dear jeebus, the process to update my iPad. So I started it 3 times, but the back up process was taking FOREVER. Like 90 minutes, and barely a sliver of progress bar completed. For the third time, I first sync'd and removed all video and audio. The last attempt started about 11:45. The iTunes panel indicated the last back up was finished at 1:11am. I woke up 10 min ago (laptop still on lap, in recliner chair) to see the final minutes of the restore. Now the iPad looks like it's ready to go, but iTunes is saying "restoring iPad apps", so I don't dare disconnect. Dude. SIX HOURS. I realize it's a major OS update. And the fact it's free is real cool. But 6 hours!?
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omnis_audis - Oct 13, 2011 3:45:25 am PDT #18119 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
le nubian - Oct 13, 2011 4:07:25 am PDT #18120 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
my ipad did not take that long. I have a 16GB, so I am not sure if that made a difference. The iphone however took awhile. I had backed up prior to the release of ios5, so that did not pose a problem for me.
The main problem I had with both was during the initial restore when I think it had to call to the mothership and apparently God and everyone was updating at the same time. I also had a problem at the restore part. It took me a few tries to get that working.
I like a lot about ios5, but there are a few things I do not like.
Oh, and I filled up Icloud like right away. I had to go in and delete some apps from Icloud.
tiggy - Oct 13, 2011 4:37:26 am PDT #18121 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
this is one of the many reasons i don't do the updates as soon as they're available.
Jessica - Oct 13, 2011 5:02:21 am PDT #18122 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I left my iPhone connected last night so it could update while I was asleep, but when I looked this morning it had still only downloaded. Probably it was waiting for me to click OK to something and timed out.
SuziQ - Oct 13, 2011 7:05:00 pm PDT #18123 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
My iTunes is refusing to recognize my network connection. When I try to go to the iTunes store, update my iPhone, or even go to help, I get the following error -
"iTunes could not connect to the iTunes (Store/Help/Update). The network connection timed out. Make sure your network settings are correct and your network connection is active, then try again".
I have rebooted, bounced my router, downloaded the most current version of iTunes... I'm out of ideas.
Pix - Oct 13, 2011 7:11:26 pm PDT #18124 of 25501
The status is NOT quo.
Suzi, fwiw, I was having those issues too, but the second time I plugged the iPhone in I told it to download only and not update, and now it’s working fine. I told it to update after it had downloaded.
SuziQ - Oct 13, 2011 7:15:53 pm PDT #18125 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
How did you get to where you could download? I can't even look at the iTunes store or do anything that requires iTunes to go through the internet.
le nubian - Oct 13, 2011 7:19:36 pm PDT #18126 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Pix - Oct 13, 2011 7:24:42 pm PDT #18127 of 25501
The status is NOT quo.
Huh. Sorry, Suzi, mine saw the store once I’d ejected the phone and started over again.
...May the iForce be with you?
SuziQ - Oct 13, 2011 7:38:59 pm PDT #18128 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Thanks le nub. It is downloading now. I still want to figure out why iTunes can't see my network connection. But one step at a time, right?