I tried to upgrade via iTunes but it never did work. 2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
> On Sep 19, 2015, at 1:59 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > I know this won't help you now, but that is why upgrading via iTunes is such > a much more accessible process. When I upgraded my wife's iPhone 6 (I use > iTunes on a Windows 10 PC with Jaws) I could see the download progress (that > part is OK on the iPhone), but once it started installing (where the iPhone > says it's rebooting) Jaws keeps on telling you what is going on once you put > focus on that area, e.g. extracting update, Verifying update with Apple,, > installing software, installing firmware and so on. In between you also hear > the PC sounds of USB disconnecting and reconnecting as your iPhone reboots > multiple times during the process and all in all it's just a much less > uncertain process. > Having said this I did decide to update my 5S over the air after I downloaded > an iOS 8.4.1 firmware file which would have allowed me to downgrade again had > the phone bug been really bad. I was able to follow the download progress, > once my phone said it was rebooting I kept it nearby so I could be sure I > would hear Voiceover when it was done. I think it's important to be patient > and not to touch the screen and especially not to press the power or home > buttons. Maybe I am just imagining this and it doesn't matter, but I just > kept my fingers away from it and about 10 or 12 minutes later Voiceover came > back and told me the update was done, I had to double tap on the "Slide to > setup" message and go through a few of the setup screens and that was it. > I am happy to say that the first time somebody called me and I had a headset > connected my phone only vibrated and I couldn'd answer the call. Now, > however, it seems to work fairly well, I can answer with the remote on the > headset and also a double tap and the screen seems to be active although > maybe a bit sluggish. What is more important after I hang up a call my phone > and Voiceover do not freeze up so it appears I got lucky. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Jenifer Barr > Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2015 6:22 AM > To: viphone <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Updating to IOS 9... phone is a brick!!! Help! > > So I decided today to install IOS 9. Bad idea!!! The last thing my > phone said about a half hour ago was "phone rebooting". After about > 20 minutes of waiting, I tried resetting with the power and lock > button for 10 seconds or so... nothing. Now what do I do? 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