My iCloud Backup restore process seems to be stuck

I am trying to restore an iCloud backup to a iPhone5s. I started the process about 20 hours ago. Most of my data was restored within a couple hours, but since then, it seems to be stuck restoring. It looks like my Podcasts and Pictures are the two areas left that say they are still downloading with no progress for the past 12-15 hours at least.
Is there any way to get the restore moving again or do I need to wipe and start over?
Thanks,
Tim

I have done that several times to no avail. That's what I was afraid of that, I need to start over. I was just trying to avoid it since I had trouble once already.
This is actually a replacement for another bad phone I got yesterday at the Apple store. While I was in the store, I started the restore process and it also stuck, but they seemed to get it going again and after I was home, it continued to restore until the point mentioned above.
I went ahead and wiped and now starting the wipe process over. I hope the backup I am restoring isn't the problem.
Thanks for your help.
-Tim

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