Apple has launched the latest iOS 4 and it is available for all the iPhone models and iPod Touch. It is always encountered that whenever some sort of major software release occurs, it comes with new challenges and problems that are later on solved by the Apple but till now the issue of slow iPhone 4 backup is unsolved.

Thousands of people have reported that when they try to upgrade their iPhone with was running on the prior versions of iOS like iOS 3.2 etc then one thing is must before doing that. It is to take the iPhone backup before upgrading your iPhone to iOS 4. This process is extremely slow and can take many hours to take the complete iPhone backup. There is several thread mention in the Apple’s Support Forum on this issue. If you are trying to take the backup and it is not going to be complete within 2-3 hours then there may be problem somewhere which is blocking the iPhone backup process and make it slower.

The right way to perform iPhone backup is first make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes installed and working properly on your system. If you have older iTunes then go to:

Now you will see the message regarding the latest version and now you can download the latest version directly from there. Just download and install the latest iTunes and restart your computer. Then again try to take the backup iPhone contents.

There are some other tips that can help making iPhone 4 Backup faster. These are:

• Delete unnecessary photos – This way you can reduce the size of the backup file and it will result as faster backup when iPhone Backup process will be done later on. You can use iPhoto to see and remove all those photos which are not important.
• Delete old and unused Applications on your iPhone 4 – Older applications are also like a junk for your iPhone and you should reduce as much junk as possible so that the size of the complete data on your iPhone reduces and this way the iPhone backup process will also be completed faster.
• Regular backups – if you take backup of your iPhone on a regular interval then it will always take less time because only the new contents require to be backed up.

If still you are encountering problems with iPhone backup then you should use third party iPhone backup software. These are high end solution for taking complete iPhone backups including all media, music, apps, phone numbers, notes etc. It uses unique algorithms that make it take the iPhone backups faster than iTunes. There are two different version of this program is available for Mac and Windows. If you are fading up with slow iPhone backups and want fast solution then this will be right option for you.