Sync Session Failed to Start iTouch iOS5

@Adam Woodhams.

Thanks mate, worked like a charm for me too. iPhone 5 now syncs without problems. Whatever happened to 'it just works'???

Thanks, this worked for me!!

Six months after this problem first reported it still exists and Woodhams' solution still works. Thanks, Adam!

I HAVE THE SOLUTION
GO TO ITUNES
THEN PREFERENCES
THEN DEVICE
THEN DELETE BACK UP HISTORY
THEN RESTART SYNC
THEN CLOSE ITUNES

THEN RESTART

and it works!

Thanks, Adam. Worked like a charm.

Worked great. Occam's razor!

After banging my head on the wall, my desk and a few other things I came across this fix. It worked perfectly and right now my iphone is backing up and syncing properly. Thanks a million.

That is Adam's fix worked for me.....

Brilliant you saved me so much time!! Thanks worked a treat!

Thanks, Adam. Worked for me as well. Nice sleuthing!

Another satisfied AndreaKT customer.

Power cycled my iPad (Home and Power Buttons) and, with no other interventions, it now syncs wirelessly. No more hanging on "waiting to Sync" or "could not be synched because the synch session failed to start".

Thank you Andrea !

Just went through this. Make sure Windows is not trying to us "Autoplay" when plugging in the iPad. This was causing a conflict. After plugging in your iPad to your PC, Go to "Control Panel" > Hardware and Sound> Autoplay. Scroll to the bottom under the "Devices" section. You should see your iPad device listed. Change the setting from the drop down menu on the right to show "Take no Action". Then launch iTunes. This should remove the conflict.

This worked; thank you for posting!

I had the same issue. I restarted iTunes with the iPad connected to my iMac and the update/sync session started immediately.... 🙂

@ Adam Woodhams - That fixed my problem as well! Thank you so much!!!