
- #Itunes 12.5.1 not seeing my phone how to#
- #Itunes 12.5.1 not seeing my phone 64 Bit#
- #Itunes 12.5.1 not seeing my phone drivers#
- #Itunes 12.5.1 not seeing my phone update#
- #Itunes 12.5.1 not seeing my phone driver#
Once restored, your iDevice will reboot automatically.

Step 6: Now sit back and relax while iTunes restores the custom IPSW on your iDevice. Step 5: Browse to your desktop and select the custom IPSW which you want to restore. Step 4: Hold down the SHIFT key (Alt (Option) for Mac) and click on the Restore button. Click 'OK' and you are taken to the iPhone restore page. Continue to hold down the 'Home' button until you see a dialog informing you that it has detected an iPhone in recovery mode. Step 3: Hold the 'Home' and 'Sleep' buttons down simultaneously for 10 seconds. Step 2: Open iTunes on your PC or Mac, then connect your iPhone to your computer using the iPhone USB cable. Step 1: Back up your crucial iPhone data. Most users prefer to use IPSW file to restore iPhone with iTunes, Below is the detailed step to restore custom IPSW with the help of iTunes: Part 1: Restore iPhone Using Custom IPSW with iTunes 3rd Go to the largest DMG and decrypt it using the key.
#Itunes 12.5.1 not seeing my phone how to#
I agree I could not believe that it would take me 8 hrs and I am computer literate (I thought!! ) to find this.Also Read: How to Download and Install iOS 13 Beta On iPhone/iPadġst Take your MACHINTOSH and the.ipsw, for the iPhone 5,2 it will work only with the iOS 8.3, download it from HERE 2nd Open the.ipsw if you have both Mac and Windows, in Windows you can use even WINRAR. In any case, I learned what to do from this video - though some stuffs has changed since it was done on windows 7, it is still If my explanation wasn't clear enough, I apologize, I am French, my computer is also in French so it was quite hard to translate. It installed the thing, and the Apple iPhone icon finally appeared on my desktop search.
#Itunes 12.5.1 not seeing my phone drivers#
I selected "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer",Īnd in the list that showed up, I picked the "MTP USB Device". I didn't type the location because I had found that I didn't have any "Drivers" file where there was supposed to be one, so instead,
#Itunes 12.5.1 not seeing my phone driver#
I selected the option "Browse my computer for driver software", and that's where it changes: I found myself in front of the question "How do you want to search for driver software?", I got into a new window, and in the opened tab "General", at the bottom, I selected "Change settings"Īnother window opened, there I found the tab "Driver" that was dealt with in the above instructions, Once in the Properties of iPhone in the Device Manager, I went to the Hardware tab,Īt the bottom of the tab, I selected Properties, Message as you did, so I guess that's what you had done.
#Itunes 12.5.1 not seeing my phone update#
It can take a few seconds but don't lose patience, it does end upĪs for the rest, I had followed all the steps written by Martin Trainer, but I didn't have any "Drivers" file in Mobile Device Support, and when I started the process again but clicked on "Search automatically for update driver software", I got the same To get your iPhone out of recovery mode, you need to press on the Power button and the Home button at the same time for as long as it would take to have an apple showing up on the screen. I know it was written one year ago so you might not need this anymore, but in case anyone else does.

#Itunes 12.5.1 not seeing my phone 64 Bit#
(Depending on whether or not you have been using the 64 bit version of iTunes you may need instead to use: C:\Program Files x86\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers Go to Control Panel, type in Device Manager (in the search box on top RHS), as you are typing Device Manager appears as an option on the left. Just used this for replacement iPhone and my iPad Air, both of which were unable to Sync before. What this is doing is telling Device Manager where to find your “old” drivers (which worked prior to Windows 10). (Depending on whether or not you have been using the 64 bit version of iTunes you may need instead to use: C:\Program Files x86\Commonįiles\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers Select the option “Browse my computer for driver software”Ĭ:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers It will ask “How do you want to search for driver software?” Select the tab Driver, then Update Driver Open Device Manager, and select the iPhone (either in Portable devices or Other devices).ĭouble Click (or Right-Click) on the iPhone and open Properties Go to Control Panel, type in Device Manager (in the search box on top RHS), as you are typing Device Manager appears as an option on the So the solution is to tell Device Manager that the driver is an Apple driver.

The issue is that Windows 10 tries using a Microsoft device driver for the iPhone iPad etc.
