Whenever I plug in my old iPhone Xr, iTunes immediately recognizes it and it operates without issue. One thing I have not tried yet is yet another cord. As I said, I have tried multiple cords, including the one that came with the iPhone 16, but this user reports upgrading the cord fixed a similar issue: iphone 16 can't connect to Windows 10 ... More @Wikipedia
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