iOS5 sync without cable ?

Deleted member 77746 · 11 Dec 2011 at 13:31

GJ02 said:
yep done all this, wont sync

Then you have other problems. You may be due a format.

demonix · 11 Dec 2011 at 14:50

GJ02 said:
yep done all this, wont sync

Do you have bonjour installed (it is required for wi-fi sync)

Jay794 · 11 Dec 2011 at 14:53

Can we just clarify, you do have an iPhone 4, 4s or iPad right? you're not trying to do this with a first gen or and iPod Nano are you?

GJ02 · 11 Dec 2011 at 15:07

lol no ip4 on 5.0.1
as soon as i take the usb cable out of the ip, my device is no longer visible in itunes
very very very annoying now

Deku · 11 Dec 2011 at 16:32

You did click Apply right?

Vertigo · 11 Dec 2011 at 17:14

Jay794 said:
Really? is that the iPad 1 or 2?

iPad 2. Apparently most PC USB ports just can't supply enough juice and it says "Not charging" in the top corner. I've heard it might trickle charge really really slowly but prefer to keep it on the mains charger and use WiFi to sync.

Strikes me as a fairly useless bit of design from Apple. Why couldn't they have provided some kind of splitter cable that lets you connect it to the mains charger for power and the USB for connectivity at the same time?

GJ02 · 11 Dec 2011 at 17:20

Deku said:
You did click Apply right?

sure

Jay794 · 11 Dec 2011 at 17:21

Vertigo1 said:
Strikes me as a fairly useless bit of design from Apple. Why couldn't they have provided some kind of splitter cable that lets you connect it to the mains charger for power and the USB for connectivity at the same time?

Wouldn't that just be 2 USB cables? might as well plug it into the wall and let it wifi sync.

Can we just varify that this guy is connected to the same wireless as his pc and that by "online" he's not tryin to sync through 3G?

There is no logical reason for it not to work mate

GJ02 · 11 Dec 2011 at 17:27

Jay794 said:
Wouldn't that just be 2 USB cables? might as well plug it into the wall and let it wifi sync.

Can we just varify that this guy is connected to the same wireless as his pc and that by "online" he's not tryin to sync through 3G?

There is no logical reason for it not to work mate

im on same wifi as pc, and im syncing via wifi
if i plug into wall it still tells me sync will resume when pc is available
im 100% on the same wifi network

Deleted member 77746 · 11 Dec 2011 at 17:44

GJ02 I think your missing the concept of IOS 5 WiFi sync.

Can you see your phone in iTunes at all when it's not plugged in?

GJ02 · 11 Dec 2011 at 17:54

mrbell1984 said:
GJ02 I think your missing the concept of IOS 5 WiFi sync.

Can you see your phone in iTunes at all when it's not plugged in?

no i can't

Deleted member 77746 · 11 Dec 2011 at 17:59

uninstall ALL, ALL, Yes - ALL iTunes components from control panel.
Re-install iTunes, All, All, Yes - ALL iTunes.

Try again.

GJ02 · 11 Dec 2011 at 18:01

ALL you say ?

Deleted member 77746 · 11 Dec 2011 at 18:02

GJ02 said:
ALL you say ?

Yes, ALL

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1923

Vertigo · 11 Dec 2011 at 19:00

Jay794 said:
Wouldn't that just be 2 USB cables? might as well plug it into the wall and let it wifi sync.

Well just one cable but which splits to both mains and USB connections.

WiFi sync works, it's just slow compared to USB.

Berserker · 11 Dec 2011 at 21:06

Vertigo1 said:
iPad 2. Apparently most PC USB ports just can't supply enough juice and it says "Not charging" in the top corner. I've heard it might trickle charge really really slowly but prefer to keep it on the mains charger and use WiFi to sync.

This affects both iPad and iPad2. With display on, the current draw is over 500mA, which is the per-port limit for USB 1.1/2.0. The 2-plug trick is a kludge and one that won't work with some hardware (try it with a Macbook Air, for example).

USB 3.0 has a per-port limit of 900mA, so assuming the iPad can draw this, you're golden. If not, the iPad might charge at half-speed with the display off,and not at all with it on.

Besides, the iPad is a wireless device. Using it while tethered to power rather defeats the point.

Anyway, back to problem at hand. Your problem indicates that the iP4 cannot 'see' your Mac/PC over wi-fi, so that's your first problem to figure out. Besides the obvious issue that would arise if one device simply wasn't connected to the network at all, my next guesses would be firewall or router-related.

GJ02 · 11 Dec 2011 at 21:20

dont know if that has any relevance, but icloud and photo stream works with no problems at all

Berserker · 12 Dec 2011 at 08:33

It doesn't - that just tells you both devices can talk to the internet, which you likely already knew.

Josh P · 12 Dec 2011 at 10:09

Have you tried starting the sync from both iPhone and iTunes? From iPhone you can start it from Settings App -> General -> iTunes Wifi Sync -> Sync Now. I had problems with this being greyed out for a while, it seems to have fixed itself though so I'm probably not much help!

GJ02 · 12 Dec 2011 at 13:42

Josh P said:
Have you tried starting the sync from both iPhone and iTunes? From iPhone you can start it from Settings App -> General -> iTunes Wifi Sync -> Sync Now. I had problems with this being greyed out for a while, it seems to have fixed itself though so I'm probably not much help!

omg

just tried it now and its syncing

how very very bizzare

Very touch and go though