iTunes will not sync music to iPhone 4

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iTunes will not sync music to iPhone 4

I was having a problem syncing my phone for the past few days.When i plugged my iPhone into the computer itunes would not open. But it does acknowlege my iphone and i am able to get to the tabs on it. It would automatically start to sync, but wouldnt get past the "verifying iphone" progress bar.

This morning i took it to the apple store because in attempt to restore, it wouldnt sync anything at all. itunes would just freeze but my iphone would still say sync in progress.

so apple hard synced my phone, clearing EVERYTHING.

today when i got home i connected my phone and it looked like it was going to work, got to step 3 of 4, sync all the apps, but as soon as it got to music, it saying syncing [song] 1 of 450. and then it frooze.

WHAT IS GOING ON?

I'm running windows xp and everything is up to date. i've gone high and low to find the solution to this problem. please help!

iPhone 4, Windows XP

Posted on Apr 27, 2011 3:52 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 27, 2011 4:05 PM in response to plainferkeeps

Hi, connect your iPhone 4 to your PC and when you see it displayed into iTunes click on your iPhone 4. Then click the "music" tab, and make sure the little box is "check marked" to download/import music. That is how I enabled mine to work.

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Answer 2

Apr 27, 2011 4:08 PM in response to NightNinjaPDX

yeah the boxs checked. thanks.

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Answer 3

Apr 27, 2011 4:10 PM in response to plainferkeeps

hmm and it is still not recognizing your iPhone 4. Have you restored the your device at all?

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Answer 4

Apr 27, 2011 4:24 PM in response to NightNinjaPDX

yeah its reading my iphone. i restored. but when it gets to the music section, it wont sync the music.

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Answer 5

Apr 27, 2011 4:48 PM in response to NightNinjaPDX

so i had a thought, maybe i'll just try and sync my phone with one song. it got to "finishing sync" but didnt say sink complete. and then itunes froze. itunes unfronze when i unlocked my iphone. ugh.

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Answer 6

gieunit

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May 1, 2011 9:32 PM in response to plainferkeeps

just bought iphone 4 today from verizon and had the same problem. this is my 1st smartphone ever. apps all synced when i plugged it in to my computer except the music. this is what i did and it worked. plugged in phone to computer. then under the devices tab i clicked on the music tab. if you look to the bottom right of the itunes page there will be two tabs you can click on. one says settings and the other one says autofill. i clicked on the autofill and then it just started syncing. that was it. i'm not a tech guy by any means. just kinda of got lucky. i hope this helps you out. good luck!

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Answer 7

Aug 1, 2011 9:18 PM in response to gieunit

you are a complete ledgend gieunit i couldnt do it for ages was so upset well happy now thanks 🙂

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Answer 8

Dec 8, 2011 2:31 AM in response to gieunit

I've been trying to do it for a few days and getting nowhere, but thanks to your post it's eventually done 🙂

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Answer 9

Feb 19, 2012 3:23 AM in response to plainferkeeps

@gieunit thanks man!

this is so ****** up. I don't even get it - there is enough space on my iPone - so WHY do I need to check that box in order to put more music on my iPhone?

totally not intuitive - ****** up apple products + software, **** you!

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Answer 10

rajnutri

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Apr 9, 2012 2:53 AM in response to gieunit

Thanks It worked well ya 🙂

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