Comments on: iPhone Backups Slow? How to Speed Up and Fix a Slow iPhone Backup

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:09:49 +0000

Backup/restore time is beyond description! If apple doesn’t fix this problem SOON, this will be the last dime I spend on iPhone!

By: Mitch Damnit

Mitch Damnit — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 05:50:03 +0000

Hey, Just to let you guys know, there is a way to update without the back up process! Just ctrl+alt+del to open task manager, find a program near the top of the list called applemobilebackup.exe and end process. YOU MUST DO THIS AFTER THE BACKUP PROGRESS BAR APPEARS! when you end this program, itunes will just skip to the next part of the process. The only downside is that the Ithing in question will be restored to factory settings. Shortly after you end applemobilebackup.exe you will get an error message saying something like “itunes could not back up XXXXX’s iPhone because back up session failed” or whatever. Just ignore and hit OK.
Hopefully Apple will fix this issue in a future update but untill then, stay strong.

By: shivang

shivang — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:39:19 +0000

gotoc/program files(86)/apple/device support and delete appple mobile backup exe. and apple mobile backup.dll

By: IMEI: Unknown ICCID: Unknown, possible to back up?

IMEI: Unknown ICCID: Unknown, possible to back up? — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 21:18:24 +0000

[...] I then started to look at tuning my backup to speed it up. I had to delete data and apps in stages as if I didn't leave around 30 seconds before the phone [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:42:26 +0000

Well have been trying to back-up a friends contacts/info/files from his iphone 3g as hes having an iphone 4 tomorrow. And cant even get the bloody thing to sync with itunes at all. Just freezes on ‘syncing mail accounts’

Tried to backup the phone. Waited ten mins and no sign of life… (i get impatient after 10 mins) Started task manager and Itunes : Not responding. Tried again, several times. Reinstalled itunes. Updated itunes. Restarted phone. Reinstalled itunes. Nope – its cack. Cannot get it to work.

What a completely useless system this itunes/iphone OS is. Am very unimpressed that I had to install itunes on my pc to begin with. Am very unimpressed that it wont back-up. Apple you need to sort your act out.

I own a Samsung Galaxy S running Android 2.2. Works and reacts like an iphone4, looks like iphone4, same spec as iphone4… but Google have definately got the odds in their favour when it comes to writing good software.

How to backup your iphone : Install itunes. Sync your phone (if you can). If not, disable auto-syncing… Then click back-up. Then wait for 3 to 30 hours to backup a measely 9gb of data. If it fails to backup after 30hours, delete all of your personal data from your iphone including apps and photos. Then click back-up. (Think to yourself – W.T.F. is the point of backing up an empty phone?!?) Then wait while apple takes a leaf out of microsofts book and wastes a bit more of your time. Fail. Go on Google to research why it takes so long to back up. End up here. Booooo….

How to backup an android phone : Plug in USB cable. Browse phone like a Disk Drive. Copy all files and folders from phone to a convenient spot on your PC. Wait 8-10 mins for it to copy EVERYTHING and your done!

We wont go into how easy it is to update the OS on a Google-based android, either, as it may upset a few iphone owners…

All in all – i think you can tell, im unimpressed with apple at the minute. So glad now, that i signed up for the £18/month galaxy S instead of the £35/month iphone4…

Iphones have just received a serious thumbs-down in my book.

By: John

John — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:40:05 +0000

I have tried repeatedly to update to OS 4, but the backup is taking hours. After 4 attempts at leaving on before bed only to find still backing up, I have deleted many apps on phone. The only thing left is to upload all photos to pc, synch all phone based purchase apps, and upload songs purchased on phone to itunes. The only fear is to lose the valuable photos stored on phone. I have a PC based system, and all advice is for apple based computer. Is it possible to delete all info from phone and not lose the data? _FRUSTRATED!!!!

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 14:03:20 +0000

I should have to delete ANY content off the phone to perform a backup. The backup routine should be smart enough to do a delta from the prior backup and not try to backup everything. What’s the point of having 16GB of capacity if you can’t take that much content around with you? Hours to back up a phone is ridiculous and a rock bottom customer experience. Seriously peeved at this point.

By: Bob Glenister

Bob Glenister — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:23:34 +0000

Hi Everyone

Had the same issues, the workaround was to cut the photos and save them to my PC’s hard-drive and secondly to delete all my mail in all the folders. The backup only took 10 minutes after that. (this was after waiting almost 30 hours for the backup bar to not move an inch.

Hope this helps all those frustrated users out there, was ready to throw the phone in the trash

By: Len

Len — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:49:57 +0000

Apple just sucks. I’ve been trying to update my phone for over a year. It never works. I just deleted all my texts, photos and apps. It still refuses to update. I have a 3G, 16 GB with 9 GB of audio. Should I just delete all my audio files? I read somewhere that Apple should change their name to Lemon. It makes perfect sense. Even their computers are lemons.

By: David Chun

David Chun — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:26:14 +0000

Wow, I thought mine took long. Mine only takes about 45 minutes. Long but short compared to the ones in the comments.

By: shawn

shawn — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:21:31 +0000

??what?? serious? i have a 3gs 16gb and even when i downloaded ios4 ive never seen more than 30mins to backup-instal-register whatever. normal sync takes 2mins tops ….what r u guys doin with ur phones? and r u using mac or pc? i have 4 year old mac mini 2gb ram/100gb hdd(44gb free)/1.66core duo OSX10.6.7 . ive also read many problems with itunes.i have none (knock on wood) perhaps the people with problems r using PCs?? i use a pc sometimes n they anoy me cause they r EXTREAMLY slow n jittery. idk just asking

By: sara

sara — Thu, 26 May 2011 03:20:37 +0000

i leave mine on for awhile and it freezes then has an error on the back up!!! i cant even leave it overnight!!!

By: CHT

CHT — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:52:46 +0000

This is an APPLE problem and Apple needs to fix it. You’d think that one of the “improved” versions of iTunes which are released almost weekly, would address and fix the slow backup problem ALONG WITH the useless chunk of “Other memory” that clogs our phones. Hmmmm, I wonder if Other Memory is the location of the spyware user info that Apple acquires and “never uploads” to its servers.

By: Ari

Ari — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:08:57 +0000

You, rock!!!
Thanks for taking the time to post this and being careful and focused in your approach.

By: Syahmi

Syahmi — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:57:21 +0000

wasting*