Phone wont restore my settings after iOS5 update..

YesterdayI backed up my iPhone4 to my iTunes and downloaded and updated the phone to the new iOS5. Everything worked fine UNTIL I tried to restore my settings from my back up.
It keeps saying restore failed and not giving a reason.
ive tried 5or six times, turning of my computer etc.
My iTunes is up to date and everything.
I want all my photos and contacts back Please help!!

Same here joshrocker - after two days I finally gave up trying to restore the backup and clicked the "delete backup" button instead - I had to recover the iPhone as new with the home/power button press and hence lost all my unsaved photos and app settings - tried to restore again once I had a working phone but the most recent backup had disappeared (must have been that delete button) and the next oldest backup was prior to my upgrade from 3G to 4 so no use at all. Nothing in my waste bin so only God knows where that backup went.
I now have to go through and rearrange all my apps - no mean feat in itself.
My lost photos were a journal of my latest PC watercooling build. I am very very upset about loosing them. grrrr.
Needless to say I will not be upgrading to ANY new version of IOS in a hurry in future.
Let's face it, I never trusted Microsoft until Service Pack 2 on anything, now I have to add Apple to that list of mistrusted software writers too.

Similar Messages

  • HT1386 every time I try to sync my phone and restore my content after I updated my iPhone, iTunes goes through the prompts and then says "cancelling sync" at step 5.  I cannot restore my apps or music!

    every time I try to sync my phone and restore my content after I updated my iPhone, iTunes goes through the prompts and then says "cancelling sync" at step 5.  I cannot restore my apps or music!

    when i try to sync my music which i have on my PC's itunes it will just not transfere on the phone. everything will sync [apps, videos, contacts] but the music will just not transfere.
    and when i try to download the music from the phone's itunes store it will say "Error. Tap again to retry".
    Thera are no more details i have! i have no idea why the songs will not sync and will not download!

  • Music will not play after ios5 update, it still appears there but will not play...if I select a song, it jumps to another song but will not play anything.  Also, if I try to play any of the files on the phone from iTunes they won't play either...help!!

    No fix for getting music to play on iphone4 after ios5 update...
    Cannot find how to manually sync according to someone else's fix...
    If I try to play any of the songs already on the phone from the iTunes software, they don't play either...
    FRUSTRATING!!!   Please help!!!

    Hopefully Apple is trying to clean up this mess of an opperating system

  • Have 18g of other on 3gs after ios5 update. what is this and how do you get rid of it?

    have 18g of other on 3gs after ios5 update. what is this and how do you get rid of it?

    \Based on other forum users' posts, it seems like all you need to do is Restore the phone from your latest backup, and that should "refresh" your phone's appraisal of its data storage.

  • After ios5 update, iCal week view Oct 2-8 has 2 Saturdays?

    Is anyone else having problems with iCal week view on iPad after ios5 update?
    Two major changes have occurred...
    1. Week view used to start on Monday, now Sunday (and can't change it back).
    2. If you look at the week October 2-8, 2011 there are 2 Saturdays and no Friday or following Saturday...
    Any ideas? Is this a wait for ios5.1 issue?
    Cheers
    Chris

    If you are using a Mac, go to Settings>Software Update ... check for any updates, and update all.
    Chances are you are not using iTunes 10.5, which is required to sync iOS 5.
    If youare using a PC, suggest you uninstall your iTunes, download fresh iTunes 10.5 from Apple.com/itunes and install it.

  • In recovery mode my phone wont restore software

    in recovery mode my phone wont restore software. it keep pausing and wont turn on.

    Hi domaley,
    If you are unable to restore your iPhone from Recovery Mode, you may find the following articles helpful:
    iOS: Troubleshooting update and restore issues
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1275
    iTunes: Specific update-and-restore error messages and advanced troubleshooting
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694
    Regards,
    - Brenden

  • After ios5 update, I am not getting any sound when I play music.

    After ios5 update, I am not getting any sound when I play music (iphone  speakers or headphones).  I get sound from games, previewing songs in iTunes, etc.  Any idea why?  I've resynced and shut down my phone and that didnt help.
    iPhone 4

    Beer,
    is that when you want to play music over the air (airplay) like BT headset or something?
    because i am facing the below issue in my car.
    the phone minimizes the volume of airplay and the ringing to 0 when connecting to a device (BT headset or car kit)
    upon disconnecting, the ringing tone remains 0 and i miss all or most of my calls.

  • Can't restore iphone 4s after ios7 update, pc keeps eating hd memory, but not restoring?!

    I have an iphone 4s and just updated to ios7. However after the update, when I tried to restore my old settings from the backup (which is on my pc), the iphone started eating hd memory until I was left with 28kilobytes of free space. Naturally, I got the low disk space error and the process stopped. Now I can't restore my settings on the updated iphone and I have no memory left on C:\
    Please help!

