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Iphone not showing in my computer Help please!

madison321

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Jun 27, 2013
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Ok so I have windows 8 and a iphone 3gs.
earlier tonight it was showing then all of a sudden it disappeared from their I searched the internet trying to find a solution someone said to uninstall the Apple Drive so I did, but I couldn't work out how to reinstall it I gave up on that im not sure if that's the issue? but my iphone is showing in iTunes.
when I go into Device Manger it is not their and when I go into Control Panel it isn't their either only thing that is showing Is "apple mobile device"
please help ! i have tried uninstalling iTunes and reinstalling it , i have tried restarting my computer but nothing seems to be working.
 


Hi,

You can try this workaround: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

Good luck!