Itunes wants to restore my iphone 4

If you already have a backup of your iPhone on your computer then you can proceed to "Restore from Backup". Please remember that backups can be restored only when the iOS versions are same across the device and the backup, i.e. if the device is running iOS 11 then the backup must also must have been created with iOS 11.

If not then you have to proceed to "Setup as a new phone". Moreover if it has been purchased recently then setting up as a new phone is the only option you have.

I have exactly the same thing. Updated to 5.01 and the update jammed so had to restore the phone. Had to re-load all my apps one by one via 3G as when I connect to itunes it just wants restore from an older update.

Now it wont sync so Outlook Diary doesnt sync which I use all the time.

I have 'reset all settings' on the phone but still wont sync

Ever since IOS 5 the phone has been a nightmare. Not very useful in its current state.

Any advice on getting it sync would be really appreaciated.

Thanks

Samething happened to me after I upgraded my iPhone 4 to iOS 5.0.1, iTunes wanted to restore it. I ignored the problem for weeks since iTunes did not have a recent backup and I did not want to wipe it clean to see if I had a more recent backup on iCloud.

I did not want to lose my data but selected "setup as a new iPhone" anyway. The next screen that came up had me rename the device, I named it exactly what it was already named. From there to my surprise it synced and was acting normal. It must have been some kind of glitch as it did not re-setup anything. It's been working great again!

Larry thanks for this. Just done exactly as you said and its fixed the sync issue 🙂

Thanks Larry. Just tried this a few months after you posted this, still the perfect solution. Jumps to the next screen and iTunes is back to normal. Just a weird bug I guess. Thanks again!

Thanks from me too, Larry. I had the same issue and this solution fixed it up just like you said.

Thank you, Larry-- That worked perfectly. Glad I found this post. Going from iPhone 3g at 4.1 to iPhone4s at 5.0.1

This just worked for me! I just bought the 4S tonight and we've been going nuts trying to figure out what happened, as the restore only brought back my wallpaper. Thanks!

Thank you soooo much. I've been having problems with that and have been trying to find solutions for MONTHS. I've even tried unplugging the cord. I really can't thank you enough for having the guts to just click the button to set it up as a new iPhone. 🙂

Thank you thank you thank you - worked a treat, ipod now all happy again.

Worked for me too! Another thank you.

Thanks Larry. This still works years later using iTunes 11.3.1.2 and iOS6.1.6 on an old iphone 3G

Do you know if this issue can be fixed for an iphone 6?