iPod touch Sync Process Takes HOURS - Any Reason?

[fannin269]

Since upgrading to 3.0, my iPod Touch 2g has taken longer each time to clear the "Backing Up Fannin's iPod" phase initializing each Sync. First, it was a couple minutes. Then 20. Today, it's two hours and counting and the bar isn't halfway to completion.

What does this suggest?

 

[Lukeyboy01]

all i can think of is a dying hardrive or maybe somethings gone wrong in software

 

[fannin269]

Thanks. The device exhibits no other sign of a dying hard drive.

I should have downloaded the newest iTunes version when reminded...or waited until 3.1 was out.

 

[cmichaelb]

Odd issue...backups seem to be getting faster for me

 

[Ivan P]

all i can think of is a dying hardrive or maybe somethings gone wrong in software

The iPod touch uses flash chips and not a hard drive, so it shouldn't be exhibiting that sort of problem.

 

[celticpride678]

Odd issue...backups seem to be getting faster for me

As with any piece of hardware that backs things up, the more you do it, the faster it gets. The first backup would take a while and it would get faster as it goes along. This is perfectly normal, if it starts out slow and gets faster. Not a bug for sure.

 

[fannin269]

As with any piece of hardware that backs things up, the more you do it, the faster it gets. The first backup would take a while and it would get faster as it goes along. This is perfectly normal, if it starts out slow and gets faster. Not a bug for sure.

It must be a hardware problem, although you'd think some other symptom would appear.

If I try a Restore, would purchases on the Touch be lost because they had not been sync'd with iTunes?

 

[celticpride678]

It must be a hardware problem, although you'd think some other symptom would appear.

If I try a Restore, would purchases on the Touch be lost because they had not been sync'd with iTunes?

Yes, they would become lost without a sync.

 

[cakbar]

Have you recently added any apps that have a large cache? The reason I'm asking is that I recently installed Fluent News (a great news aggregator btw) that has a very large cache. Since then, the time taken to backup has slowed to a snails pace to the point that I now delete the app before syncing my touch and reinstall later. This has nothing to do with 3.0 as I'm still running 2.1.

 

[MaxPower49]

Yes, there are certain apps that store a lot of data which itunes backs up and can take a long time...

 

[fannin269]

Have you recently added any apps that have a large cache? The reason I'm asking is that I recently installed Fluent News (a great news aggregator btw) that has a very large cache. Since then, the time taken to backup has slowed to a snails pace to the point that I now delete the app before syncing my touch and reinstall later. This has nothing to do with 3.0 as I'm still running 2.1.

You TOTALLY solved it.

I had installed Fluent and the cache was the culprit.

Many thanks.

 

[Lukeyboy01]

The iPod touch uses flash chips and not a hard drive, so it shouldn't be exhibiting that sort of problem.

i meant the computer