
The service requires you to log in from a device running iOS 5 or the latest version of Mac OS X Lion - which also hasn’t been released yet. The iCloud Web site, which has been in a beta mode for a couple months, also opened up Wednesday morning - but with a catch. Others found that downloading the update straight from Apple’s Web site instead of upgrading from within iTunes worked more quickly, but that wasn’t the case for all users, Gizmodo reported.įor those whose phones were wiped or frozen, many found that resetting the device and restoring it from the back-up files on their computers took care of most of the problems.Īnother feature of the rollout that had nagging technical issues: The much anticipated iCloud application, which would allow users to store content on the Web, accessible from mobile devices without using hard drive space.

iPhone now stuck in Recovery Mode and won’t update to iOS 5.”Īccording to posts on the support forums, the company told users that 3200 errors meant that there was simply too much network traffic to process requests and that users should try again later. On Apple’s forums, several users reported similar stories to this one, from a user with the handle kxmx43: “Plugged into iTunes (fully updated) and downloaded iOS 5. The new operating system features several new features including a new messaging service, an Android-like central notifications center, a reminder system that can set location-based alerts and - after this initial install - over-the-air updates for the operating system. Others are reporting problems connecting to iTunes at all. On Twitter, Apple fans are reporting download estimates of up to four hours as the company’s servers try to handle customers trying to download iOS 5 and Mac OS X Lion upgrades, which enable users to use the iCloud suite of services. As Hayley Tsukayama reported :Īpple’s latest mobile operating system, iOS 5 is now available for download from Apple’s servers, via the latest version of iTunes. Many experienced long download times as servers struggled to handle high demand. While it was billed as an improvement in usability, it seemed to create headaches for many users who attempted to download the operating system.

Apple released its new mobile operating system, iOS 5 to customers on Wednesday.