    Iphone 5 locked into an Apple screen this morning.
    Followed like 5 different suggestions from this forum, regarding connecting to Itunes and restoring.
    All attempts on Windows and MAC, Itunes is up to date.
    Itunes extracts the software, contacts apple for verification, an then " Notification of error 40".
    I have tried this like 15 times now, and nothing is working.
    Any real help, beside following an article that I probably already attempted would be appreciated.
    thank you
    Greg

  • Ipad data after IOS5 update

    A principal that I work with upgraded his iPad2 to ios5 last night.  He did the sync and back up with itunes and then upgraded. 
    Now he can get all his apps back but all the data for those apps is gone.  Pages, notes, etc.... 
    Anyone know how to get the data back?  I assume it has to do with iCloud but we don't know what to do.  With the number of iPads we have this has a huge potential to cause us major problems.  
    Carolyn:
    I have not updated (I am nervous to) so I have to work of his issue.  So to make sure I know what I am talking about:
    Are the system Preferences/iCloud located in itunes? (what version?)  And I assume iCloud shows up in the settings after the update.
    Would the unit need to resync after changing these settings?
    Thanks
    Message was edited by: WeaverPWCS

    Make sure Documetnts and Data are selected in System Preferences / iCloud
    And on the iPad make sure Documents and Data are enabled in Settings > iCloud > Documents & Data

  • After iOS5 update apps blink and don't open and music content is gone and won't sync onto iPod

    After iOS5 update apps blink and don't open after trying to select them, and the music content was completely gone! Help!

    See the following:
    I updated my ipad 2 to ios5 and now apps won't open they just blink.  What should i do?
    Just updated iphone4 to ios5, now apps won't open, they blink once but won't run
    When you look at the storage usage of the iPod in iTunes (the colored bargraph) , how much is in the "other" category? If very large yu will have to restore you riPod to get it down to is normal less than about 1/2 GB.

  • Apps are missing after ios5 update

    after ios5 update on ipad2 all my apps are missing, how do i get them back?

    juliadevogel wrote:
    I have the same problem. I disconnected and synced, and I can see them in itunes,
    Disconnected from what? the computer? Did you connect to the computer again, launch iTunes and then do as I described above?
    You have selected all of the apps to sync - put checkmarks in all of the boxes next to the app names and have the Sync Apps heading checked as well?
    Do you have restrictions set on the iPad? Settings>General>Restrictions>On?
    Are you signed into the correct iTunes account on the iPad and the computer?

  • My phone wont restore has error 1611

    please help my phone wont restore!!! it comes with error message 1611

    I'm not sure if you were restoring your iphone from back up if so, see below...
    When restore from back up fails due to running out of hard drive space it does NOT clean up after itself.  You have to do this manually.
    Look in the folder Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup - here you will see folders that directly relate to your backups, all matching up with the times of your backups, and you will also see a folder or folders relating to your restore attempts, again matching up with times that you attempted your restore.  I did this last night, so I know that you are quite safe to delete the folder with the time relating to when you attempted your restore - just don't delete your actual back up.
    You are going to need the same amount of space as the back up folder that you are wanting to restore so it's worth checking how big this is and freeing up an equal amount of space before re-attempting.

  • HT3204 my phone wont restore

    my phone wont restore says error23 all the time

    Error 20, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 34, 37
    These errors typically occur when security software interferes with the restore and update process. Follow Troubleshooting security software issues to resolve this issue. In rare cases, these errors may be a hardware issue. If the errors persist on another computer, the device may need service.

  • Restoring purchased apps after software update through itunes

    restoring purchased apps after software update through itunes

    And....that's your question? How to restore the apps? Sync your iPad with iTunes and the apps should be restored to your device. Or go to the purchased tab of the App Store and tap on Not on this iPad and download them again.
    Did you restore from a backup after you updated? Can you provide any information at all?

  • HT4623 how do i restore an ipad after an update?

    How do I restore my ipad after an update?

    Try force iPad into Recovery Mode. Follow step 1 to 6 very closely.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808
    Note: You need to be patient and repeat the above many times to recover your iPad

Maybe you are looking for

  • DVI second monitor stopped working. Stuck in "Power Save Mode"

    I have a HPE-110f Desktop PC. Monitor does not respond to all manners of troubleshoot e.g. update SW, disconnect reconnect. power save to "never" settings. Monitor checked on VGA and works fine. Status of Video Card infers working. Considering DVI ad

  • Msg No FS201 Taxcode for Country IN has been deleted or incorrectly changed

    Hello Friends, When I'm trying to clear the customer line items from billing, system is giving message as "Msg No FS201 Taxcode for Country IN has been deleted or incorrectly changed". Please advise to solve this. Regards Rajesh A

  • Need help with nested table

    Hi, I am using the following code which is failing with no data found error. While if i hardcode the same value the code works. create table test(input varchar2(10),result varchar2(10)); insert into test values('4093163','SUCCESS') declare TYPE accti

  • Ipod shows apple logo then folder and exclamation point then shuts off

    how do i make my ipod work it alternates from the ipod logo to do not disconnect to the folder logo to shutting off and sometimes it just stops working period

  • Swatches bugs

    Hi, I am using CS5 for doing my design work, I have facing an issues of delete the unused swatches. Normally we will go to Swatches Menu bar and select All Unused, after remove all that will be fine. However, when I open in a new window to copy the t