IOS 9 upgrade frozen at “Slide to upgrade”

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I'm trying to upgrade to iOS 9 from iOS 7 on a 5C but the upgrade process is frozen at "Slide to upgrade".

Reboot just restarts one view or two before "slide to upgrade" screen.

My iCloud backup is out of date due to storage issues (it wouldn't fit in the free allotment) and I can't create one ("device has not been configured") using iTunes so I can't do a restore without losing my data.

Best Answer

Apparently this is a known problem when updating from iOS 7 devices straight to iOS 9.

Apple has posted a workaround, which should help you out:

If the Slide to Upgrade screen won't go away after you update to iOS 9.

I'm not posting the text verbatim, in case Apple improves their answer.

Note that you will need a computer to connect the device to, to make a local backup.

Edit 2015-09-23

Apple have released iOS 9.0.1 which according to this report

address issues users have experienced with the Setup Assistant app getting stuck on “Slide to Upgrade.”

I am guessing it will still be necessary to connect to a computer any iOS devices that are stuck at "Slide to upgrade".

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