iPhone4 won't sync and hasn't since 10-9-12

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iPhone4 won't sync and hasn't since 10-9-12

My iPhone 4 has not 'sunk' since 10-9-12. I have looked and followed the adivce of several people online. I have updated my computer software to Snow Leopard, restored to factory settings, turned off the apps in the cloud and tried to sync, deleted my last sync (so now I have nothing), and anything other idea I found on the internet. My husband's phone, he has the 4s, and both of my boys iPads are working perfectly fine. This is so frustrating!! Help!

Please and thank you!

iPhone 4, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Mar 29, 2013 5:46 PM

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randers4

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Mar 29, 2013 5:56 PM in response to emeryhere

Are you talking about backing up your phone to iCloud or syncing it?

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Mar 29, 2013 5:59 PM in response to randers4

Syncing it. I've only used the cloud for find my iphone in the past, but am trying everything now.

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randers4

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Mar 29, 2013 6:01 PM in response to emeryhere

What data is not syncing with your iCloud account? In other words, when you go to icloud.com on your computer and sign into your iCloud account, which types of data on your phone are not appearing on icloud.com (contacts? calendars? reminders? notes? etc.)?

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Mar 29, 2013 6:09 PM in response to randers4

My music and and contacts are syncing. It gets all the way to step 8 of 8 and says an error has occured. My husband and I only use the cloud for find my iphone. I just logged into icloud.com and only his stuff showed up and some of my new contacts aren't there.

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Mar 29, 2013 6:15 PM in response to emeryhere

Music doesn't sync with iCloud (unless you have subscribed to iTunes Match). If you aren't an iTunes Match user, you have to sync your music from your computer using iTunes.

Also, when you say "step 8 of 8" that's syncing with iTunes, not iCloud. iCloud doesn't sync with your iTuens library. Are you syncing with iTunes over wifi or using your usb cable?

Also, when you go to Settings>iCloud, do you have Contacts turned to On?

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Mar 29, 2013 6:22 PM in response to randers4

I appreciate your patience.... Yes, syncing with iTunes.

I use a cable to sync. I have done one of the iTunes updates on wifi, but usually I'm connected.

Contacts are turned off, but our contacts used to sync through our iTunes account and evidently aren't now. I have been able to get new music and apps through iTunes.

I'm really not concerned with iCloud. I just mentioned it before because a thread said to do something with it and I am trying everything possible just to see if it will work.

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Mar 29, 2013 6:27 PM in response to emeryhere

When you connect your phone to your computer, open iTunes, click on the name of your phone and go to the Info tab of your iTunes sync settings, is Sync Contacts checked?

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Mar 29, 2013 6:32 PM in response to randers4

Yes

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Mar 29, 2013 6:42 PM in response to emeryhere

First, as a precaution, download the app My Contacts Backup to your phone and use it to back up your contacts as an attachment to an email. Send the email to yourself.

Then follow the steps under "OS X Lion and Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard" in this article to reset your SyncServices folder: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1627. After doing this, check your sync settings on the different sync setting tabs in iTunes on your computer to confirm that your settings are correct; make any necessary changes.

On your phone, if you are downloading any podcasts to your phone, open the Music app and check to be sure there aren't any downloads that are pending or stuck. If so, delete them.

Then try sycing again.

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Mar 29, 2013 8:06 PM in response to randers4

I followed all of your steps and got the same message again.. it could not back up because an error occured.

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randers4

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Mar 29, 2013 8:11 PM in response to emeryhere

If it's stopping at step 8, the is usually when the sync process is trying to sync apps. Do you have any apps on your phone that are stuck on "waiting"? (This would occur when trying to update an app, and the app icon would show "waiting" superimposed on it.)

Also, do you get any specific error message?

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Mar 29, 2013 8:14 PM in response to randers4

All apps are fully loaded and it even added the backup contacts app after I closed the message. No it just says, "can not backup "name of iPhone" because an error occured."

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Mar 29, 2013 8:19 PM in response to emeryhere

That helps, but if it's getting stuck on creating the backup, that should be step 1 or 2.

Open iTunes, go to iTunes>Preferences>Devices, click on your most recent backup in the Backups list, then click Delete Backup. If you aren't sure which backup is yours, hover your mouse over the name of the backup to reveal the phone number of the device that the backup belongs to.

Then connect your phone and try syncing again.

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