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Dear all ,
please help me with this,
try to connect my Iphone 4 today but the above messege came out.
the same messege also appear when i connect my IPad 2.
it ask to restore my devices.
Did not do anything on my ipad and iphone or the itunes ( 10.7),
it work on my last sync 4 days ago.
please advice how to resolve this.
iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1
I wanted to share this for others who might come across this post with the same problem.
This fix will work for ipods/iphones/etc.
What has happened is an itunes control or preferences file has somehow gotten corrupted on your device. Why Apple hasnt built the option to do this into itunes is beyond me. In effect you may lose your music library on the device but all contacts/notes/apps/etc will be untouched and fine. Apparently Apple thinks wiping the whole thing is a better option?
Anyhoo:
First try to delete one song from your playlist, and turn off/on your device. This will hopefully overwrite the corrupt database file. Try connecting to itunes again and see if that does it.
If the above doesnt work:
1) Download/Install "i-FunBox" which gives you control of the iPhone’s file system from your computer.
2) Open i-FunBox and search for iTunesDB or iTunesCDB. They should show up in a folder, ie; /var/mobile/Media/iTunes_Control/iTunes
3) Personally, I had to rename "iTunesCDB" "iTunesContol" and "iTunesPrefs" on my iphone 4 before mine sync'd to itunes again. Its always a better idea just to rename these files incase you need to go back or restore them. If for any reason you cannot rename them, then delete them as a last resort.
DO NOT delete or rename anything other than these 3 files!!!
Keep in mind you WILL LOSE YOUR MUSIC LIBRARY. Everything else will be OK though. (contacts/notes/apps/etc)
4) Open itunes again and reconnect your device. Voila!
Alternately, if youre jailbroken, open ifile and navigate to: /var/mobile/Media/iTunes_Control/iTunes
Cheers!
Downloading iFunBox worked for me. Thanks!!!!!!
thank you sooooooooo much for this it all works now!!!
Hi, first leap into a forum so just tell me if this is posted incorrectly.
Teh iFunbox fix is a real lifesaver.....but...(always a but) when i reconnect with iTunes, my phone sync settings are a mit of a mess and i have to reload all music etc and movies. Is there something i can change to avoid this. I have to use ifunbox a few times per week.
Thankyou so much! I thought I have to restore everything.
Just deleted itunesCDB and it works!
All music is gone though, but much better than restoring my phone.
Thankyou!
Thank you for the guide, I got it to work! really appreciate it
Thank you so much for this - it fixed it! This is great.
THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!! I don't understand how these errors happen & always get so upset that the solution is always restore. I tried all other solutions, didn't work & was sceptical about downloading a program off the internet that wasn't from a familar site. I did & used i-Funbox & only had to rename the iTunesCDB. Then went to iTunes & it was recognized! Don't t understand how that worked but it did. Thank you so much.🙂
It works on my iPhone 5 too!!
Thanks very much!
Thanks! This worked like a charm.
Thanks a lot man , you saved my iphone data.
I used option 2 , it took less than 5 minutes.
Nice job
Arash
I have searched the entire Internet for months and I finally found a solution that really help!! Thank you so much!!
Wow!!! You are my hero! Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, Thank You! So easy, and it works. I didn't lose anything.
I have tried every fix i could find...nothing worked. And then I came across your post 🙂 My last resort would have been Apple 😕
You saved me from that agony
Please Help!!
I have deleted the CBD file multiple times, restored my ipod nano multiple times and nothing. Itunes loads the music onto the ipod but the ipod says there is not music there. When I delete the CBD file the music turns to other but the ipod is still full. Both my IPOD nano 5th and 7th generations are giving me this message but my IPod touch and IPhone 5s are working fine. I downloaded iFunBox and it does not recognize either nano as being connected but it works with my 5s. Any suggestions anyone????
Will you ever get tired of people telling you are AWESOME?!?! naaahhh right!?! AWESOME!!! I was looking how to fix this problems for so many months! THANK YOU!
Ps. for anyone else with this ****** problem.. Just had rename "itunes CDB" to itunes CDBX and none of my music were deleted. 😀
Just want to add this tidbit to this thread for posterity.
My iphone 4 was failing with this message and some others about not being able to be identified etc. Turns out it's due to a 3rd party USB cable I was using. The cable is long etc and works great for charging but apparently it's not good enough for data syncing. I only found this out by trying another normal cable and seeing it work and then repeating the process to be sure.
Itunes cannot read contents of the iphone
