After iOS 8 upgrade restore from backup not working

Hi,
yesterday I've upgraded to iOS8. After three tries it worked.
But now I'm not able to restore my iPhone5 from Backup. It starts restoring. But the when it's done I've receive the error message without an error nr.
"itunes could not restore the iphone because an error occurred"
Thats it
I've rewetted the iphone, tried on another computer to restore the backup, tried a different internet connection. Nothing. Everywhere the same issue. I've also tried to use a half year old backup just for fun. But the same issue.
I've disconnected other USB devices. No chance
Does anybody has a useful idea?
Thanks.

Hello becksen,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To troubleshoot this issue with restoring an iTunes backup to your iPhone please follow the steps in the article linked to below.
iOS: If you can't back up or restore from a backup in iTunes
Take care,
Alex H.

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