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My iPhone 4 won't sync to my iTunes after iOS 6 update?

I downloaded my ios6 update yesterday and everything was fine until this morning I tried to sync to my itunes and it's saying I have to restore? I can't restore because I haven't synced all my photos to it yet! Help!

iPhone 4, iOS 6

Posted on Sep 21, 2012 6:01 AM

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Sep 21, 2012 2:53 PM in response to aviscomi

I got the upgrade yesterday on the iPad and iPhone. Also got the upgrade for iTunes. iTunes found the iPad but I got fatal errors on the phone and it could not sync. I uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled and now it recognizes the phone. There must be something wrong with the update. Apple, get off your butts and fix it. Try reinstalling iTunes from scratch.

Oct 5, 2012 3:29 PM in response to aviscomi

Here's what worked for me: (I've had to do this a couple of times, but it seems to work).


From iTunes on my PC I selected My Phone from Devices

At the top of the page I chose Apps

I randomly moved a couple of apps around on the computer, and hit Apply (my goal was to see if it would change anything on my phone).

It went through the motions, and moved the apps on the phone.


Then, I tried to sync again.


It worked!!


I don't know why, but it did.

Before this worked, I had tried restarting the computer, changing the USB port from PC to phone, shutting down the phone and restarting, and none of that worked.


Good luck!

My iPhone 4 won't sync to my iTunes after iOS 6 update?

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