SubscribeiPhone Stuck at ‘Restoring iPhone Software’ When Updating to 2.0
Posted on Jul 15, 2008 under iPhone Tips |There are some people that have been getting impatient when updating their iPhone to the version 2.0 software. They see a screen that says Restoring iPhone Software, but it stays there for hours and seems stalled or frozen. So what do you do?
Let your iPhone sit! I don’t care if it’s been 5 hours. Leave it alone and do not unplug it. Leave it updating all night if you have to. The update can take 30 minutes to about 6 hours. If it’s taking longer, leave it anyway and see if it finishes.
If you’ve waited overnight and your iPhone screen has still not changed, then it’s probably time to say you have an iBrick. You will need to have it repaired by Apple at that point.
by according to jeff » Articles » iPhone Version 2 Upgrade, on July 31 2008 @ 8:32 am
[...] hours, with iTunes appearing stuck on “restoring iPhone software”, I googled and found this article, which suggests that the upgrade can take up to 6 hours. The article suggested to let it continue [...]
by Wes, on September 25 2008 @ 10:51 pm
THis has happened on 3 different occasions with me. I am sick of this!
Apple, PLEASE come up with a REAL solution for this. I uninstalled and reinstalled Itunes, on my PC, and it seemed to help, but now it is doing it again.