Usually I would be singing my iPhones praises, however last night it seriously pissed me off. I had a software update so clicked to download it, thinking if I did it overnight then it wouldn't interfere with normal use. So after clicking to download a little verifying update message popped up, fiancé decided to do his too and clicked his update, now his went to download straight away saying it would be 2 minutes mine was still verifying. After a few minutes I decided something had gone amiss and turned my phone off to stop the process. I then turned my phone back on and all was well, this is where I should have stopped but because I didnt know what had gone amiss I stupidly clicked to do the download again. Next thing I know my phone is asking me to connect to my itunes and nothing would get rid of the message. At this point it is gone 12:00 and I was pissed off, plugged my phone in and itunes tells me that my phone is in restore mode and will be wiped to factory settings. Cue lots of swearing from me and lots of googling to see if there was anything else that could be done. See I hadn't backed up my phone in ages and couldn't remember how many pictures I had taken since the last back up. There was potential to loose some really important stuff :( sadly nothing could be done and I have had to restore my phone.
This should have been the end of my woe however when I clicked for the download my laptop said it would take 30 mins :( I prepared to wait and read a book while it downloaded. However started to notice that the time wasn't going down as it should .... then to my frustration it started to creep back up!! safe to say I was tired, pissed off to high heaven and about ready to call anyone connected with apple and shout expletives at them!! So I decided instead of waiting god knows how long for a download I unplugged my phone and just set the download going overnight.
This morning I have managed to restore my phone however much to my pain discovered that the last time I backed up my phone was 31st december :( so at this point I can only guess how many pictures I have lost from the intervening months. I know its my own fault as I should be backing up more often but unfortunately life gets in the way and now you dont have to plug in to update I dont have that failsafe. Any way now I am slowly trying to work out what pics I have lost and which ones I put into the drop box to transfer.
Rant Over. Now for any iPhone owners a tip, first make sure you do back up at least once a month and second make sure you back up before updating to the newest software just in case. It is better to be safe then sorry like me.
xXx
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