In order for your phone to communicate with your PC, you need to install the proper USB drivers and connect the two via a USB cable.
Browse to the folder where you extracted the driver and click Ok About USB Drivers:
If you already have the driver installed and want to update to a newer version got to "Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer"ħ. Choose to select the location of the new driver manually and browse to the folder where you extracted the driverĥ. Right click on the hardware device you wish to update and choose Update Driver SoftwareĤ. Go to Device Manager (right click on My Computer, choose Manage and then find Device Manager in the left panel), or right click on Start Menu for Windows 10 and select Device Managerģ. In order to manually update your driver, follow the steps below (the next steps):ġ. Take into consideration that is not recommended to install the driver on Operating Systems other than stated ones. If the driver is already installed on your system, updating (overwrite-installing) may fix various issues, add new functions, or just upgrade to the available version. How to Fix iTunes Won't Recognize Your iPhone, iPad, iPodĭo you have other question about Apple Mobile Device Support? If there is, leave your question below.The package provides the installation files for Apple Recovery (DFU) USB Device Driver version 423.36.0.0. After iTunes is reinstalled, Apple Mobile Device Support(Apple Mobile Device Service) is installed on your computer as well.įix: Apple Mobile Device USB Driver Missing If iTunes can't recognize because your Apple Mobile Device Support/Apple Mobile Device Service is missing or cannot install, you have completely remove iTunes and its related software components and then reinstall the latest iTunes from Apple or Microsoft store. There is no way to download and install Apple Mobile Device Support separately. How to Download and Install Apple Mobile Device Support To remove Apple Mobile Device Support, you can go to the folders: Program Files > Common Files folder > Apple Application Support and delete Apple Application Support completely. If you don't need iTunes and Apple Mobile Device Service is putting burden on your CPU, you can completely uninstall iTunes and remove Apple Mobile Device Support and other software components. How to Uninstall Apple Mobile Device Support? It is preparing for iTunes to recognize an Apple mobile device once the device is plugged in. Apple Mobile Device Service works as a Windows service, which is usually started automatically even when iTunes is not running and there is no Apple mobile device connected. You may also notice there is also AppleMobileDeviceService process in the Task Manager. But you don't need iTunes to sync or backup Apple devices, Apple Mobile Device Support is not needed on your computer and it is safe to remove it. Yes, you'll need Apple Mobile Device Support if you have an iPhone, iPad or iPod and need to sync contents between your Apple devices with iTunes on your computer. It is used to detect and communicate with iPhone, iPad, iPod that are connected to the computer. What Is Apple Mobile Device Support and Do You Need It?Īpple Mobile Device Support is one of i Tunes' related software components.
So what is Apple Mobile Device Support? And if iTunes cannot detect your iPhone, iPad, iPod because Apple Mobile Device Support can't be installed or Apple Mobile Device Service failed to start, how to fix it? This article is going to tell you everything about Apple Mobile Device Support, including how to download/install it and how to remove it. If you have installed iTunes on your Windows computer, you may have seen Apple Mobile Device Support or AppleMobileDeviceService process running on the background.