Iphone disconnected problem during backup

I have a problem when I am trying to make a backup of my Iphone 7 and iTunes via USB cable - Iphone disconnected problem - "iTunes could not back up the iPhone because the iPhone disconnected". I cannot backup to my computer. In the same time, Wi-fi backuping to iCloud was completed succesfully.


I am using latest iOS 10.3.3 and Windows 10x64 (version 1703, build 15063.483) with all updates and latest iTunes 12.6.2.20 and good ASUS motheboard with good powerful USB 3.0 porrts and original Apple USB-ligtning cables.


I tried to use 3 different cable and 4 different USB ports, with no result.


I tried to reinstall everything, I stopped antivirus, activated "At the Plane" mode, and made all other tricks which I found here, with no result.


I had this error with previous versions of iOS and iTunes as well, but when I had iPhone 5, I did not have this error on the same desktop computer.

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Posted on Jul 23, 2017 7:18 AM

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Posted on Sep 18, 2017 9:34 PM

THIS IS THE REAL DEAL.


This is the issue...at least it was for me. And it makes sense:


* Why do some people get this and others don't despite the same OS?

--> Not everyone has Non-ASCII characters on their Filesystem.

* Why do some devices have this issue and others don't despite being owned by the same person?

--> Not all exact content is on all devices.

* Why is this fixed for some people by "deleting their largest apps" but not for others?

--> Because the larger the app, the more data that app stores, meaning the more likely that data is to hold a character that will corrupt the backup.


To be clear:


Using iMazing - The FREE Version (not a promotion) - I backed up my iPad via the software with the console open and with a search string of "No operation found for path"

The moment the backup broke iMazing's console showed me this exact path and I noticed that an e-book had an author's name with an accented "a" character in the title.


I went into my e-book software, renamed each e-book by that author to remove the accent "a" and replaced it with a normal "a", and re-ran a backup.


My iPad now backs up without a hitch.


Again:


* I did not delete any programs.

* I did not delete any data

* I did not reinstall any applications.

* I did not have to back up with Airplane mode or reset network settings or any other of the many "fixes" for this problem.

* The ONLY thing touched during this entire process was to remove the Accented Character from book titles through renaming.


I will re-link the document that everyone needs to pay attention to here:


https://imazing.com/blog/ios-10-3-3-device-disconnected-error-during-backup-fix


This solved my problem, your mileage may vary. That said, if your device is failing backup at about the same place every time it backs up, and you've tried on multiple computers and with multiple cables, there is a HIGH likelyhood this is a fix...


This is not a hoax, this is no joke, this is the real deal.


Massive Kudos to iMazing and those who tracked down this issue.

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Aug 5, 2017 7:33 AM in response to Squiddz

Can you make an iCloud backup? If you can, do.


But the idea is you delete apps one at a time, try to back up after each one deleted. The problem is you will lose app data when you delete the app. If it's an app that syncs data with a server (such as multiplayer games, note apps like Evernote, 3rd party mail apps...) or that don't store data that you need, this isn't a problem, so perhaps start with those.

Aug 5, 2017 7:34 AM in response to Squiddz

I discovered the cause of my problem when I was looking for large app data

to delete... when I deleted the app with the data the first time backup

worked... so I thought that I might be the size of the data.... when I

installed the app without any data backup showed the same problem.... I

admit it was luck but a more learned intuition would make me look for apps

that have their own storage and can transfer files directly from

iPhone..... if that has ever been the case


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Aug 10, 2017 9:34 AM in response to gedonis

Hi. I realize the problem I am facing since I have upgraded my iPhone to IOS10.3.3 is exactly the one described here. My iPhone 7+ disconnects at the latest step of syncing, and the backup cannot properly end. My ipad upgraded also to ios10.3.3 is syncing correctly. This problem occurred right after upgrading my iPhone IOS. So I am pretty sur that it is a bug that happens with ios10.3.3 in some configurations only, as it doesn't happen to everyone.

If it happens when some apps use a large data space, then I don't know why apple sells iPhone with 512GB memory.

I was wondering if anyone had considered to upgrade to ios11 (currently beta4) to see if the problem is solved?

If it solves it, I wouldn't mind using it, as I think beta 4 should have solved the most annoying bugs of ios11 already.

Anyone tried it and could share his experience? thanks a lot.

