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

This worked great. Had to dig through the site to find it but it worked.  It also solved my "trust this computer" issue

JF Fourie, Thanks!! It worked!!

Thanks.  This was the only thing that worked.

Thanks JF Fourie !!! These set of instructions worked for me instantly. Thank You

Right-click the Apple Mobile Device entry in Device Manager and choose Update Driver Software. 

• Select "Browse my computer for driver software." 
• Select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer." 
• Click the Have Disk button. Note: If the Have Disk option is not present, choose a device category such as Mobile Phone or Storage Device if listed, and then click next. The Have Disk button should then appear. 
• Click the Browse button and navigate to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers. 
• Double-click the "usbaapl" file. (This file will be called "usbaapl64" if you have a 64-bit version of Windows. If you don't see "usbaapl64" here, or if there is no Drivers folder, look in C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers. instead). 
• Click Open in the Have Disk window. Then, click Next and then Click Finish. Windows will install the driver.

Thanks. After wasting a lot of time on itune help, I found your instructions and it worked.

I upgraded my iphone from a 4s to a 5s today and after updating iTunes this morning my new phone would not show up on iTunes.  I spoke with an Apple rep for nearly a half hour, following all his instructions to no avail.   He then told me he would call me back in 15 minutes and while I was waiting I Googled for help...came here and followed JF Fourie's advice with success.   I am still waiting for that return call an hour later....

Thanks JF Fourie!!

YES! what this man said!! now working thats a tonne dude.

JF Fourie

Thanks JF Fourie, got it working - that was very frustrating

I tried to do what you said, but on the very first question I got stuck. I switched from a 5 to a 5s today, and this is the first time I've ever not had my phone show up on iTunes. I plugged it in with a Belkin USB cable first, and that didn't work, then I tried it with the actual iPhone 5 charger cable and with neither one did EITHER the 5 or 5s show up in my device manager. Help???

Nevermind, I have now gotten to the point where I entered the Mobile Device Support, but there is no file named Drives there. I am not sure what I am supposed to do from here.

JF Fourie thank you so much my itunes is reconizing my device again. I've tried everything for the past month and you were the only one that got it to work thank you so much!!!!!

It worked. Thank you so much!

I still cannot find my AMDS under the Device manager. I can find it under Uninstall programs as well as local services. There is no instance of it in device manager. Seeing as this seems to be fixing everyone elses problem, I would like a response quickly before I chuck my iPhone out the window since they are worthless and go buy a windows phone and change to spotify or another music sharing website where I can get much cheaper unlimited music without having to deal with apple and its ****** *** services.

Try Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates.

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I have tryed this as well and still having the same problem..  Anything else I can try?