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My friend has an ipad2 and has given me his ipad. when he gave me his email were still showing so we re-set and erased to factory settings. i have plugged to my computer thinking it will automatically sync with my ipod, this is not the case. does he need to do anything, please what can I do? Thanks
iPad, Windows Vista
Nothing, if you reset the iPad all of you his data is gone. When you plug it into your computer it should sync your data.
Nothing, if you reset the iPad all of you his data is gone. When you plug it into your computer it should sync your data.
If you have an iPod you would have to have authorized your computer to buy from iTunes - correct? You authorized the computer? The iPad will sync with your iTunes library when connected to your computer and when iTunes is running - just like the iPod. You don't sync the iPad to the iPod. OK. I reread and I think you meant iPad not iPod so that statement doesn't apply now.
What exactly did you do and what did you expect to happen when you did it?
Thanks for your response, i plugged it, but on the ipad screen all its showing is the usb part of the plug and a small round circle with itunes written
the ipad was still showing his emails and he didnt have a clue, so i went to the settings. it had the option of resetting and resetting and erasing, i chose the resetting and erase option. at the moment the ipad is blank with screen showing usb part of the plug and a small round circle with itunes written
Thats what the iPad is telling you to do. Thats how you activate the iPad. Did you connect the iPad to your computer and then launch iTunes on your computer? Do you have the latest version of iTunes on your computer?
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the ipad is connected to my computer, it gave an alert that the ipad wont work until i download the latest version of itunes, i've done that but nothing happened
Does iTunes see your iPad? If you look on the left side of the iTunes window - under the devices heading - about halfway down - is your iPad showing up in there? If so, click on the eject icon and disconnect the iPad from your computer. If you don't see the iPad under devices, just disconnect it since there will be no eject icon.
If you have successfully downloaded iTunes - reboot your computer and try again.
Your computer must meet these requirements.
ipad is not showing, I'll download and reboot and get back to you. Many thanks for your time, greatly appreciated
Yayyyy! its syncing now, you are a star
That's great news. I'm glad it worked. Enjoy your iPad!
How can I re-register an ipad my friend gave me?
