Iphone taking FOREVER to restore

ive been trying to update my iphone for 2 days now, where this keeps constantly happening to me. it stays at this point for periods over 8 hours long. ive tried redownloading the firmware, restarting my laptop and putting it into dfu mode before hand as well.

Try a different computer. If that still does not work try one of your friends computers. That issue is normally caused by ether a slow Internet connection or a slow computer. But because the iPhone can still communicate to apple it does not give an error message

Similar Messages

I generally back up and restore my iphone every week... and this time i backed it up..and i can see that backup time and file size.. now.. when i try to restore my iphone.. i select the back up and now it is taking forever to restore. help me

i generally back up and restore my phone every week.. just that i dont have any problem with the network issues. !!
today at 00:46 1st june.. i backed up my iphone and it was perfect...
when i try to restore it.. it is taking 15+ hours .. and that time stays like that for almost 3 hours... it does not happen.
i even called the apple help center. and they said me to install as a new device... and when i said what wil happen to my messages.. they say .. they wont stay.. and wil be deleted.. and all my apps i need to download again..
but earlier i din need to do any of it.!!! it worked really fine .!!!
please help me..!!! i got some important details in this back up.... please help me.!!!

Once in a while the restore process seems to mess up. What I don't understand is why you would perform a weekly restore.
At any rate, if you must restore, perform a device reset (settings>general>reset) and then you will have the opportunity to restore from iCloud. Restore a device whenever it no longer works correctly, not just as a matter of maintenance. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Iphone taking forever to backup

Can anyone tell me why my iphone 3G is taking up to 8hrs or longer to backup?

woah woah woah, i thought all iphones took 10 - 24hrs to back up! I've had several generations and they've taken longer and longer as I've owned them.
I have a brand new high end PC since I've also upgraded computers over the years of owning iPhones, and each PC, even this blazing new one takes forever to back up the iPhone.
Right now my 3GS 32GB is backing up and its been going 12hrs, only 40-something% through. I started to look into this and found some information in the task manager of Windows 7 where it shows you the detailed processes that are happening. It looks like the only thing that's active is from 2 - 6 Mbps of "Network I/O" activity using the Apple backup process! What??
I looked at the actual data on the Ethernet port and there is 0 data moving around, so its definitely the backup for some reason using a network IO to send data to the PC.
Can someone fix this problem? My iPhone has now activated my morning alarm, and there's no way to turn it off, just "snooze" plus my screen has been on all night from the backup. I feel backups may actually kill my iphone and drive me insane.
Screenshot:
/___sbsstatic___/migration-images/114/11441006-1.png
Message was edited by: Murray Ellis II

Itunes taking forever to restore my Ipad

trying to restore my Ipad 2 It almost completes then just stalls

I assume that you trying to restore with iTunes on you computer. You may have a corrupt backup that is causing the restore process to stall. You can delete the backup and try again. You can move the backup to another location on your hard drive if you do not want to delete it and then try to restore.
To delete the backup, launch iTunes on your computer and at the top to to File>Preferences>Devices and find that backup and highlight it. Then click on delete backup.
If you want to move the backup to another place on your computer you can find it here. This is copied from this site.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4946
iTunes places the backup files in the following places:
Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Windows Vista and Windows 7: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Note: If you do not see the AppData or Application Data folders, you may need to show hidden files (Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7), or iTunes may not be installed in the default location. Show hidden files and then search the hard drive for the Backup directory.

IPhone taking FOREVER to sync !

I understand that there are a lot of threads on this subject, but come on ! I synced everything except music to see if it helps. Then when I start to sync, it takes approximately 25- 30 seconds per song to sync. They are MP3's ! I used to put 1,000 songs on an old mp3 player in just a few minutes. At this rate, to put my approx. 1,200 songs that I want on my iPhone,,,,,will take hours. This is nuts.

