I accidentally hit "Don't Trust" and now my iPhone won't sync to my computer. It won't ask me to trust it again even when I restart everything. Now what?

Hi - iv'e posted below, but not sure if people see, so am posting as a reply too 😁

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Ok, this just happened to me and none of the above seemed to work. But, I have found a solution that worked for me:

go to settings > general > reset > then click 'reset all settings' (only click if you happy to reset all settings)

Obviously, this will reset all your settings but not lose content.

My iphone 5S was attached to the computer and itunes throughout this process .... it will power down, restart and you will notice the sync icon start to whirr!

Obviously once redone you will have to reset security thumb/passcode - but your sync should now be working!!!

I just did this with my iPad 2 and after flailing around for awhile, I followed Awentz94 suggestion and it worked perfectly. I have copied it below:

Okay for everyone who has Windows! Here is how you get the "Trust This Computer" pop up if you accidentally hit "Don't Trust"

Follow this simple steps:

Start>Devices

Under "Unspecific Devices" will show your apple driver

Right Click, go to properties>Hardware> Double click the driver> Delete Driver.

When you reconnect your iPhone, it will give you the prompt to trust or dont trust, and it will reinstall the driver on your computer!

My thanks to Awentz94

Okay for everyone who has Windows! Here is how you get the "Trust This Computer" pop up if you accidentally hit "Don't Trust"

Follow this simple steps:

Start>Devices

Under "Unspecific Devices" will show your apple driver

Right Click, go to properties>Hardware> Double click the driver> Delete Driver.

When you reconnect your iPhone, it will give you the prompt to trust or dont trust, and it will reinstall the driver on your computer!

I had the same issue and the answer is as follows. Restart your computer with the iPhone plugged in, you will be asked to trust or not trust on your iPhone click trust and problem solved. I spent hours trying to fix this problem and the solution was so EASY.

Good Luck

I didn't like the idea of resetting and having to restore long forgotten passwords, so I started with the easiest- rebooting the PC with the device (ipad mini) attached, before it finished restarting I got the "trust/don't trust" box. How easy is that? YMMV though.

No one else seems to be having this particular problem, and it's maddening! When it pops up with "Trust/Don't Trust" it never lasts long enough for me to actually tap it, just an instant and then goes away, then pops up again a moment later, and it goes on. How to fix? I was able to import photos from my phone to my laptop simply by connecting and eventually the message stopped popping up, but not today. I will not give me enough time to tap either option, immediately goes away and then back again. This happens repeatedly every time I connect it to the laptop. It's an iphone 4 but don't know if it's S

Power down device. Open iTunes on computer. Connect device to computer. Respond to computer question to let device access iTunes. Turn on device. It will ask if you trust computer.

1. Connect cable to PC

2. Go to Settings -> Personal Hotspot

3. Turn on Personal Hotspot, then it will ask to trust PC again.

4. Turn off Personal Hotspot

If you restart your computer, then open itunes while your phone is plugged in, it should bring up the prompt to connect your phone to your device to sync photos etc. This should then bring up the "trust" / "don't trust" prompt on your phone. Hope this helps!

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5868

Note:

If you select Trust, the computer will be trusted indefinitely. If you select Don't Trust, you will be asked if you want to trust that computer each time you connect your device to that computer.

From that article:

"If you choose not to trust the connected computer, you can charge your device, but the connected computer won't be able to access any content on your device."

If your phone doesn't charge, this is a connection issue unrelated to the "Trust" selection.

I also have tapped on the "Don't Trust" option, i have tried every step i have read about and still no "Trust" message appears. This includes fully resetting my iPhones 4s (iOS7), rebooting my iPhone and MacBook Pro, i can't seem to find a way to get this to work, anybody have any ideas? Thankyou.

All those must be done on a full-moon night while standing one-legged. Once you are done, turn off your phone, turn off your mac, place them next to each other and wave a pair of dead chickens over them. Don't forget to feed the chickens later to a hungry dog. Bigger and Blacker the better. Come back home, prostrate in front of the phone and macbook, then turn them on again. Hopefully your karma is returned back.

I made the same mistake and pressed "Don't Trust". I am running Parallels on my iMac and this is how I got out of the hole.

I connected my iPad to one of the USB ports in the back of the iMac and brought the iPad up for use (code or fingerprint recognition).

I held down the "Alt" key and clicked on the two parallel vertical red lines in the Menu bar at the top of my screen. This gave a drop down menu and I clicked on "Devices".

I got a sub-menu and clicked on "External devices".

I got a sub-sub-menu and clicked on "iPad" and the option to "Trust"/"Not Trust" displayed on the iPad screen. This time I pressed the "Trust" button.

I have since switched off and disconnected and reconnected my iPad and the option was not presented again so I am hoping the issue is resolved.

I hope this helps at least somebody, so please "Like" if it did.

Modular747 - I had a similar experience- I accidentally hit "Don't Trust", and my phone stopped charging on the computer. Once I resolved the trust issue, the charging resumed. The two were definitely related.