Tried the update and looks like I've fried my iPhone, all it shows is a picture of a USB cable and the iTunes logo. When I connect the iPhone to the PC, (Vista Ultimate), all it does is asks me to insert a disc, which I haven't got, or go looking for drivers online & on the PC and I'm afraid to re-load iTunes in case I loose my back-up for the iPhone, (this hold my life already and I've only had the phone 6 weeks, it know more about me than my wife). I've tried resetting the iPhone by pressing and holding the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. and it just goes back to showing the same picture of the USB lead & iTunes logo. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone

In article <ncWdnaZoNqUxMe7XnZ2dnUVZ8kWdnZ2d@bt.com>, "Boomer" <Boomer@nospam.com> wrote: > Tried the update and looks like I've fried my iPhone, all it shows is > a picture of a USB cable and the iTunes logo. <snip> > I've tried resetting the iPhone by pressing and holding the > Sleep/Wake button and the Home button at the same time for at least > ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears. and it just goes back to > showing the same picture of the USB lead & iTunes logo. Happened to me too, but I just waited a bit and everything was back to normal; it just took longer than with previous updates. I don't know why. -- Member National Rifle Association Member American Civil Liberties Union Member Human Rights Campaign archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone

"Boomer" <Boomer@nospam.com> wrote: > ... I'm afraid to re-load iTunes in case I loose my back-up for > the iPhone, (this hold my life already and I've only had the > phone 6 weeks, it know more about me than my wife). Always keep a backup copy of important data to removable media. If you are concerned about losing the copy on your hard drive, make a copy of that to removable media. -- Big front wheel skates (144mm front wheel, four 80mm trailing wheels). Great for rough street skating. http://www.flickr.com/photos/275322... archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone

"John Doe" <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message news:001fc7dc$0$700$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com... > "Boomer" <Boomer@nospam.com> wrote: > >> ... I'm afraid to re-load iTunes in case I loose my back-up for >> the iPhone, (this hold my life already and I've only had the >> phone 6 weeks, it know more about me than my wife). > > Always keep a backup copy of important data to removable media. > > If you are concerned about losing the copy on your hard drive, make a > copy of that to removable media. > > > > -- > Big front wheel skates (144mm front wheel, four 80mm trailing > wheels). Great for rough street skating. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/275322... Can you tell me how to keep a back up copy please? archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone

"Ben Short" <bshort@supanet.com> wrote: > "John Doe" <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message >> "Boomer" <Boomer@nospam.com> wrote: >>> ... I'm afraid to re-load iTunes in case I loose my back-up >>> for the iPhone, (this hold my life already and I've only had >>> the phone 6 weeks, it know more about me than my wife). >> >> Always keep a backup copy of important data to removable media. >> >> If you are concerned about losing the copy on your hard drive, >> make a copy of that to removable media. > Can you tell me how to keep a back up copy please? I think some of it is here on a PC. Documents and Settings -- User -- Application Data -- Apple Computer To find out where the applications are, just right-click on one of them and select Show in Windows Explorer. Then select all and copy them to removable media. Be sure to test that your backup restores properly. And whenever you run into trouble, you hunker down and do the most fundamental operations first (like making sure you have a raw copy of the stuff you are trying to fix, before actually trying to fix anything). Using Windows, I have been trained to make backups the hard way. I backup iPhone data individually. Currently, I just keep removable media backup copies of the Windows Address Book (it can be exported), Internet bookmarks, and important/useful applications. -- Big front wheel skates (144mm front wheel, four 80mm trailing wheels). Great for rough street skating. http://www.flickr.com/photos/275322... archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone

Thanks for the help, I've just attached my iPhone to my daughters PC and it reloaded the software after the second attempt. I then connected it to my PC and it asked me if I wanted to restore it and I'm now back to square one with a working iPhone and all my precious data apps and music restored. Strange but hey it works. "John Doe" <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message news:00ad6951$0$32021$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com... > "Ben Short" <bshort@supanet.com> wrote: > >> "John Doe" <jdoe@usenetlove.invalid> wrote in message >>> "Boomer" <Boomer@nospam.com> wrote: > >>>> ... I'm afraid to re-load iTunes in case I loose my back-up >>>> for the iPhone, (this hold my life already and I've only had >>>> the phone 6 weeks, it know more about me than my wife). >>> >>> Always keep a backup copy of important data to removable media. >>> >>> If you are concerned about losing the copy on your hard drive, >>> make a copy of that to removable media. > >> Can you tell me how to keep a back up copy please? > > I think some of it is here on a PC. > > Documents and Settings -- User -- Application Data -- Apple > Computer > > To find out where the applications are, just right-click on one of > them and select Show in Windows Explorer. Then select all and copy > them to removable media. > > Be sure to test that your backup restores properly. And whenever > you run into trouble, you hunker down and do the most fundamental > operations first (like making sure you have a raw copy of the > stuff you are trying to fix, before actually trying to fix > anything). > > Using Windows, I have been trained to make backups the hard way. I > backup iPhone data individually. Currently, I just keep removable > media backup copies of the Windows Address Book (it can be > exported), Internet bookmarks, and important/useful applications. > > > -- > Big front wheel skates (144mm front wheel, four 80mm trailing > wheels). Great for rough street skating. > http://www.flickr.com/photos/275322... archived from misc.phone.mobile.iphone