Yikes!
😱
This has been quite the hassle. Starting around 7:30 pm I decided to update my firmware, almost 3 hrs later I'm still dealing with this.
After downloading the update my phone crashes and won't be recognized by my computer with error (-1619). After resetting the phone and resetting my computer, I try directly plugging the phone into the USB port instead of through my USB hub, that had previously been working fine. This seemed to help and so it goes on installing.
It then asks me to restore my phone, so I go ahead, it takes FOREVER to do, and it seems like it's done, but then it wants to do the restore AGAIN. As this is happening, my laptop refuses to let me use any other applications, it seems iTunes has monopolized everything. Finally in trying to close some windows, I force iTunes shut. When I restart iTunes, this time THANKFULLY, it doesn't want to restore my phone.
Now I just have to wait for it to re-sync all my videos and music to the phone, which will probably take at least 30 more mins. Not a fun or expected experience from Apple.