12 hours restoring and going...
Hi I bought a new iPhone 5s and it's taking forever to restore from iTunes. Now it's been 12 hours and the iPhone screen still says "restore in progress" and the iTunes message "restoring" although it does not give the time left to complete it.
What should I do? How much more will I have to wait? Also, the fat that it doesn't tell me the time left, is it ok? Is there something wrong?
Many thanks,
Mariola
At this point stop the restore and check the state that your iPhone is in. The restore may have actually completed.
If not, try the restore again with a new USB connection.
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