Aug 12, 2017 10:15 PM in response to gedonis

I tried all the Internet-suggested modalities. None of them worked. My problem is conditional. An iPhone 6S completes a backup, and an iPhone 6S+ does not. Same iOS, same Windows 7 Pro sync PC, same USB port, same lightning cable. Same everything, just two different iPhones. The thing which makes the backup go sideways on the 6S+ ? Where do I start? Apple refuses to support the open architecture FLAC lossless audio codec. The only lossless codec supported by Apple is their own, the ALAC codec. This forces everyone who wants to play their lossless FLAC library to find A) another audio player, and B) another way to get the lossless music into their iOS device. I use the Onkyo products on some of my surround systems, so I decided to use their iOS app 'HF Player'. I also have some mid-to-high tier Onkyo headphones which this app supports nicely. Putting the app in my iPhone causes no grief. It's only when I put an album worth of FLAC music in the 6S+ that it will refuse to backup. And FYI, the message is actually incorrect. The phone does not actually disconnect. I've gotten that message, then seen it continue to move several books into my phone during a sync. New contacts sync, everything actually syncs. Just the backup crashes. If I pull the FLAC files out, the backup goes off without a hitch. The two iPhones are about as identical as one could hope for, Same 128GB storage, same processor, same iOS, same everything but screen size. The 6S backs up and the 6S+ does not if there's FLAC files involved. I'd really like an answer. It previously worked on an earlier version of iTunes and iOS. Something seems to have gotten broken along the way.

Aug 13, 2017 7:26 AM in response to kosmas0

Hi again - I've followed your instructions. FYI, "Pause" didn't stay paused in my version of iMazing (no "Resume" option popped up either) - so I let it run all the way and then just used the search bar at the bottom of the console to look for the "no operation..." language, which I found.


There were several instances and I have been unable to find anything by googling the file, or by using a Spotlight search.


All of the file names ended in M^Arias.html

All showed first throw call stack

All showed NSInternalInconsistencyException

All showed Terminating app due to uncaught exception

All showed cphlocalcachedirectory


I confess I don't know what any of this means - if someone reads this & says "Oh yes, I know what to do..." I'd be so grateful if you share! Thanks!

Aug 13, 2017 7:26 AM in response to PalazzoCorsini

I guess I will remove all the music from my iPhone 7 to see if that fixes it next time I try. I did notice that one of the back-up that I saved that is now in my mobile sync folder is much bigger than the original one I looked at when the backup problem first happened as once the backup went 3/4 of the way through the process before quitting and the sync on that one had seven steps instead of five steps. I had removed the old backup in that folder to my desktop at the time and tried that a bunch of times. I have no way of knowing if this is a full backup and the date of the last back up in Itunes still says the same date, 8/4/17. What is FLAC music and how do I look to see if something is that type?

Aug 14, 2017 8:04 AM in response to rhonda90402

FLAC stands for 'Free Lossless Audio Codec'. iTunes does not recognize nor will it easily sync it into your iOS device. Typical resolutions are 24 bit / 192 kHz and 24 bit / 96 kHz. It compresses the audio to be a smaller package, but it reinflates it to be identical to the original waveform. MP3, MP4, WMA and other popular codecs are lossy. You choose your level of loss versus file size and just live with the results. For most portable uses, lossy codecs are no big deal; we're listening through earbuds, or in a moving vehicle or it's just background music for dinner. For serious listening on a high res system in a controlled environment, lossless is radically better. If you had a FLAC collection, you'd know about it. Apple will sync their version of a lossless codec, ALAC .. the 'Apple Lossless Audio Codec'. Microsoft has their lossless codec as well. FLAC is open architecture and a universal exchange medium for studio quality sound.

Aug 14, 2017 9:26 AM in response to PalazzoCorsini

Well I haven't changed my music or added any new music in many months so that can't be the problem I guess unless it does have something to do with a recent update either on Itunes or iPhone...I just know it started after an 8-4-17 update on Itunes as I couldn't update when I tried again on 8-6-17. What about what I have read about the lockdown folder on other sites. Can I delete that folder or empty it and see what happens?

Aug 14, 2017 11:30 AM in response to rhonda90402

When anyone writes code, it is always imperfect. Updates typically do two things: fix known bugs and introduce new features. Sometimes those updates introduce some unanticipated bugs in the process. iTunes and iOS track each other. A new iTunes release usually predicts a soon to be updated iOS. Whatever coding changes we've had recently, my Onkyo player and it's FLAC files previously caused no issues in a sync. More specifically, the size and method of importing the FLAC files did not interfere in the backup that's part of a sync. In my estimation this is an Apple oops that will only be resolved in a future iOS release.

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