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[stevehauser]

I can see the Iphone when I use Windows Explorer... but no matter what I do I can't seem to locate the iphone in Media Center... when I go to add a device and look at my computer, its just not listed there... any ideas?

[Matt]

Apple locked third parties out of the iPhone and iTouch, and has threatened those attempting to work around it. 

Let them know how you feel about it.

[JimH]

Here's a thread with a link to Apple:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=49102.0

[zxsix]

I can see the Iphone when I use Windows Explorer...

Actually you cant.  The only time the iphone shows up to windows explorer is if you've taken photos with the iphone.
Then, connecting the iphone to the computer will cause the 'camera roll' containing the photos you just took to show up and be accessible to windows.
However, you don't see your music or any other files on the iphone.

[glynor]

Actually you cant. 

O RLY?

Cough... Cough...

[zxsix]

O RLY?

Cough... Cough...

I still submit that 'you can't'.
The OP is asking about syncing to iphone, presumably music and maybe more.
He stated that the iphone shows up in windows explorer.
That much is true, it does appear IF you have taken at least one photo with the iphone camera.
Delete all photos off the 'camera roll' in the iphone and then attach it to your computer and you won't see it in explorer.

Snap a photo with the iphone camera, then attach it to your computer.
It now shows up in explorer.  Click on it and you see 'internal storage'.
Click on that and you see a single folder...DCIM.   Just like on a digital camera.
Click on that and I see a folder called 100Apple.
Click on that and there's a single .jpg image that I took with the camera.
1 stinking file I get access to.  The contents of DCIM for purposes of grabbing photos off of the device.
Can't see music, can't see videos.
This is with or without jailbreak.  I have 2 iphone 3G's and a 1st gen touch.
The phones are jailbroken v.2.2 so I can use iblacklist and a couple other apps not available through the apple app store.
I assume your links were referring to jailbreaking unless I missed something else on those pages.
Doesn't matter.  Not to the point that MC can see a jailbroken device any different than a stock device.
Not that we could use MC's sync to a folder feature with.

I've not found any method that works easier than a combination of MC's sync to folder, followed up by itsfv to update itunes, then itunes to sync to the iphone.

[glynor]

Sorry... Didn't read the "Windows Explorer" part of the needs requirement above.  With a Jailbroken phone, you can certainly use OpenSSH to get full access to the iPhone filesystem and copy files back and forth.  You aren't able to copy files through Windows Explorer, but you certainly can use WinSCP to do it and fully access any directory on the iPhone/Touch filesystem.

If you don't want to jailbreak, you can also use DiskAid and FileAid.

These may or may not do exactly what you want.  All I was disputing was that there IS a way to get access to the full iPhone filesystem.

[zxsix]

Yes you are right that you can get to them with an FTP type of utility.  However iTunes assigns some weird names to the mp3 file upon syncing.  These don't resemble the artist or song title, so not sure how useful being able to get/put files there would be.  The iTunesdb file would need to be updated before the iPod would see any files you put on there manually.
This is the part that apple is blocking third parties from accessing.