Restore from iCloud new iphone 17 Pro setup

nirola81 wrote:

yes, you are correct. I'd a good discussion with them but they were just not ready to listen.

Yes, I am connected to super-fast Wifi and plugged in but no response from last 1.5 hours.

OK, but were you able to at least package the trade in the trade in box and seal it before giving it to them?

If your phone is stuck in the restore from download process, Force Restart it --> Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

The FORCE RESTART made the Restore from iCloud happen immediately. And it was minutes, not days.

Thanks!

nirola81 wrote:

For reasons that were not clearly explained, the BlueDart/DHL representatives did not allow me to transfer data from my old iPhone 16 Pro to the new iPhone 17 Pro as part of the trade-in process. They insisted, without providing a valid explanation that I erase all data on the old device and hand it over before receiving the new one.

As a result, I’ve been trying to restore my data from iCloud onto the new iPhone. Unfortunately, the restoration process has made no visible progress over the past hour, and the estimated time remaining still shows "About 2 days." This entire experience has been quite frustrating and inconvenient.

I would like to understand what the other options for faster data transfer to my new iPhone are?

Can I setup a new iphone as-is and once I downloaded all the apps manually from app store and then run the backup to get the data like photos, videos and other stuff from iCloud? Is it possible

Something doesn't sound right with this. I've never heard of a shipper requiring you to hand over the trade at the time of delivering your new iPhone. Did you have the time to put the phone in the trade in box and see it sealed? Apple has never required a trade to be returned within minutes of getting a new phone.

On the transfer of your backup, are you plugged in and connected to Wifi?

I'm guessing you're not in the U.S., if you are using DHL. Overseas trades may have different rules than in the US. Is Bluedart a delivery service or a carrier or a reseller?

As for the DL speed, you and millions of others are all trying to use the servers at the same time.

Yep - same here. Mine was stuck for over a day with no progress and now I'm watching it restore icon-by-icon. Thanks!