The solution to the iPhone sync problems is actually quite simple. The problem cause long sync times is that you have data in the iPhone. This includes Pod-casts, Music, Apps and the like. All you need to do is delete all of this stuff and the iphone will sync immediately

IPhone taking forever to backup during each sync since 2.0

So when I plug into sync it used to take about a minute to do everything, I could unplug and go. Now every time I plug it in it says "Backing up "my phone"" for about 15 minutes?? Anyone else experiencing this?

Backups will also be slowed down if there have been a bunch of crashes (apps or system) on your iPhone. The Backup is transferring all the crash reports to the Mac and then to Apple.
Way back when a dialog came up telling you it was doing this along with a box (already checked for you) saying "Don't Show This Again".
If you want to see if this is your issue, then connect the iPhone to your Mac, fire up iTunes if necessary, right-click on the iPhone device line in the column on the left and select "Reset iPhone Warnings" from the pop up menu. The next time you sync the iPhone, if there is a crash report to Backup and transmit to Apple that dialog will pop up again telling you that's the case. Be sure to clear the "Don't Show This Again" check box each time to make sure you see this dialog when crash reports are being transferred from the iPhone.
You can also look in the Console utility application in the Crash Report section to see the collection of crash reports that have been brought in to date from your iPhone.
--Bob

BBM taking forever to restore

I used bold 9900 to upgrade BBM from app world. After it was done downloading, I opened and it showed "Associating BBM with BB ID" I logged in with my BB id and it started "Restoring". Its close to a week now and it haven't finished restoring back my BBM. I need serious help and I don't want to loose my contacts. Somebody please help urgently!!

Hello Benterry
Welcome to Support Forums
I assume you have BlackBerry Data Plan / BIS already on your account , if you don't have then call you carrier to activate that it will fix your current issues with BBM7.
If you already have that ( BIS ) on your account then you can try this to see if that help . First On your Homescreen go to Options > Device > Application Management > Delete BlackBerry Messenger from the list , then perform a Battery pull restart by removing the Battery while your device is Powered On .
Then Reset your BlackBerry ID password , For help refer to this Knowledge Base :
KB26361 :How to change or reset a BlackBerry ID password.
Once you have reset your BBID password login with your new BlackBerry ID password on your device.Finally from your BlackBerry browser browse to www.blackberry.com/bbm and download the most recent version of BBM available for your device. After installing your device may reboot and associate with your BlackBerry ID.
Try it to see if that help or you have to contact your Carrier to know about your current problem .
Click " Like " if you want to Thank someone.
If Problem Resolves mark the post(s) as " Solution ", so that other can make use of it.

My iphone 4 is taking forever to sync...I let it sync all night and only completed about 1/4 of of the songs downloaded. Apps seem to be fine. I have tried restoring it and that didn't do anything. Can someone please help?

My iphone 4 is taking forever to sync...I let it sync all night and only completed about 1/4 of of the songs downloaded. Apps seem to be fine. I have tried restoring it and that didn't do anything. Can someone please help?

how many songs are syncing cuz i only have at most 200 or so and it takes a while so it might be how many songs are syncing to the device

I'm backing up my new iphone 5 from icloud and it's taking forever to download my photos. It being going for four days. Am I doing something wrong?

I'm backing up my new iphone 5 from icloud and it's taking forever for my photos to download. It's been going for 4 days. It's downloaded 1400 out of 1900 photos. Am I doing something wrong?

I think you may not using the right technical terms. When backing up to icloud, there is no way you'd get a message saying things will be wiped. This message may be displayed when you are performing a RESTORE from a backup and then trying to cancel it.
If you are doing a restore, then you can reboot and restore again.

I was having problems with my iPhone 5s. Was able to get another 5s. In the process of setting it up, but it is taking forever ... and it seems to be frozen at one particular place.

