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Itunes cannot read contents of the iphone

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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

Posted on Oct 29, 2012 5:14 AM

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Posted on Oct 29, 2012 5:20 AM

I would tend to state that this error is not because of your devices. So there is no need to restore them.

I would go ahead and re-install iTunes as there might be some services broken or not running to properly access your devices.

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Itunes cannot read contents of the iphone

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