Why is my iphone 4 such a nightmare to sync lately?

I get hung up on the backup --- hours and hours, and it all seems to freeze up. I have recently updated to itunes 10.4.1.10
Any ideas?

The iPhone 4 is not capable of running iOS 8. iOS 8 requires a 4s or higher.

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