I know this has been a popular topic and I've searched though any and all threads I could find on the issue. I'm sure my solution is embedded somewhere on this site but I haven't found it yet 
My sync and backup is sooo long and i'm not talking 30 mins long. Last time I attempted a sync/backup it was started before I went to bed. I woke up and it was still "Syncing 'iphone'" in the top itunes window. This eventually completed and then the backup started!! I figured it would have been complete before I left for work in an hour... well the progress bar had barely gotten anywhere. So being desperate to get a good backup I packed up my laptop and carried it to work the whole time never disconnecting or stopping the backup process. I was at work for over 3 hours before I decided that I had to stop it to make a call and the progress bar was maybe about 4th the way though. So roughly 12 hours later I still had not gotten a backup or even gotten half way though one!!
I have read the post about not sending the reports and I have deleted the reports from my computer and make sure to always select to not send them. I found a similar post but the user was running a MAC and the solution was "Open Activity Monitor in Utilities and kill MD Crash Report Too." I'm not sure if this information is strictly MAC related because I couldn't find a process like this running though task manager (maybe I'm on the wrong path).
My iphone is on 2.1 - I haven't upgraded to 2.2 yet bc I would like to get a backup before doing so. Itunes is running 8.0.2.20. I have an 8G 3G phone with 3.39 GB of Audio, 42.5MB of Photos, 323.3MB of Apps and 295.5 MB Other (3 free GB)
Any suggestions would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
ps - I do need a new cable, it's starting to pull away at the USB connection but would that really cause my problems???
Thanks in advance for each of your expertise and help!
My sync and backup is sooo long and i'm not talking 30 mins long. Last time I attempted a sync/backup it was started before I went to bed. I woke up and it was still "Syncing 'iphone'" in the top itunes window. This eventually completed and then the backup started!! I figured it would have been complete before I left for work in an hour... well the progress bar had barely gotten anywhere. So being desperate to get a good backup I packed up my laptop and carried it to work the whole time never disconnecting or stopping the backup process. I was at work for over 3 hours before I decided that I had to stop it to make a call and the progress bar was maybe about 4th the way though. So roughly 12 hours later I still had not gotten a backup or even gotten half way though one!!
I have read the post about not sending the reports and I have deleted the reports from my computer and make sure to always select to not send them. I found a similar post but the user was running a MAC and the solution was "Open Activity Monitor in Utilities and kill MD Crash Report Too." I'm not sure if this information is strictly MAC related because I couldn't find a process like this running though task manager (maybe I'm on the wrong path).
My iphone is on 2.1 - I haven't upgraded to 2.2 yet bc I would like to get a backup before doing so. Itunes is running 8.0.2.20. I have an 8G 3G phone with 3.39 GB of Audio, 42.5MB of Photos, 323.3MB of Apps and 295.5 MB Other (3 free GB)
Any suggestions would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!
ps - I do need a new cable, it's starting to pull away at the USB connection but would that really cause my problems???
Thanks in advance for each of your expertise and help!