2.0.1 Update now available

[Serren]

249 megs of bug fixes!

[Rhino Chaser]

Remember to back your phone up and not just sync it before updating....

[MadBryan]

Originally Posted by Rhino Chaser

Remember to back your phone up and not just sync it before updating....

Don't they back themselves up. My wife's does. Anyways it was a long download, I had alot going on the imac at the same time so that might have been why.

[Rhino Chaser]

They used to. However, since 2.0 it seems like there is a separate back up and sync cycle. When I look at my restore data it only seems to update when I do the full backup process. This only seems to happen when I sync without adding anything new to the iphone.

Mine has been backing up for about 2 hours now...

It is one of the few things that I find extremely frustrating and annoying about the new software...

[Epyon MX]

You can cancel the backup. I normally do and only allow it to back up every couple days (usually when I sync it at night) or if I made some big changes to the phone.

But rumor has it that the backups are faster now as is SMS texting in addition to bug fixes.

[Rhino Chaser]

I hope so. I tried deleting all of my backups and resetting the history.

The unknown 12/31/00 backup keeps showing up...I wonder if that is part of the issue.

I canceled 2x tonight. This one is on 1hr. It doesn't seem like it is charging either...so now I am concerned about my battery running down during the process.

If this keeps up the iPhone may need to be ditched for awhile.'

Edit: it is now 11:50 so much for going to bed early. This is a load of crap. Canceled backup and update. Considering throwing phone at wall.

[MadBryan]

you need to exchange your phone.

[Wondermonkey]

Rhino, see this post and let me know if any of it works for you. Some may be mac only.

[Rhino Chaser]

Thanks for that link. I have been reading all sorts of solutions...one of them had me delete all of my backups...so now I am having to backup.

So the x solution doesn't really help me to create a backup that I could restore from...which is what I am looking for. I am unsure if I feel like making drastic changes to the way backups are done.

This is a software glitch that they need to resolve. I also read that the new update didn't help.

It is a pretty silly issue considering that everything is already backed up to the computer...so a simple file pointing at the locations of the data should be sufficient.

[Wondermonkey]

my backup only takes about 60 seconds.

Have you tried deleting your applications and starting fresh?

[Rhino Chaser]

Originally Posted by Wondermonkey

my backup only takes about 60 seconds.

Have you tried deleting your applications and starting fresh?

That makes me sad....

iTunes will track my purchased apps correct?

[Wondermonkey]

Originally Posted by Rhino Chaser

That makes me sad....

iTunes will track my purchased apps correct?

Correct, even if you paid for them, you can redownload them for free.

Godspeed little Rhino, let me know how it goes...

[Rhino Chaser]

60 seconds wtf....my syncs work fine it is the backup that seems to hang with about this much space left on teh progress bar: ___ .

[Wondermonkey]

That sounds like a particular app hanging up your backup.

Did you remove em?

[Rhino Chaser]

Holy long back up...finally finished after about 2 1/2 hours, now it is installing new apps. I didn't remove any yet...my main priority right now is to create at least one working backup to resore from. Then I may start messing with stuff.

Apple support was clueless regarding the fact that there was a sync issue that was affecting multiple users. They wanted me to do the generic take two aspirins and have an appendectomy approach of reinstalling itunes, then restoring from my backup to see if it was a valid backup. I asked about the fact that my phone may be deleted before testing the backup and he wanted me to sync my data to my computer to itunes....arrgghghghghghH!

[Rhino Chaser]

Still syncing...

[Rhino Chaser]