, but whenever I select usbaapl.inf I'm told that Windows cannot find the file. I've tried different locations, not just Mobile Device Support\Drivers but system32 too.
The other night when I kept trying to update the drivers (one appeared in USB controllers section, too) my phone started to charge somehow and an iPhone 2# device or something like that appeared in the Device Manager, but iTunes didn't recognise it. Now it won't charge again. Of course, I tried other USB ports.
I don't know what to do I've been reading topics for a while but found nothing. I hope you can help me, it's driving me crazy.
PC, Windows XP