Signing in to Apple ID takes a long time?

• In general, when setting up, you should make sure that the iPhone battery sufficiently charged Ideally, take the first steps with your new device while the battery is charging.
• A quick and often reliable method to remove the frozen configuration is to force a restart. To do this, first press the “Louder“-, then the “Quieter“ button. Then tap on the side button and hold it down. Wait until the Apple logo appears and then release it. This will perform the “hard” reboot.
• In rare cases, there are problems with the Apple servers. This means that important data cannot be transferred to the new device. You can find out elsewhere whether any Apple services are down. In such cases, you will have to wait until everything is up and running again.

Apple ID: Configuration takes forever – what to do?

• You should also make sure that the Wi-Fi connection is working properly. The iPhone may not be able to access important information online due to a lack of stable internet.
• You can also avoid this error by selecting the option “No apps & data transferred” and skip the synchronization of your data. However, please note that in this case you will have to do without personal content from your Apple ID.
• Depending on how much data is transferred and how old the “new” iPhone is, the setup process may simply take longer. Let the configuration run overnight and then check whether anything has happened. Make sure that the iPhone remains logged into the Wi-Fi network.