Leah George
You plugged your iPhone into your computer, but received the error message “iTunes cannot read the contents of the iPhone”? If iTunes cannot read the contents of your iPhone, you can’t use it to manage or back up your iPhone. This video will show you how to fix this issue.
There are many reasons for this problem, such as outdated or improperly installed iTunes, corrupted iTunes database files, iOS system glitches, and so on.
Way 1: Reinstall or update iTunes
Way 2: Try deleting a song from iPhone’s Music app to rebuild the database
Way 3: Fix the iPhone using iSumsoft iOS Refixer
Way 4: Restore the iPhone to factory settings
Info from: https://www.isumsoft.com/apple/itunes-cannot-read-the-contents-of-the-iphone.html