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Error (0xE8000084). What you do.

What I have. To do

iPhone 4, Windows XP

Posted on Sep 19, 2012 7:41 PM

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Posted on Sep 20, 2012 7:13 PM

You don't need to reboot Windows.


Leave your iPhone connected to your PC then:


  1. Quit iTunes
  2. In task manager click "show processes from all users", sort by description and kill everything "Apple". Also kill the process with the image name AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe
  3. Click Start > Run > in the Open text box copy & paste the following - with the quotes - "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe" and press OK.
  4. Open iTunes
78 replies

Sep 8, 2013 9:53 PM in response to Phillip Gutierrez

I had this same issue and was getting frustrated. I am running windows vista and I resolved this issue by going to

- Start

- Control Panel

- Programs and Features

- then in the list find "Apple Mobile Device Support"

Click once to highlight it and then click "Repair"


restarted iTunes and I was good to go to sync backup restore, whatever you need to do.

so far I have had no reoccurring issues.

Oct 8, 2013 4:16 AM in response to meggle628

meggle628 -- when you click on that exe, a typical app window won't open. It will just start the Apple Mobile Device Service, which should now be showing up in Task Manager (Windows).


Just go through the entire sequence as outlined on page 1 of this thread. I've never not had this fix work for me.


Maybe you've already discovered this for yourself. Do you have it working now?


--Pat

Jan 28, 2014 1:29 PM in response to cyclistfromashburn

Hi , thank you for the advice, I followed the steps but it didn't work , any other suggestion? I have an Iphone 3gs connected to my ITunes right now and this other one I want to connect is an Iphone 4, they just unlocked it from AT&T and I have to finish the process trhough iTunes in orther to transpase the 3gs to the 4, but as it is, it doesn't accept it giving me the error 0xE8000084...Please Help...Thank you!

Apr 23, 2014 2:56 AM in response to Phillip Gutierrez

None of your tips worked for me but I have found another solution, may be it will help some of you !


Hi,


I've found a solution that worked for my iphone 4s on Windows 8.1. I've got such problem since I changed to a new MSI GE70-2PE048FR Apache Pro mobile computer. Its appear that is has brand new USB 2.0 and 3.0 interface and they are not so compatible with the iphone 4s i guess...

So what worked for me was to plug an old USB 2.0 Hub to one of my USB port from the computer and then pluged the iphone 4s in that hub, and dont know why but worked perfectly !!!!


Hope it will help you all !!!


Xenus98 !!!

May 20, 2015 2:48 PM in response to Phillip Gutierrez

I tried numerous things to fix this problem. Nothing worked for me until I remembered that it started soon after I received some lightning connector (USB charger cable) off Ebay. So got my genuine Apple one from the bedroom and that worked instantly. I've never had this problem until now and have for many years used "cheap" ones I bought off the internet. Not sure if its the quality off these cheap ones, or that I am now using Windows 8.1 on a new dell which I recently purchased but its all pointing to the cheap cable off ebay. Very frustrating that I couldnt connect to my iTunes for about 3 weeks but all working now.


So try an original Apple cable and see if that resolves your issues.


Ricky

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