I can't update to ios5. it stays forever in "backing up iphone". what should i do?

hi everyone. can someone help with the update of iphone 4 to system ios 5?
it stays forever in "backing up the iphone". left it several times all night long!!.

Wondering if you have a current Backup on iTunes ...if yes you could put the iPhone in DFU Mode by holding the Home button while you plug in the lightning cable.  Then you could Restore the iPhone to Factory Settings on 8.0.2 and after a full Restore go back and then Restore from your Backup.  This happens every time a public release occurs.  Many folks on the Golden Master or otherwise in the AppleSeed program with a Beta version for some reason don't move to the official release ...then the software time-bomb hits and they can't upgrade.

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