I was having problems with my iPhone 5s (couldn't receive iMessages or emails). Cell company tried "fixing it" but to no avail. They ordered me a repacement 5s. Trying to set up, but it is taking forever. Seems to be stuck in one particular spot. It's at the stage with a black screen, white apple icon and a bar underneath. The bar is is just a fraction complete, and it has been stuck in this spot for almost an hour. Tried to restart it but it went to the same spot and froze again.

BOB we need you urgently
Perhaps Bob will see this thread, he is the professor in these cases.
You do not use a WEP password but wpa/wpa2 on router and equipment.
All equipment connects to WiFi, but for your iPad.
Even with all other equipment WiFi off, you cannot connect your iPad.
Your iPad connects to other WiFi nets correctly.
All resets etc done on iPad and Router.
Still I am not sure it is your router for sure, frustrating...
I want to test 2 other things:
1. in your iPad, set everything OFF in Settings/Cellular, turn off/then/on your WiFi, and see whether it will still not connect...
2. If that does not do it: disconnect the router as well as the modem from the power, for 15 seconds, then reconnect the modem, let it fully start, then reconnect the routet let it fully start, turn of your WiFi in iPad, then on, and see whether it will connect.

I am using iPhone 5C. My wifi is extremely slow after upgrade to ios8. Buffering online video and songs taking forever. What's going on?

I am using iPhone 5C. My wifi is extremely slow after upgrade to ios8. Buffering online video and songs taking forever. What's going on?

I have same problem. Reboot helps for a few minutes.

IPhone update to iOS6 & restore - taking over 8 hours - phone is dead

I began updating my iOS last night to the latest software version. It was taking forever, and the white status bar on the phone had not moved in hours. I tried to start it over, and I could not. After several hours, I pulled the cable out of the phone to begin again. I know this was a big mistake. Now, I've been trying to restore it for the last 24 hours. I read some forums that said to re-start iTunes and hold down the center key and the on/off key at the same time, after I plugged it in. I've done this twice, and the restore is not working at all. I have no phone to call apple with. Can anyone help?

I re-started my computer again, and it seemed to work this time. :-)

TM restore taking forever...

I am restoring from a clean install via a network drive and it is taking forever. Is it supposed to take this long?

See #29 in Time Machine - Frequently Asked Questions for some rough guidelines.
And be sure you're doing it right -- starting with your Snow Leopard Install disc, per #14 in that same link.

System restore taking forever

after instaling windows updates i restored windows and its taking forever right now its at restoring rejistery and its been there for about 3 hours what should i do?
thanks

Yup! it is frozen.
I got the same problem with my system just last week. I tried re-do it a few times, no resolved.
I first tried with SSD, everything went smoothly until I removed the last disc from the PC and the computer started installing all original factory softwares. I left it overnight and even half of a day next day. It kept going....
I decided shut it down and re-do it with a brand new 1TB HDD, it did the same thing...
Then I tried it with another brand new 1.5TB HDD, same thing happened...
I was just about to give up, but I thought I gona give it one time try. This time I got another 320GB HDD.. It did the same.
Then I just remembered I connected all those drives to the SATA slot other than the slot that my old C: drive was connected to.
I reconnected the new 320GB to this old "C:" slot SATA and tried to restore again... guess what? It works...
My problem solved!!!!
Hope this helps!

IPhone 4S taking forever to sync after iOS 7 update

My iPhone 4S is taking forever to completely sync the back up after updating to the new iOS 7 operating system. It's stuck in step 6 of 6 'waiting for items to copy'. Please help!

I was having this same problem with iPhone 5 with the latest version of iOS 7 and iTunes. It was just taking forever on the 'waiting for items to copy' step.
I disabled Genius on my iTunes setup, and immediately it resumed and completed that step. Seems like it was waiting for Genius results that weren't there, or weren't available.
I have a large iTunes library and still like to manually manage the music on my iPhone.
I guess I'll live without Genius until Apple can fix this.
iTunes Genius can cause manual sync of music to iPhone to hang for a long time.

Iphone taking FOREVER to restore

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for