Since it's a phone and it would pretty much cripple you if it were to become inoperable, Anything that goes on, or comes off of the phone is checked, hashed, compared to the original for consistency, all to ensure that your phone doesn't turn into a brick. If you think the whining is loud over "slow" syncing, if so much as two people's phones bricked, it would be deafening.
To get back to those zippy sync times Brandon:You have to disable automatic iPhone sync in iTunes preferences. Then plug your phone into iTunes and uncheck all your third party apps from the applications tab. Then click sync and apply. Then unplug your iPhone from iTunes and manually delete any stubborn apps that "weirdly" are still present (if you've installed over 20 apps and unchecked them I can almost guarantee some of those apps will still be on your phone, delete them by holding down and x-ing them out.Then... restart your iPhone, check that all the third party apps are gone again, believe it or not, some more may be back, if there any delete them on the phone by x-ing them out and restart the phone "again". Likely this time they'll all be gone. Re-enable auto-sync of iPhone is iTunes preferences and then plug back in your iPhone - taking care to first delete the last iTunes back up to remove all that crap (bugs) that has caused this issue for you.Then, and only then, plug back in your iPhone, let it sync (should be lightning quick with no 3rd party apps). And after synching is complete recheck the apps you want on your iPhone in the apps tabs and click sync and apply. This sync should take quite a while for 20+ or more apps, I would suggest doing 6 at a time.Eventually...... when you have your iPhone back in action with all the apps you want, unplug and re-sync. This sync (or perhaps the next) will start to take about 2 minutes.Trust me, I have looked into this, this is the only solution to clear out the garbage.Note: I wouldn't bother using the iPhone's app store to buy any more apps, use your computer. There's a bug in the app store app (and/or the OS) on the phone which is the cause of your long syncs in the first place, and if you download on the phone you'll be back to those "very long" sync times again. We'll just have to wait for a fix for that I suppose.Synching for me now takes about.... (testing) 2 minutes, with 32 apps installed on my 8GB first gen. 2.0.2 iPhone.Good luck with it!This process worked perfectly for me.
Well yeah, but if you think about it, more time is wasted not being able to use the phone with the long ass backups than if a couple peoples phones were bricked and apple had to mail them new ones.
spuy767Aug 30, 2008
Since it's a phone and it would pretty much cripple you if it were to become inoperable, Anything that goes on, or comes off of the phone is checked, hashed, compared to the original for consistency, all to ensure that your phone doesn't turn into a brick. If you think the whining is loud over "slow" syncing, if so much as two people's phones bricked, it would be deafening.
brendansheehanAug 30, 2008
To get back to those zippy sync times Brandon:You have to disable automatic iPhone sync in iTunes preferences. Then plug your phone into iTunes and uncheck all your third party apps from the applications tab. Then click sync and apply. Then unplug your iPhone from iTunes and manually delete any stubborn apps that "weirdly" are still present (if you've installed over 20 apps and unchecked them I can almost guarantee some of those apps will still be on your phone, delete them by holding down and x-ing them out.Then... restart your iPhone, check that all the third party apps are gone again, believe it or not, some more may be back, if there any delete them on the phone by x-ing them out and restart the phone "again". Likely this time they'll all be gone. Re-enable auto-sync of iPhone is iTunes preferences and then plug back in your iPhone - taking care to first delete the last iTunes back up to remove all that crap (bugs) that has caused this issue for you.Then, and only then, plug back in your iPhone, let it sync (should be lightning quick with no 3rd party apps). And after synching is complete recheck the apps you want on your iPhone in the apps tabs and click sync and apply. This sync should take quite a while for 20+ or more apps, I would suggest doing 6 at a time.Eventually...... when you have your iPhone back in action with all the apps you want, unplug and re-sync. This sync (or perhaps the next) will start to take about 2 minutes.Trust me, I have looked into this, this is the only solution to clear out the garbage.Note: I wouldn't bother using the iPhone's app store to buy any more apps, use your computer. There's a bug in the app store app (and/or the OS) on the phone which is the cause of your long syncs in the first place, and if you download on the phone you'll be back to those "very long" sync times again. We'll just have to wait for a fix for that I suppose.Synching for me now takes about.... (testing) 2 minutes, with 32 apps installed on my 8GB first gen. 2.0.2 iPhone.Good luck with it!This process worked perfectly for me.
sinembarg0Aug 30, 2008
Well yeah, but if you think about it, more time is wasted not being able to use the phone with the long ass backups than if a couple peoples phones were bricked and apple had to mail them new ones.
PaulTheBookGuySep 1, 2008
Just click the little X on the backup portion to stop the full backup.What an idiot.
PaulTheBookGuySep 1, 2008
Your phone sucks. Im playing texas hold'em online on mine right now, douchebag. Stick your micro sd card where the sun don't shine!
brandonrawksSep 1, 2008
That one is actually a Swatch! it's the 007 Dr. No model. Thanks!
brandonrawksSep 1, 2008
Brendan - Thank you very much for the thoughtful and helpful response. I'll be giving this a whirl today.
psychomusoSep 1, 2008
I've given up backing up mine as I've got a life that I want to live rather than watching that tedious progress bar.
psychomusoSep 1, 2008
Shows you don't have an iphone as syncing has nothing to do with downloading emails.
mrbitchSep 6, 2008
Not quite an idiot, you say? So at what point will you become an idiot?