My iphone is not showing up as a device in itunes when it is plugged into my computer, how do I fix this?

Thanks for this! I had a very similar problem thusly :

Iphone 4S running latest iOS 7 (7.1.2?) and using the latest version of iTunes

Iphone would show up on my computer fine except I kept getting the "trust this computer" message.

Phone showed up under 'mobile devices' only in device manager.

Itunes would allow me to wifi sync with my phone but NOT cable sync, even though it was connected with a certified cable.

This ofcourse locked me out of certain options in itunes such as checking for phone updates and manual restore

I tried a few obvious things to get it to pick up properly to no avail but stumbled upon this response to the issue, swapped the drivers as described and now it's working smoothly once more, Thanks JF Fourie!

Excellent and definitely the best advice for this problem. Followed your instruction and everything is good again! THANK YOU. Would never have thought of that. God Knows why it changed in the first place!!!!!

Regards,

Richard

If you are having issue; being seen Ur iPhone in my computer but not in iTunes, (iPhone 5s-7.1.2 in windows 8,also can be helpful for other versions of windows and iPhones),:then u try these following steps:

1)go to control panel then uninstall APPLE MOBILE DEVICE SUPPORT

2) then open iTunes and try to plug in Ur iPhone

(during this process, appears a dialog screen stating to install different version of ITUNES like 64 bit or 32 bit)

by this time,u will already configure your issue and know what to do

3) So you uninstall Ur current version of iTunes, restart Ur PC and download a fresh copy of required bit iTunes(not by using APPLE SOFTWARE UPDATE)

4)after this u are ready to go,install iTunes, plug in Ur iPhone( don't panic if Ur iPhone is not shown in iTunes), unlock Ur phone and hit the TRUST button

5)enjoying synchronising Ur iPhone iniTunes.

have fun..!

I wasn't able to see the individual files...but, just searched the folder for drivers. It installed and now works.....awesome and thanks!

Thank you, JF - I was struggling to figure out why an iPhone and iPad were not being detected in iTunes (Win 8.1) and your suggestion got everything working allowing me to copy my own ripped music back to the recently erased devices.

After spending about 4 hours trying to find a solution, your advice worked in less than 5 minutes.

Thank You!!!

holy cow finally work, thank you very much😉

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/how-to/apple/3492800/how-get-iphone-5-or-5s-appear-on -my-pc/

Thanks JF Fourie, this had been bugging my for a while and your advise solved my problem! 🙂

I have Iphone 4 and iTune 64bit latest version. Plugged I phone to my computer but my iphone was not showing up in either itune or computer. What does that mean, iphone was fired? If that is true what I should do, help please!!!

Most likely it means that the iPhone driver needs to be reinstalled.

Try Andrei Cerbu's post here, JF Fourie's post here, or see TS1538: iOS: Device not recognized in iTunes for Windows, in particular section 5, forcing a driver update.

Different perspectives on the same issue. Hopefully you can make one of them work for you.

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Following instruction of Cerbu and Fourie I selected device manager but I did not see portable device or other device so I cannot continue that instruction to install iphone driver, is any other way to do it.

One thing I want to mention is when I turned on my iphone 4 on window 7 or I did press/hold power and home button it showed the Apple logo and it displayed the cable connection to Itune so I connected usb cable to computer but it do nothing.

Reset your device for a start.

See the steps in the second box of Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates for a guide to removing everything related to iTunes and then rebuilding it. This is often a good starting point unless the symptoms indicate a more specific approach. Review the other boxes and the list of support documents further down the page in case one of them applies.

Your library should be unaffected by these steps but there is backup and recovery advice elsewhere in the user tip.

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I am very frustrating...

Following instruction carefully removing all component of Apple and reinstalled itune 11.3.1.2 Connected usb cable to iphone and it said "usb device driver successfully installed" but still no phone was showing on itune and on the iphone screen displayed the usb cable connect to itune and do nothing. I do not know what option I should try

Try HT1808: If you can't update or restore your iOS device.

See also the list of support documents at the bottom of the user tip in case one of them applies.

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