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"Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 14, 2008 10:17 AM
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So, every time I plug in my iPhone to sync, the first thing it wants to do is some sort of MASSIVE backup procedure that takes anywhere from 30 mins to 2+ hours if I let it complete. Whats the deal here?
Right now I only have about 500MB of stuff on the phone (no movies, songs, photos, etc. Only contacts, email, and the calendar) and its taking about 35 minutes EVERY TIME!
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 14, 2008 10:21 AM
in response to: ncsmith4
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This slowness DNA is inheritance from infamous apple time machine.
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 14, 2008 10:24 AM
in response to: ncsmith4
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I have and use Time Machine and LOVE it. This is rediculous though. It never used to do this with my old iPhone. It only started with iPhone 2.0 software.
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 14, 2008 10:34 AM
in response to: Jensen Jun
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I experience the same slow backup procedure but I don't see the relation to Time Machine.
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 14, 2008 10:51 AM
in response to: ncsmith4
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This has to be a bug, every time I sync my iPhone it does a backup which takes about 20 minutes (I haven't actually timed it, but it takes a loooong time)
I have let it complete once to see if it would do it again, and it did.
I even renamed the backup folder and let iTunes create a brand new one, same problem. I hope Apple will fix this really soon, it's extremely annoying...
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 14, 2008 10:59 AM
in response to: laurenty
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yeah its seriously annoying. It hangs and then jumps, hangs and then jumps. It took like 5 minutes to install Flashlight also.
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 14, 2008 11:13 AM
in response to: D to the M
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I have 2.3 GB of data (music, contacts and apps) on my iPod Touch 16 GB. iTunes spent more than 3 hours to backup, although I have changed only a few contact data between two syncs.
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 14, 2008 11:33 AM
in response to: Engin Ozden
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Yeah, thats like what is happening to me. Its taking an ABSURDLY long time. And it happens EVERY SYNC!
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 14, 2008 11:48 AM
in response to: ncsmith4
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Mine does that also. It never happened with the old phone. "Backup" takes 10-15 minutes every time I synch. No change after a "restore" and update to 4A347. It's annoying that a synch should take so long.
Bob
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 14, 2008 1:41 PM
in response to: Robert Hodgen
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Ditto. I am getting 3 + hours to do a simple sync due to the backup. Does Apple monitor these threads? I am also on the "iPhone camera cant store photos thread". My ability to not take photos has followed from my old iPhone to my new 3G. I hope someone is working on these issues!
Scott
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 15, 2008 7:48 PM
in response to: cribbss
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I agree. There is something fundamentally wrong with this backup software. First, I believe it is doing a FULL backup when it should be doing an incremental backup. Take 1 FULL backup and then only changes to the IPhone when they occur.
As I speak, I am going on 5 hours for the backup. I admit I only have about 1/2 gig left after programs and music and podcasts r on the phone. But Gee wiz, 5 hours????????
We should at least have the ability to by-pass the backup.
Hey Apple, u DO realize that this is a phone, right? We need to USE the phone. We can't ahve it tied up for 5 hours every time I want to get some podcasts or download a program!
Hey! Is there ANYONE at Apple listening????
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 15, 2008 7:57 PM
in response to: mikenyc1
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I have 8GB of data on my 3G, and my backup only takes one minute. I also run Time Machine every other day with no problems with the Phone, HMmmm.
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 15, 2008 8:08 PM
in response to: ncsmith4
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Yup, same problem here! I have around 12GB of music and stuff on my 3G and it takes approx 20 mins to "backup" every
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 15, 2008 8:13 PM
in response to: ncsmith4
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My 3G iPhone was just fine as far as speed goes with syncing/backing up until this evening. Not only did it take forever to backup, it synced itself 5 times or so during the backup-except it never managed to transfer the newly downloaded applications over to the iPhone. Lovely.
And I think these forums are giving it competition as far as "slow" goes since it took me ten minutes to be able to get to the point where I could write this comment. La. Annoying on two levels.
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Re: "Backup" is *EXTREMELY* slow (iPhone 3G)...
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Jul 15, 2008 8:17 PM
in response to: Keith O'Sullivan
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The problem is with iTunes 7.7. (Which I pretty much figured because both my 1st gen iPhone and my new 3G both had this problem after I updated iTunes.)
It's not that the back ups are large, it's that the data gets sent from the iPhone to the computer at just a couple kbs per second.
Apple is supposedly aware and will hopefully be addressing it soon.
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