Why does my iPhone 6 not show up in my computer when it's plugged in with the USB cable?

"I was able to detect my iphone in windows if I went to control panel, then programs and features, found apple mobile device, right click, then click repair. This would allow windows explorer to detect my iphone, but I had to do this every time ..."

This worked great for my iPhone 6! Thank you so much

Hi all,

I've realized that this issue happen if you've got the photo album open in background.

Close it, disconnect and reconnect the Iphone and the issue should be resolved.

Cheers

Fed

Lots of great ideas here! I have yet to find one that works. Trying to take photos off so i ...took some photos, checked device manager only to find 'Portable Devices' does not show iphone 5s, nor does the control panel. SOMETIMES iTunes shows the phone - but when it does it shows all other devices on the network.

I have tried EVERY USB port (9).

I get 'Trust Computer' every time.

I have followed the process to remove iTunes for a fresh reinstall.

Unfortunately i updated this PC to Win 10 (with all the updates).

Fresh out of ideas and i have read through this post and several others, several times.

I am able to upload photos once in a while, when it decides to notify me of other things i can do with this device in the lower right corner - that how i know when it is working.

This worked for me - making sure it is unlocked before plugging in the USB. I can finally stop Googling and banging my head against a wall. Thanks pratikdify!

I checked the Device marked as "Unspecified" in the Control panel-->Devices and Printers. When I troubleshoot the device, the issue was with the USB version. Getting the message "Apple Mobile Device USB Driver is an older USB device and might not work with USB 3.0". I tried another USB port, probably USB 2.0 and it worked.

Hi,

In my case iTunes seemed to be able to back up my phone etc, but the only device which appeared on my PC was "Apple mobile device USB driver". I could not import photos/videos.

I tried many of the solutions posted here but non worked for me. This included reinstalling the Apple mobile device driver. I have an iPhone 6, iOS10 and a PC running Windows 8.1. On using the troubleshooting on Windows, I also got the message about using USB 3.0.

Despite all this, with the phone plugged into the same socket as before, the thing which worked was putting the phone into "Airplane mode"!

Thanks Mark, never would have thought of it. I have Windows 7, iPhone 6, iOS 10.0.2 and tried everything here with no success. Airplane mode worked immediately.

Thanks Mark .... I really appreciate your help!!!

"Airplane mode" worked for me as well!

I have had this happen to me as well on my iPhone 6s. I went into into TouchID&Passcode and disabled it and it popped right up.

this worked for me

I had approximately the same problem, but my Apple Mobile Device USB Driver was already enable. I disabled it, immediately re-enabled it and my "Apple iPhone" appeared and I could now see it in Windows Explorer.

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This was great, and right on point. Thanks for sharing.

Just figured this out after doing everything else....if your phone is locked, unlock, unplug, plug back in. Suddenly the PC recognizes it.....

Thank you so much, Mark!! This was the only way that worked for me. I turned it to airplane mode and unplugged the cable then plugged it back in and voila, it instantly worked!!!