Tag: iPhone
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MP3 Songs on iPhone greyed out; “This song is not currently available in your country or region” error message
iPhone sync has always been a little wonky, but today I discovered this gem. A few audio tracks showed up on my iPhone but were greyed out; tapping them resulted in an “This song is not currently available in your country or region” error message. What worked for me was to turn off “Sync with […]
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iPhone: Can’t Enter Recovery Mode
I was just trying to factory reset an old iPhone 6S, following these instructions provided by Apple. However, try as I might, the phone would just reboot. Turns out my notebook’s USB port I was using to connect the iPhone 6S for doesn’t provide enough voltage and is thus ignored by the iPhone. I think […]
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iOS iTunes Remote can’t find iTunes Library
The iTunes Remote software on my iPad worked flawlessly with my Macbook Air, but not with my Windows PC. I finally decided to investigate why, and after much search and trial-and-error, I found a solution. It turns out that it gets confused by IPv6 on Windows (interestingly the same is not a problem on my […]
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OpenVPN Connect doesn’t work at all on iPad Air / new iPad Mini
Yeah this had me puzzled for a while. Basically, I configured the OpenVPN client correctly (I thought so anyway). When I attempted to connect to my server, both the in-App log window and the log of my server remained empty: From what I could tell, OpenVPN didn’t even try! Well, it turns out that as […]
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iPhone not recognized by iTunes – Can’t Sync
For a while now I’ve had the issue that, sometimes, my iPhone would not be recognized by iTunes and wouldn’t sync. Sometimes there was an error message; sometimes not. Most recently, I would just get the Windows’ sound you get when you connect a USB device twice in a row. The iPhone then charged, but […]
