Flaky iPhone 5 wifi sync with itunes

This solved the problem of Syncing. Firewall Settings, allow public and private networks, and sync intsantly worked on teh iphone5. battery life is still almost useless though.

This is driving me nuts ... I just switched back to the iPhone after having issues with an Android device because I wanted a reliable experience.

New iTunes/IOS 6 is a total kludge. To get my iPhone 5 to sync, I have to reboot iTunes almost everytime.

I also have an iPad 3 and, while less problematic, also has WiFi syncing issues since upgrading iTunes/IOS.

Similar experience here - upgraded my 3GS to an iPhone 5. (Have updated to iOS 6.0.2). Turning off firewall (Mac OSX) worked, but that's crazy... Cmon Apple - I came to you because your ecosystem is supposed to "just work"!

I am also experiencing these issues. Sometimes iTunes will see 1,2,3 and rarely all 4 of my devices. It seems very inconsistent.

Here is my setup;

2011 iMac running OS X 10.8.2

iPad 3 running iOS 6.0.1

iPad Mini running iOS 6.0.1

2 x iPhone 5 running iOS 6.0.2

Wifi sync is flaky for my iPhone 5 and iPad 3 after iTunes update, but I've noticed that sometimes I have to turn off wifi and turn it back on with each device and then it pops back into the iTunes que and syncs. It's annoying. I am not a fan of this new iTunes update so far. Seems clunky and not very user-friendly.

Same problem here and the latest updates have not fixed it. Our iPhone 5's do not always appear in the devices section in iTunes. We have clicked on sync over wifi.😕

I've ended up dumping iTunes after being frustrated with all the latest issues. I now use Google to sync my contacts/calendars/etc. with my devices (iPad 3 and iPhone 5) and MS Outlook (on a Windows PC).

iCloud is also a total kludge especially with how it integrates with MS Outlook (Thank God I had that backed up because it essentially destroyed my contact database).

I love Apple products ... but, I think they've lost sight of what made them great and I'm really dissapointed with them.

I have been frustrated for months along with many others. WIFI Sync was hit or miss at best; usually didn't work. I just set my IP address on my iPhone to "STATIC" per instructions at:

http://iphone.namitkarlekar.com/2009/05/fixing-your-iphones-ip-on-wifi-network.h tml

Have plugged-in/unplugged iPhone and restarted iTunes several times. So far WIFI Sync seems to work exactly as advertised no matter what order I start iTunes and plug iPhone into power source. If this remains true then I will be forever grateful to Namit Karlekar for such an incredibly easy fix! One so easy, that it is incredible to believe Apple has neither fixed the issue internally, nor shared any such solution with its numerous loyal and annoyed patrons, who have been griping about it for months and months. Shameful, really if I were forced to choose a single word to describe their inaction!

Hope this may be a permanent fix for myself and others. Keeping my mental fingers crossed for all of us. Good Luck!

Alchemancer

I also tried this with mixed results...

(BTW, even if it works I doubt Apple would release this "hack" as a "solution" - I'd be the first to shoot them down in flames saying "fix it properly guys" - my old iPhone 3GS still works perfectly but my brand-new iPhone 5 doesn't - that's crazy!)

...Using this I have found that with iTunes running on the computer, the device doesn't initially show-up in iTunes until I try to initiate a sync from the iPhone. Once this phone-initiated sync has been done, the device shows up in iTunes and I can initiate a sync from iTunes.

When I close and restart iTunes sometimes the iPhone appears and sometimes it doesn't... until I've done the phone-initaited sync again.