iTunes Backup Session Failed.
Hello Everyone,
Today I noticed that my "Other" Data was hitting 2.8GB so I performed a manual backup onto my computer at the normal path. The backup completed and the files appeared to be all there. The backup was done in iOS 7.1.1. After this, I updated iTunes and performed the Restore on iPhone, which updated to iOS 7.1.2 (latest version). After seeing that everything had restored properly, I clicked "Restore Backup" and chose the file. After some time, it would stop and provide the following error message: "iTunes could not restore iPhone because the backup session failed."
After repeadetely searching around the internet for solutions, I tried turning off firewalls, restarting iPhone, restarting iTunes, restarting computer, unplugged and plugging back in, changing USB ports, reinstalling iTunes, and other tactics, but none worked. Eventually, I got it to push through a couple times:
First time it gave me error. Tried it again, it said restore complete. But nothing was synced to my iPhone at all.
Didn't know if anyone had experienced this before or know of any other tricks I can try.
Thanks!!
iPhone 4S, iOS 7.1.2, backup on iOS 7.1.1, restore 7.1.2