Database update not working on 3.5.1 > 3.5.2 upgrade

I have error after upgraded / upgrading to 3.5.2.

After go through update in the dashboard, I see a WordPress screen showing :

Database Update Required

WordPress has been updated! Before we send you on your way, we have to update your database to the newest version.

The update process may take a little while, so please be patient.

While I click on “Update WordPress Database”, a page with a WordPress logo show. That’s. Nothing more.

I am having the same issue discussed here but the moderator says to start a new thread. In the aforementioned thread a person recommended doing this:

After a little research in this forum I found that all that was needed was to use PHPmyadmin to manually edit the wp_options table to make the current database version 22442. Immediate access again.

That worked for me, but how I can be confident the database was truly updated?

EDIT: If it’s any help in diagnosing, the URL structure I’m taken to after pressing update DB is this: wp-admin/upgrade.php?step=1&backto=%2Fblog%2Fwp-admin%2Findex.php