Sync Session Failed to Start iTouch iOS5

Seems to be many variations on the same theme with iTunes 10.5.0.142 and iPod Touch; fails to sync, freezes, crashes, is not recognized, etc. The only thing that seems to be consistent is Apple’s inability to acknowledge a problem.

I have the same problem now.. who do we have to talk to in order to get a solution!!! :$

Same problem. Now I have an ipod that doesn't work. I'm not buying another one. Nothing is working.. I've uninstalled each component of the softwre, rebooted, reinstalled, nothing. even tried not syncing photos. This is ridiculous.

And who do we talk to ??

if you call apple they make you pay $25. its a load of BS

You need to update from XP.

Thats odd, because I'm using a Mac with Snow Leopard and have the same problem. How do I upgrade from XP 😉

Had this problem, turned on 'Sync over WiFi' whilst pod was plugged in, unplugged it and hit Sync.

It's now syncing!
Not sure what will happen next time I plug the cable in, or if it will finish syncing (currently Backing Up) but wanted to share whilst I was here…

I use to have the same problem on iOS 4.3.3 but not on it's 5, however try downloafing the latest version of iTunes, and if that doesn't work restore you iPod touch.

This was happening to me. I found on another thread that if you power cycle your ipod (or iphone), by simultaneously holding down the home and power buttons, and then try syncing it again it should work. I tried this and it worked for me.

I am getting the same message from time to time. Never use to get it at all before iOS 5.0. The one thing that works for me is to close all open Apps on the Ipod Touch and then sync.

I was having this problem (iTunes could not sync to iPod iTouch). I upgraded iTunes version from 10.5.1.x to 10.5.1.42, rebooted the computer (PC running Windows 7) and it was able to synch.

Looks like Apple heard us and fixed the problem with an iTunes upgrade.😀

I hope it works.. gonna try it now... I want to listen to music ...

I found that reseting the device worked out pretty well like this. Whatever was causing my ipod not to sync fixed itself in the power cycle.

I just unticked the"sync over wifi" and then it all worked fine. I hope this helps