iOS 8 wifi sync not working

This is a bug in iOS 8 - 8.0.2. If you power off your device then power it back on again, the device immediately shows up in iTunes and wifi sync will work again.

However the fix is temporary. For example if you reboot the Mac that is running iTunes, the device will no longer show up in iTunes and you have to turn the phone / iPad back off / on again to get it to wirelessly sync.

USB sync works fine.. Sometimes deselecting / reselecting the wireless sync option gets it working again. Powering the device off / on is quicker and easier though.

This affects all of my iOS 8 devices, iPhones and iPads. The only device that does not have this problem is an old iPhone 4 that is still at iOS 7. That device has never had any wireless sync issues and it continues to work perfectly fine with iTunes 11.4. It's an iOS 8 bug.

The power off/on toggle works every time. Sad to think I should have to do this though.

I Have the same issue. This is crazy.

So no updates still?!? This new OS is a total S H I T show. I have to turn my iPhone/iPad off/on still AND go into iTunes before my Mac can see it via wifi. Every. Single. Time. And this is just one of its many screwed up issues. How about it's tendency not to rotate when it should? Or that my iPad rings sometimes when my phone rings. Or that I get texts on my iPad but same texts don't show on my iPhone. What a nightmare.

I have an iMac, iPad, iphone, iphone, and Airport Extreme router. All Apple products.

I was on the phone with Apple support for 2 hours. They got information from my computer. Apple engineering claims the problem is in my network. They want me to be on the phone for another hour or more to fix it. This doesn't make any sense. If it was my network, why would my wife's iPhone running OS 7.x work fine and my iPhone and iPad running OS 8.0.2 not work over wifi unless I turn them on and off and on again?

John

I tested in my network. iTunes couodnt discover ipad, while I could use the remote app on my iPad to control iTunes... U can test it too. If u get same result, then it doesn't look like a networ problem. The knowledge and exp level of customer support is not uniformed. The answer I get most often is to reinstall system.

I have bigger problems now. Often I can get into my iPhone and iPad without it asking for a password with IOS 8.0.2

John

This thread is about WiFi syncing. Please begin a new thread for your issue

I've always had this problem with my ipad 2 and Air.

It worked intermittently but a reboot would fix it. Now since 8.02 nothing works, the gesture bug drives me nuts, but I can not wifi sync at all now.

This is probably the crappiest IOS I have ever used since 2008, lets hope some heads rolled and they got their act together, this is a premium product, I don't mind paying Apples fees because normally it is a smooth ride for most things, wifi sync has been around a while now, they should have it working regually by now as it is a pretty important function.

+1 on others comments re: issues.

After a fresh boot iTunes recognizes the iPhone 6 (plus) as a wifi attached device, and wifi sync works fine. Then throughout the day this is dropped and wifi sync no longer works. A reboot fixes it for a short time again.

Now it's working again, updated to iTunes 12.0.1 and boom! I can sync again my iOS8.0.2 devices.

not working for me. Updated iTunes last night and still nothing... no iphone or ipad syncing over WiFi. Keep us updated if it keeps working for you.

iRideApple wrote:

Now it's working again, updated to iTunes 12.0.1 and boom! I can sync again my iOS8.0.2 devices.

I haven't yet gotten any of my 3 devices to show in itunes 12 on wifi.

Without the sidebar on itunes 12, how/where do the devices appear when available on wifi?

Is there a way to see the content on the device like you could on itunes 11 by expanding the device.

LOL! AND BOOM! not working any more iPhone 5 64GB and iPhone 5 16GB iTunes 12 wifi sync, but my iPad2 is now working still...

This Is Madness

But if you get it work, it looks like this

:

iPhone 5 here is conected by cable, and iPad2 is on WiFi sync.

iRideApple wrote:

LOL! AND BOOM! not working any more iPhone 5 64GB and iPhone 5 16GB iTunes 12 wifi sync, but my iPad2 is now working still...

This Is Madness

But if you get it work, it looks like this

:

iPhone 5 here is conected by cable, and iPad2 is on WiFi sync.

Thanks, at least now I know where to look.