How to Upgrade - Backups Take Too Long

[gswilder]

I haven't been able to backup my iPad for a month now. I deleted Zinio app, and also the old backup file in Edit/Preferences/Devices.

Now I want to upgrade to new IOS, but it is requiring a backup. I expect it will take 30-36 hours to do a backup of my iPad.

Any other options?

Thanks/

 

[antiprotest]

Have you ever tried to click that little "x" on the right of the "Backing up iPad" message in iTunes, to skip backup for that sync session?

 

[Julien]

Have you ever tried to click that little "x" on the right of the "Backing up iPad" message in iTunes, to skip backup for that sync session?

Not an option on a software upgrade.

 

[antiprotest]

Not an option on a software upgrade.

My question was if the OP "EVER" tried it.

 

[gswilder]

Yes

Yes, I cancel every time I plug it in or sync because it now takes hours and hours to do the backup. My iPad backed up fine from April until mid-June and then suddenly started taken hours to backup.

I wonder if it is related to some apps that are installed on the ipad.

Anyway, can I do a restore and do the "shift restore" to select the newly downloaded 3.21 file? If so, will I have to setup my iPad as new?

 

[escape1974]

Mine was doing the same thing. It tick hours and barely backed up. The only thing I've found that helps is to turn wifi on my laptop off after plugging in and re-enabling after it's finished. No idea why that works, but it's an easy fix and worth a shot!

 

[xraydoc]

Something's wrong if your iPad takes that long. I've got about 25GB of stuff including music, movies, PDFs, iWork documents (some as large as 50MB), Word files, etc.

Takes maybe 5-10 minutes, tops.

 

[iThinman]

From the quick research I've done and past experience with similar situations, I think a rouge/corrupt app is the most likely culprit of a 'slow' (actually stalled) backup.

I would try the following possible remedy