Cell phone crisis

i was never more frustrated that i was last night. it was about 10:30pm. i got the brainy idea to upgrade my iPhone. i haven't had it very long and already they have updates for it. this phone is like having a mini computer in your hand. love the phone......still amazed at all the features you can download for it.

well, i have my phone synced to my laptop so naturally i went on itunes and just clicked on updates and it started to update and then it happened....error!!! What? What could be an error? then a window popped up telling me i have to do a restore to my phone. knowing a little about computers i knew darn well that a restore to my phone would erase all the apps and information i currently have on my phone and set it back to like i first got it....i was not happy but it was my only option. luckily i had just synced my phone to itunes right before trying to update so i was hoping the information lost would be minimal.

i clicked on the restore button and it started my preparing my phone for a restore and then it started to restore...........then............it stopped!! it just stopped in the middle of restoring and ERROR! OMG! what do i do now??? well, i of course tried it again to no avail and again for good measure. NOTHING. i tried restarting my laptop. i tried downloading a newer version of itunes. still nothing.....

there was a "help" page and suggested if you had another computer to try to restore on that one. thankfully we are a house with three computers. i used the newest one in the living room and downloaded the newest itunes and took a breathe and plugged in my iPhone and it began to restore and then

IT STOPPED AGAIN!!!!

by now it's going on 1am and i can barely keep my eyes open but want to get this problem resolved. I've become dependent on the use of this little convenience and its source of communication, especially with my girls, that i couldn't imagine being without it. i disconnected it and was going to just give up and than i thought one more time and to my surprise IT WORKED!!! i had my phone back....well sort of. i still had to re-download everything and i was thankful that all my contacts were saved! that would have been quite a chore to re-enter all my contacts. i was disappointed to find out that on the games i had installed and now re-installed all the high scores were gone...oh well, not even something to worry about....i was glad to have my phone working again. i do have to re schedule all my appointment and I'm going to make sure i sync my calendar from now on.

a tired day but a happy one!