Q: iPhone 7 restore taking 20+ hours
Hi everyone, had this problem this weekend and an Apple tech was able to help me out. I wanted to share the solution she told me and hopefully help out anyone else who might have the issue.
If you notice the time to restore to the phone is just going up and up over a solid USB connection (not wifi), you need to erase everything off the phone through the settings. Once I did this it transferred about 54gb of data in under an hour. Instead of the 20+ hours it was claiming it needed. I knew when the estimated time to transfer went from 1 hr and then climbing to 2 ,3, 8, 9, 11, 15, 17 and finally 22 hours over a 2 hour period, something wasn't right.
The problem was in the store I kind of set up the phone with the sales staff there and apparently a full restore needs a blank/fresh phone. Hope this helps others in the same situation!
iPhone 7, iOS 10, 128GB
Posted on Sep 19, 2016 11:37 PM