Alan, so glad you got your phone working again. What a nightmare! I have had no problems so far with the update of my phone. Only my watch when it wouldn't speak.
Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2020, at 12:12 AM, Alan Lemly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi List, > > I want to thank those who posted well wishes and instructions for recovering > my iPhone SE after a failed attempt to restore last night's encrypted iTunes > backup following a reset of all settings as directed by Apple Accessibility. > I spoke to another Apple Accessibility person named Patricia who was very > helpful. She directed me to start iTunes on my computer and with the phone > disconnected, to press volume up, volume down, and then hold the side power > button and connect the phone to the computer with its lightning cable while > continuing to hold down the power button. This put the phone in recovery > mode. iTunes prompted me to either update or restore the phone. I attempted > the update at first but this was a no go because my iPhone screen kept > displaying the Apple logo appearing and disappearing for a few seconds at a > time. After the update failed, I got into recovery mode again and did a > restore which worked to reset my iPhone just as it was when it arrived new. I > was then able to restore last night's backup when prompted to either start > using it as a new phone or to restore a backup. This restoration took a bit > over an hour and all my apps had to re-download again but I got all my > settings back including everything that was reset when directed by Willard at > Apple Accessibility. I have no clue what caused the phone to hang as it did > during my first restore but I'm very glad I got everything back. I'll chalk > this up to a learning experience. > > I just want to encourage everyone who is planning on doing an iOS upgrade, > especially a major one such as with iOS 14, to backup your device before > doing so. You never know what might happen during the upgrade and having to > start over fresh can be most time consuming. > > Alan Lemly > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/004b01d68f0c%24aeb47590%240c1d60b0%24%40gmail.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/43B63802-02C2-4446-A9C7-A4D68B8D846F%40comcast.net.
