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iPhone driver installation instructions

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Overview

There are two things your computer needs to play with iPhone without iTunes:

• iPhone driver USBAAPL.SYS

  ( drivers are programs that allow your computer to interact with peripherials such as printers, digital cameras, mp3 players, etc. )

• Windows Service Apple Mobile Device Support

  ( services are small programs that start on your computer startup and work in background )

Step 1 -

Install iPhone driver USBAAPL.SYS without iTunes

• Download the drivers from here or here
• Copy the file to this folder of your computer: C:\Windows\system32\drivers
  
  More on this if your are really computer illiterate...
  - Double click on "My Computer" on your Desktop or from the Start menu
  
  - Double click on "Local Disk C"
  
  - Double click on the "Windows" folder
  
  - Double click on the "system32" folder
  
  - Finally, drag the "usbaapl.sys" file you just downloaded to the "system32" folder ( upon download, the usbaapl.sys file either ended on your Desktop or in your Downloads folder, typically My Documents > Downloads )

Step 2 -

Start Apple Mobile Device Support service without iTunes

• Connect iPhone to PC
• Keep the Windows key of your keyboard down while you press R
• In the "Run" window that opens, type services.msc and click OK
• In the "Services" window that appears, look for Apple Mobile Device Service and check its "Status"
• If it's not started, right-click on it and select Start. If it's already started, right-click on it and select Refresh

Now that iPhone / iPod Touch drivers are properly installed and Apple Mobile service is running, you should be able to

Manage iPhone without iTunes

If not, your best bet is to install iTunes and remove it, which will install iPhone / iTouch drivers and Apple Mobile service automatically. This is how:

• Download iTunes from here
• Install it
• Uninstall iTunes as follows:
• Slick Start ( menu ) > Settings > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs
• In the list of programs, click on iTunes and click Remove on the right hand side

This will remove iTunes from your computer, but leave both USBAAPL.SYS drivers and Apple Mobile Device Support untouched, which means, from then on, you will be able to

use an alternative iPhone manager

such as Manager, even though iTunes was removed from your PC