Restoring iPhone backup periodically stops and takes too long

I've just bought a new iPhone 16 and wanted to restore settings and data from my iPhone 15. However, the backup restore stopped every 5 minutes and it was a nightmare to make it continue. The problem was about the VPN configuration which I had in the backup. Iphone really cares about your privacy, so it installs the VPN configuration first and then the VPN app))) Meanwhile, the iPhone will say that any Wi-Fi you connect to is not connected to the Internet. The solution is straightforward. If you have a VPN configuration in the backup, go to the VPN settings and delete it right after you start restoring the backup. This situation will happen to the ones restoring backup from the previous device.

It took me 15 hours today to understand this, so I am happy to save you time and share this.

P.S. I've searched for the solution but didn't find it. Should this be a duplicate, please reply.

iPhone 16

Posted on Oct 25, 2024 9:47 PM

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