Apple Mobile Device USB Driver Missing
My Apple Mobile Device Driver is missing. From where may I dnload it safely?
iPod touch, iOS 4.3.3, Windows Vista
My Apple Mobile Device Driver is missing. From where may I dnload it safely?
iPod touch, iOS 4.3.3, Windows Vista
Sometimes the USB driver for the iPhone is corrupt, meaning that iTunes never realizes what is plugged in.
For iTunes 12.5.4/iPhone 6+
This should take a few seconds, and then iTunes should come to life and see the phone. At that point, you may have to tell the phone to "trust" the computer again.
Sometimes the USB driver for the iPhone is corrupt, meaning that iTunes never realizes what is plugged in.
For iTunes 12.5.4/iPhone 6+
This should take a few seconds, and then iTunes should come to life and see the phone. At that point, you may have to tell the phone to "trust" the computer again.
For anyone still having this issue, give this a shot:
First, make sure you have iTunes and Apple Mobile Device Support Installed.
1. Go to Device Manager
2. Locate your Apple device (mine was under Portable Devices. It's very possible it's somewhere else for you.)
3. Right click it and select "Update Device Driver."
4. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Devices\Support\Drivers and select that folder
5. Hit next. The driver should install and you'll see "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" under the "Universal Serial Device USB Driver" section in Device Manager.
I hope I was able to help anybody who is still having this issue.
dont download any of the above as they are possibly viruses that can harm your computer. please download the original ITUNES and extract it into WinRar, then drag the apple mobile support driver thing into your desktop, and proceed to installing it from there
This actually works I've just done it,
go to here and get the drivers you need download them to your pc and unzip them in a folder that you can find again i.e. on your desktop
http://www.driverscape.com/download/apple-mobile-device-usb-driver
then control panel / devices and printers - you'll see "unspecified" iphone/ipod/ipad at the bottom of the page
right click this device - properties - then the hardware tab - and choose the properties button bottom right
this opens another box - choose change settings - this opens another box - go to the driver tab
choose update driver box - then browse my computer
now navigate to the folder where you unzipped the drivers - click next
thats them now installed and your devise should now be in itunes 🙂
Took me hours to work this out - please try it - it does work
Thanks
Chengtaiz,
Amazing, this work right away for me! Thanks!! The first time it didn't work but then I went to Program Files (x86) instead of Program Files. You've got to follow directions.
For reference, your directions:
Chengtai2Jun 23, 2015 3:49 PM Re: Apple Mobile Device USB Driver Missing
in response to piglitloverHelpful
For anyone still having this issue, give this a shot:
First, make sure you have iTunes and Apple Mobile Device Support Installed.
1. Go to Device Manager
2. Locate your Apple device (mine was under Portable Devices. It's very possible it's somewhere else for you.)
3. Right click it and select "Update Device Driver."
4. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Devices\Support\Drivers and select that folder
5. Hit next. The driver should install and you'll see "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" under the "Universal Serial Device USB Driver" section in Device Manager.
Great Chengtai2, this worked, quick and easy, and would never have thought of it otherwise. So much easier than "delete all Apple software, reboot and reinstall itunes" which is the common advice.
Link to go straight to his solution: Re: Apple Mobile Device USB Driver Missing
I had this issue on Windows 10. I did not have a "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple" folder (or in my case since I have Windows 10 x64 "C:\Program Files (x68)\Common Files\Apple". I installed iTunes which gave me the C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Devices\Support\Drivers folder. When I tried to update the driver for my iPhone on the PC pointing it to that folder, it told me that I already had the latest driver.
However, the next time I connected the iPhone, the computer gave me the Trust/Don't Trust prompt. Prior to that it was just the iPhone asking me if I should allow the computer to access my photos, there was no trust prompt on the computer.
So if you don't have iTunes installed, it may be as simple as just installing or updating to the latest iTunes.
Done it. Well...until I got to the part where it wanted me to disable USBs that would also disable my keyboard and mouse functions on my laptop. Kinda don't have an extra keyboard or mouse lying around to connect up to. Oh, and it stated earlier to disconnect anything connected to the USBs anyway, so exactly how would I connect them if I can't have anything connected with the USBs? Aaaanyway...I'm just about to rip my hair out.
Keyboard and trackpad are built-in. You cannot disable them. They want you to remove third-party peripherals.
Oh...OK...they must have meant if you're using a desktop pc. Those articles are so confusing if you're not an expert...lol. Thanks. Guess I'll give it another try. ;O) Oh wait...Yeah...I've done the Stop & Start service thingy for bothe the Apple service and the IPod service to no avail. The article I was referring to was the one about trying to find the missing mobile device USB driver and repairing or reinstalling it. That's the one that's messing me up.
Download the Apple Mobile Device Support Driver here http://fileswappr.com/odownload.php?file=8f13708210194c47568
It's hard to find it on the net
UPDATE from above , download it here http://download.fileswappr.com/?id=20
Apple Mobile Device USB Driver Missing