Re: Anyone tried to upgrade to iOS4 yet?

["mwgardner2000" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, that was one helluva job, but I am now on iOS4. In the end the
upgrade did only take a few mins - probably about 15 mins I guess. But only
after some drastic action following read up on the interweb of similar
issues. Seemingly there are some apps (unidentified) which have a
propensity to get corrupt (or data associated with them) which leads to
ludicrously long backups. So before I could upgrade, I deleted pretty much
everything from the iPhone....

Thanks for the comments on my original post.



--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "mwgardner2000" <groups@...> wrote:
>
> Don't get me wrong - I love my iPhone. But I never cease to be amazed
at how cr4p iTunes is....
>
> I went for the iOS4 upgrade of my 3G last night. iTunes told me I
should backup the iPhone first. Fair enough I suppose, but why does it take
circa 12 hours to backup 16GB???
>
> Anyhow, the backup finished this morning so I went for the upgrade
again.
>
> Supposedly iOS downloaded OK, but then, guess what.... iTunes decided
to backup the phone. Again.... So, we're only about an hour into it so far.
But I have no clue as to whether or not the backup is actually working....
>
> During the first backup the frame at the top of the iTunes window
reported progress of the backup, albeit slowly. This time, I have instead a
pop-up window to report progress... Why the inconsistency?! Anyhow, this
pop up initially had a progress bar that scrolled back and forth, but now
has no indication of progress whatsoever - the progress bar is just grey.
>
> Now, surprise surprise, I've received a phone call this morning.
Unusual that, but it is supposed to be a phone. Anyhow, since that phone
call, the iPhone itself is no longer showing the 'Sync In Progress' screen.
>
> So is the backup still running or not? Did the received call interrupt
the backup? Who knows!! Neither iTunes nor the iPhone itself seem to want
to tell me!
>
> It must have taken ages to write software as bad as this....
>




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