iOS 9 Update Frozen on 'Slide to Upgrade'

With every roll out of new iOS software, there comes a fair share of bugs and glitches. Many users are reporting a glitch where their phone freezes on the final step 'Slide to Upgrade'.

There is a fix and it's not necessarily convenient, but it works. Here's what to do:

• Connect your phone to your computer and open iTunes.
• If iTunes doesn't recognize you phone, force a restart by holding the Home and Power buttons together for about 6 - 10 seconds. iTunes should recognize your phone normally after your phone reboots.
• Restore your phone from a backup made prior to the iOS 9 update.

That's pretty much it! Once you have done this, your phone should be working just fine and running iOS 9.

But what if you do not have a backup? Well there is another work around, but you will lose your data on your phone. You will need to restore from a friend's backup (prior to iOS 9) and then, once your phone is working, you can do a factory wipe. 

Or, if you don't want to do that, you can bring it in to Techrevive and we can restore it with a generic blank backup that will get your phone working. But again, you will lose your data.

Finally, no doubt Apple will have a fix out soon, so you could wait it out but you will be without a phone for at least a few days.