How long does a restore take? - iPhone 3G

trant01 · 08-01-2007, 07:10 PM

I've been trying to restore my phone, how long does this typically take? Its been about 15 mins. My screen is stuck on "Restore in progress". Just wondering how much longer is this going to take.

ps49556n · 08-01-2007, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by trant01

I've been trying to restore my phone, how long does this typically take? Its been about 15 mins. My screen is stuck on "Restore in progress". Just wondering how much longer is this going to take.

Give it a while just to be safe....I restored my iphone once and it took about 6 minutes maybe less, I wasn't really counting. I would say that if it still appears frozen after 30 minutes, stop and try again or take it in to an apple store. If the problem continues there you will get a new unit without any questions.

princess_80854 · 08-01-2007, 07:20 PM

I would be patient and give it a little time. Don't do anything to interrupt the process.

trant01 · 08-01-2007, 07:34 PM

Well I disconnected the phone from the USB and it then said "RESTORE COMPLETE" But now the phone won't get picked up by iTunes. What to do now..??

antithetic · 08-01-2007, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by trant01

Well I disconnected the phone from the USB and it then said "RESTORE COMPLETE" But now the phone won't get picked up by iTunes. What to do now..??

You disconnected before the actual restore process was complete? Why didn't you just wait a bit longer?

Not sure what your next steps are but good luck.

WolfmanXII · 08-01-2007, 08:11 PM

whatever you do. don't interrupt a restore. wait until however long it take. even hours. it could mess up your phone to no end. and if its messed ur phone through itunes id use jailbreak and iphoneinterface then re-add the Sevices.plist file in the /System/Library/Lockdown. this should with work. it did for me.

trant01 · 08-01-2007, 08:36 PM

The restore I was trying to do was restoring my phone from the last backup that was taking forever. So I just did another restore and selected the start clean route. I lost all my SMS and email but thats no biggie. So I should be all good now right?

RacerX · 07-23-2008, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by antithetic

You disconnected before the actual restore process was complete? Why didn't you just wait a bit longer?

Not sure what your next steps are but good luck.

Why did you even bother posting this? Folks like you tick me off royally - you had nothing useful or helpful to say, so why waste everyone's time by posting things that offer no help or anything productive? Get off the internet and get a life.

dayron14 · 07-24-2008, 06:57 AM

put it in recovery mode! and then connect it to itunes!

Kjell · 07-24-2008, 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ps49556n

Give it a while just to be safe....I restored my iphone once and it took about 6 minutes maybe less, I wasn't really counting. I would say that if it still appears frozen after 30 minutes, stop and try again or take it in to an apple store. If the problem continues there you will get a new unit without any questions.

Hello,

Could anybody help. I bought my Iphone in NY a month ago, went back to Norway and started to use my local simcard with Telenor. Everything worked very well. Then I got a a suggestion when I was doing syncronizing recommending an upgrade to 2.0 from 1.1.4. Unfortunately I did so, and now nothing works. Iphone asks for a ATT sim card. What should I do. Restore the phone? What procedure should I follow?

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