iOS 8 download failing repeatedly

EricWeir wrote:

I had no problem with my iPhone 5c either. I think it took less than hour. Maybe as little as half an hour.

If the phone updated without issue, it's hard to imagine that there is anything that you could be doing wrong that's causing this problem. Obviously your iTunes was able to communicate with the Apple servers in order to download the update for the phone, so I can't believe that is your router, Internet connection, your computer or your version of iTunes is causing the problem. Of course this would be too easy, but you don't haplen to have another computer that you could try or what I would recommend trying even before that is to update using another WiFi network.

I Updated my iPad at my office connecting to an ad hoc network that I create every day with the wired Ethernet connection to my iMac. I had no problems downloading the update at all. And I updated (like I always do) virtually the minute the update appeared in the Software Update settings on my iPad So the traffic on the servers couldn't have been heavier than it was at that time.

I think that I would not let the computer go to sleep when trying to update. However, I don't know that's why this isn't working for you.

This is is from the iTunes specific error codes troubleshooting website.

http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3694#9006

Check your security software

Related errors: 2, 4, 6, 9, 1000, 1611, 9006. Sometimes security software can prevent your device from communicating with either the Apple update server or with your device.

Check your security software and settings to make sure that they aren't preventing a connection to the Apple servers.

Obviously I have no idea what I'm the world is wrong here. Did you update the phone using iTunes or did you do it OTA via the Software Update setting?

My sister-in-law in NY had the same exact problem: estimates of up to 55 hours to donwload iOS 8 using iTunes. I went through all the steps discussed here with her and no luck. She awoke at 3 am today and on a whim tried again. It took only about 30 mintues.

Between that and my success here on Cape Cod updating an iPad and iPhone in about an hour, I have to believe you (and many others) are seeing server overload and Internet congestion.

-dan

Maybe it is server overload. One week later I would assume that all of the big rush is over. If Eric wants to wake up during the middle of the night to give it a try, it might finally work.

Eric,

I too am puzzled by these congestion issues so long after release day, but the anecdotal evidence is piling up.

I think I read that Apple is using its new server farms and new load-balancing methods -- not akamai -- to distribute iOS 8, and perhaps there are some bugs left to iron out.

-dan

Same problem here, been trying for days, over the air or through latest iTunes for my iPhone 5S always fails and download time is always suggested as 20 or 30 hours. Very annoying apple has given no reason. Probably best to wait for 8.1 as this one is buggy.