2.0.2 Update Hangs During Restore and Can't Complete

I'll meet you at the store tomorrow. My phone crapped out, apps not working, music went bye-bye, whatever. I decided to go for a full restore. First it downloaded it';s latest version which took 2-1/2 hours. Then we had about another 2 hours or so of backing up, preparing to restore, firmware fun and whatever else it did before it started to restore. I started the entire process at 8pm. It started to restore about 11:30 pm. I went to bed. I got up at 3:30 and checked on it. The screen that was up was the itunes library, so I assumed it was done. I checked the iphone....apps still not working and still no music. So, I went to try to sync, but all it gave me was the screen to set up new phone or restore. Not wanting to start from scratch I hit "continue". I redid the "restore". I went back to bed and got up again at 5:30. Then it was 1/2 way through the restore. I positioned the mouse arrow right at the end of the green bar to mark its progress and got ready for work. By 6:40 it hadn't budged at all....still restoring. So at 7 am I pulled the plug. With that all I got on the phone was that big green battery. I turned it off and I couldonly turn it off by hitting both buttons which gives me either the apple logo or a black screen. I can't even use it as just a phone.
Now I am redoing it again. I was spared Apple downnloading it's latest version again. I started at 7pm tonight and now at 8:20 it is still backing up. It wouldn't let me sync so I went for the restore again. One more hour of this and I will again pull the plug and see you at the store again.
I think our little apples all have worms.
Good luck with yours.

**Glad i'm not the only one experiencing problems with the 2.0.2 update, my iphone freezes back up at about 80% (it's been 3 1/2 hours now), I dont think I have got any alternative but to pull the bloody lead out! ggggrrrrhhh!**

**Also I can't believe how crap the battery life is, especially when playing applications, I have to charge mine EVERY day. Come on Apple pull yourselves together and get all these problems sorted!!!!**

Im having the same problem all my screen shows the itunes icon and plug it up. what did they say when you took it too the store.

Haven't gone to the store yet....the appointment is for Friday at 6:30 pm (wanted it for today!)....meanwhile, keep in mind I am still being billed by AT&T for their service and if it takes time to fix, restore, AT&T will continue to bill. After all it's not their issue. When I'm done there I will post update..somewhere, as there are many related threads!

I had this same problem and re-downloaded 2.0.2, trashing my first attempt. It turns out it was corrupted and the second download loaded just fine.

Good luck.

Mine is also stuck on the screen showing the itunes logo and a USB plug. I can't find the option in itunes to delete the update and start over, the downloads link in left column of itunes is gone now that it doesn't know my iphone is plugged in.

But when I do unplug and plug in the usb, I hear a beep so I know something i going on, but what, no idea.

I posted in another question; so look there for the main answer.
Also, don't use a firewall when syncing. Make sure you authorize your computer in itunes. My main fix, is to restore as new phone.
No problems since. Jon

Same here my restore froze at about 99.9% so I had to end the iTunes app by stopping the process in task manager. Some apps wasn't install and I lost some data, but the good thing is most of the important data were still intact. I had to hold the sleep and home button to perform a hard start, then open iTunes again, and finally re-sync app/music that weren't synced. I thought it was worth the update though because of all the bug fix, noticeably the type lag in Safari and apps running much smoother.

I have the same kinda thing happening with my iPhone, firmware 2.0.2. Currently, the phone shows "Restore in Progress" and the progress bar in iTunes is stuck at 50%.

I'll wait a few more hours to see if anything changes. If not, I guess I'll pull the plug -- then restore the iPhone as a new phone. Major bummer.