I have an iphone4 on 4.01 and am currently on itunes 9.2.1. My phone has been jailbroken for over a month and only has a few ringtones installed, though I doubt this is the issue because I have't added anything in weeks and the problem just occurred yesterday.
When I plug my phone into my macbook it beeps and begins to charge, but itunes does not recognize my phone, and does not give me any type of error message. I tried to see if my phone is recognized in iphone explorer, but nothing happens here either. It does, however, connect to iphoto.
So I took my phone to another computer, and what do you know, the other computer has no problem recognizing my phone! At this time I was using itunes10 on my macbook, and seeing no problem with my phone, I decided that it was itunes.
I then erased itunes10 and downgraded to 9.2.1, and voila!... it connected. I then opened my phone up in iphone explorer, and it connected as well. So then I spent about an hour reloading my music into itunes and my old playlists via senuti, and after everything was back in order, I synced my phone.....no problem.
A day passed and I tried to sync my phone, and once again, itunes cannot find my phone, and neither can iphone explorer. what really blows my mind is that iphoto has absolutely no problem finding my phone and syncing, and that every other computer that I plug it into has no problem finding it.
My macbook is running on snow leopard. It has two usb ports, and I have tried them both obsessively, but it seems to make no difference -- obviously the ports are fine if iphoto can still find it. I have tried hard-resetting and power cycling my phone dozens of times, but this has does nothing but waste my time.
I have however, had success by entering my phone into dfu mode. itunes can find my phone if I hard-reset into dfu, and then it asks me to restore..... but I see no reason why I should have to restore when my phone clearly seems to working fine and is connecting without a problem to other computers.
I suppose that I could erase itunes, reinstall it, and rebuild my library every time that I want to sync my phone, but there has to be an easier solution, right?
When I plug my phone into my macbook it beeps and begins to charge, but itunes does not recognize my phone, and does not give me any type of error message. I tried to see if my phone is recognized in iphone explorer, but nothing happens here either. It does, however, connect to iphoto.
So I took my phone to another computer, and what do you know, the other computer has no problem recognizing my phone! At this time I was using itunes10 on my macbook, and seeing no problem with my phone, I decided that it was itunes.
I then erased itunes10 and downgraded to 9.2.1, and voila!... it connected. I then opened my phone up in iphone explorer, and it connected as well. So then I spent about an hour reloading my music into itunes and my old playlists via senuti, and after everything was back in order, I synced my phone.....no problem.
A day passed and I tried to sync my phone, and once again, itunes cannot find my phone, and neither can iphone explorer. what really blows my mind is that iphoto has absolutely no problem finding my phone and syncing, and that every other computer that I plug it into has no problem finding it.
My macbook is running on snow leopard. It has two usb ports, and I have tried them both obsessively, but it seems to make no difference -- obviously the ports are fine if iphoto can still find it. I have tried hard-resetting and power cycling my phone dozens of times, but this has does nothing but waste my time.
I have however, had success by entering my phone into dfu mode. itunes can find my phone if I hard-reset into dfu, and then it asks me to restore..... but I see no reason why I should have to restore when my phone clearly seems to working fine and is connecting without a problem to other computers.
I suppose that I could erase itunes, reinstall it, and rebuild my library every time that I want to sync my phone, but there has to be an easier solution, right?