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

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.

tt2

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.

tt2

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.

tt2

thank you soooooo **** much man, i specifically made an ID and username just to thank you keep up the good work (y)

Thanks, JF Fourie, for taking the time to detail this fix.  Been driving me nuts for ages.  Now solved.

Glenn

South Australia

Thanks very much for your help JF! You resovled the issue I wouldn't have spent weeks fixing without your help.

Thanks again,

Joe

Thank you JF Fourie!  I NEVER could have figured that out in a million years. Thank you to you for posting that solution, would love to know how you figured that out!  Thankfully I didn't mess around with the issue very long before I googled my problem and found your solution after unsuccessfully trying what Apple recommended.  You are talented!  Thanks again!

Thank you, this fixed the problem perfectly.

The only issue I have with this, for me, it seems it's a one or the other issue. Either I get the drivers for iTunes and not My Computer or I get the drivers for My Computer but not iTunes. I HAVE had my phone showing in both before but it seems I'm only getting one or the other now if I update my driver as you suggest. Your way opens in iTunes but not for My Computer. If I do so unplugging over and over at times I can get the driver for My Computer loaded but it takes out the driver for iTunes. Any suggestions?

THANK YOU!!!!  After an hour of frustration, your advice worked!  Thank you, thank you, thank you.

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