iPhone 6(S)/Plus iPhone 6S - Restoring from Backup Stuck at Time Reamaining: estimating...

[abacha29]

Lol guys, this makes no sense at all. I was honestly just joking around with myself reading the article, I have been waiting for two hours on the estimating time remaining and as soon as I read through the thread, I went back up only to discover it jumped to 1hr, 50mins, 39mins and now 28mins within 2 minutes.

This is hilarious

 

[murph1jc]

Cannot believe this worked, but chalk up another voodoo magic victory...after four failed attempts and three hours of trying, no less.

 

[jabrah]

welp.... joining in on the voodoo....im gonna read this thread over again and hope for the best

 

[alexf51]

Okay this is crazy... I had tried several times to restore my icloud, erasing everything multiple times, and so I turned to Google. I found this, read through, seeing everyone's crazy stories, not believing it at all because I'd check down at my phone every couple posts and still see the "time remaining: estimating." However, as soon as I finished reading the final post, my phone jumped from 6 minutes, to 5 minutes, to 1 minute and is now complete. This is insane.

 

[Christalize]

Read the thread all the way through, still says "Time remaining: estimating..." Gonna try restarting and report back.

Didn't work here Any real solutions please?

 

[vickecw]

Wow it worked for me too. Stuck on "time remaining: estimating". Read the entire thread and checked again... "time remaining: 1 minute". It's now fully restored. Amazing!

 

[aspiring_geek83]

Looks like that did the trick here as well! Woot!

 

[jessie12345]

After reading the thread and then reading the replies, I thought everyone was either full of **** or just impatient. I read everything and then looked at my phone and was mad it was still stuck at the time remaining estimating screen. but i decided to restart it one last time and it was finished in less than 2 minutes and I about **** my pants. Craziness.

 

[mobutt]

Worked for me too

 

[amariee1]

After reading through most of the thread, and as I'm typing right now, it has went down to about 5 minutes of time remaining! This is so weird but amazing at the same time!!

 

[lilmagill]

Not working for me, guys

Seriously - tried one more time after typing this and all of a sudden my phone said 23 minutes remaining....FINGERS CROSSED but it's looking good!

 

[cjburgess]

Yep googled this, read half the thread and phone went from 'estimating' to '20 mins' - a great site!
This thread gave me patience to bear with it and let the phone do it's thang. I guess that might be the key.

Plus the thread distracts you from checking it every 10 seconds!

 

[Throwaway112233]

Made an account just for this post. Yes, my phone is no longer stuck on time remaining: estimating. No, I still don't believe it.

 

[axelhyge]

I honestly signed up just to write this: Having been stuck for hours trying to get it to work, starting over and over agiain trying different solutions I opened this thread. Read the first few posts. Looked down at my phone. BAM! 45 minutes remaining. I freaked out, closest thing to magic I've ever seen!

 

[anonamoose55]

I had to make an account here just to say that my phone was stuck at "one minute remaing" for about 15-20 minutes, as I started reading this thread and seeing all the insane stuff I looked at my phone and after not changing for so long it went to "two minutes remaining" and 30 seconds later it was done. I don't know what's going on here but I appreciate it!!!

 

[kimmilove]

well f##k me gently with a chainsaw. i thought there was no way, and you were all just jumping on the bandwagon. but after trying everything to no avail. i am now estimating 5mins and didnt even have to read to the end!

 

[himerette]

Made an account just to say it worked for me too!! Was stuck on Time Remaining: estimating, getting backup errors etc! Got about half way through the replies and just had to look- time remaining: 10 mins! Thanks!

 

[matrix glitch]

OH. MY. GOD. I really thought this thread was a ridiculous hoax. After trying to get my backup working 10 different times for almost week, it suddenly just worked after reading this thread. My mind is totally and completely blown. I had to create an account just to post here and share.

 

[izzymay]

what the hell, been staring at the 'time estimating' screen for 6 hours how, found this forum believed nothing anyone was saying about this "magic"... but read it anyway. BUT NOW its says 'one minute remaining'
I do not believe it , I do believe in magic now

 

[Mckyleroy]

Wow alright it worked for me too after having been trying everything else all day! I got through the first page, looked down at my phone and it had gone from estimating time remaining to 10 minutes. Crazy

 

[Eckm7289]

OMG this is seriously magic. I created an account just to confirm that this works!!!!!! I was waiting like 45 min and then I read this post and my backup was done!!

 

[NomadCRY]

I created an account just for the post this comment. Ok. Usually I never believe these bulls**ts. But listen to me. I'm tryna restore my backup for 3 freakin days! I tried EVERYTHING! Change DNS, connect to different Wi-fi, etc. I caved in Google. Seriously guys, I even talk to Apple Care for about 3-4 hours and still nothing. I restored the phone in DFU mode thousand times. Then I found this thread, when I read the first three or four comment I'm like "Ahh, f*ck off!" I read a couple more comments, and it gets a little bit interesting but I'm still thinking everyone mocking. But when I finished the reading, I took a glance to my phone, and here is a HOLY SENTENCE: 12 MINUTES!

I'M LIKE: "HOLY FREAKIN SHET, ITS WORKING!"

Still not get how this happened. I had to create an account just to post here.

 

[NewtonPippin]

I was just going to comment that you guys are all stupid and obviously trolling, and then it worked for me too. Lol. Crazy.

 

[OpticCookies]

Wow it worked after I read the thread 20 seconds later it says 8 min remaining I guess this thread is the elixir for icloud backup lol

 

[sujiths530]

hallelujah!!! praise the lord may the lord be praised......working for me...from estimating time to 6 minutes by the time i read through all the comments and 2 failed tries prior to that!!