Method 1. Manually Update the Apple Mobile Device USB Driver
Step 1. Connect your iPhone to computer and wait for some time until the device is recognised.
Step 2. Right-click
"Computer", Go to
"Device Manager". Then expand category
"Universal Serial Bus controllers" and locate
"Apple Mobile Device USB Driver".
Step 3. Right-click
"Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" and click
"Update Driver Software". On the pop-out window, choose
"Browse my computer for driver software".
Step 4. Choose
"Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer" and click
"Next".
Step 5. On
"Update Driver Software - Apple Mobile Device USB Driver" box, click
"Have disk". However, if this button is not available on this box; click a device category like
"Mobile Phone" or
"Storage Device" in case if that is what you see.
Step 6. Click
"Browse".
Step 7. Navigate to
"C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers". Then double-click the usbaapl file. If you have a 64-bit version of Windows, this file will be called usbaapl64. If you don't see usbaapl64 here or if there isn't a Drivers folder, look in
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers".
Step 8. On the
"Install Disk" window, click
"OK".
Step 9. Click "Next" and after this, Windows will assist you with the driver update.
Now, you are ready to go. Open iTunes to check if it recognizes your iPhone
If this method won't work, check this guide for more methods.
How to Fix iPhone Not Recognized by Windows
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