Accidentally quit iTunes while updating iphone

Question

Hi Everybody,
My boss just accidentally quit iTunes while we were updating her iphone. The phone's screen is black with the white apple, and status bar below. And the status bar shows about 1/3 of the way complete. When we restarted itunes, the little message window at the top (which would normally say 'backing up So-and-so's iphone') just has the apple symbol in. In the iphone summary window it says 'your phone is up to date...'.
I am scared to press check for update, and came here to see whether this has happened to anyone else before I did anything stupid. And actually, as I have been typing this, the status bar on the phone appears to have progressed, and is now slightly past the halfway mark.... very strange. Anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks,
Jennifer

Answer 1

Thanks Nick. It did indeed sort itself out. My boss worked out pretty quickly that closing itunes was maybe not a good idea, but thanks for offering to act as the messenger. Perhaps I could make some other suggestions in your name though...
To anyone who has come to this thread in a panic after having had the same thing happen: do try letting the phone be for a while. It wasn't immediately clear that the progress bar was moving, as it was inching (millimetering?) along very slowly. It was only because I came here before trying to do anything else that had the chance to notice it was making progress.