My restore from backup is frozen halfway into my photos. How do I get it to resume?

Does anyone have any suggestion as to how to resume a frozen restore? I don't want to lose my iCloud backup. I'vegot all my apps back, but only about 20% of my photos and it's just stuck. What do I do next?

Some people have had luck restarting this by turning off the phone (hold the power button until you see the slide to power off slider), then turning it back on.

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