iphone 12 pro max setup problems

I’ve let the phones sit for over four hours with this second attempt. No change. I’ve decided to try downloading and installing the update on the new phone. This time it’s acting differently. I’m getting a blue progress bar instead of a spinning thing. It’s going slow but we’ll see what happens.

Now it’s verifying update after finishing the progress bar. Phone is restarting. Apple logo progress bar. So we’ll see what I get when the progress bar is completed. Fingers crossed.

Weird. Progress bar didn’t get far and the screen went black and the progress bar started over. Again, it didn’t progress far and went black then got the hello screen. Unlocked the phone and it says it’s preparing transfer. So the four hours were a waste of time?

Now I’m getting a Transferring data from iPhone progress bar and it’s estimating about an hour.

Going to bed. Maybe it will be done when I wake up.

Dear Apple, this isn’t fun. It’s not “just working”.

My phone came from Apple and it was set up for Verizon. I don’t know if it’s unlocked or not. I’ve opted to do the upgrade program so I’m paying monthly for it. I suspect it’s not unlocked.

I don’t really know why it worked after a few attempts. I had assumed it was because everyone getting a 12 Max or Mini that day were all jamming the servers and by late at night, the traffic lightened. But you’re well past that time. I do remember that when it finally worked, I noticed the steps I went thru were different. I’ve had lengthy phone upgrades in the past but never had it fail so much. I suspect throwing the iOS update into the process was a possible culprit but I don’t know for sure that was the hold up.

The more popular and mainstream Apple gets, the more like Microsoft they become, with rushed OS updates, bugs, etc. I had just experienced my iMac nearly dying from a MacOS update. Thank goodness for backups.