I just bought an iPhone 7 and the update won’t finish it’s been doing it for hours, it’s connected to WiFi is this normal?

I just bought an iPhone 7 and the update won’t finish it’s been doing it for hours, it’s connected to WiFi is this normal? I restarted update and now I’m just manually setting up and trying it this way.

iPhone 7, iOS 13

Posted on Oct 20, 2020 12:28 AM

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Posted on Oct 25, 2020 3:57 PM

Hey there Jazzymaye22,


We'd like to help get your iPhone up to date. The cause of what you're experiencing can be attributed to a few things:

  1. Your internet speed
  2. Your Wi-Fi connection strength
  3. How many other people are using the same Wi-Fi network
  4. If you're using a VPN or a home Wi-Fi network


Keeping those things in mind, let's start ruling out some possible causes:

  1. If you haven't tested connecting to another Wi-Fi network, this step will help rule out the majority of the things listed earlier.
  2. If the issue remains, let's test updating using a computer. Check out 'Update your device using your computer' here: Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
  3. Should you still need help, we'd like to provide our main support website: Get Support


Take care!

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Oct 25, 2020 3:57 PM in response to Jazzymaye22

Hey there Jazzymaye22,


We'd like to help get your iPhone up to date. The cause of what you're experiencing can be attributed to a few things:

  1. Your internet speed
  2. Your Wi-Fi connection strength
  3. How many other people are using the same Wi-Fi network
  4. If you're using a VPN or a home Wi-Fi network


Keeping those things in mind, let's start ruling out some possible causes:

  1. If you haven't tested connecting to another Wi-Fi network, this step will help rule out the majority of the things listed earlier.
  2. If the issue remains, let's test updating using a computer. Check out 'Update your device using your computer' here: Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
  3. Should you still need help, we'd like to provide our main support website: Get Support


Take care!

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