Bug turning on icloud drive

iOS 14, iPhone 12 pro max. when I try to turn on iCloud Drive in setting there is some sort of bug, gray screen with only a cancel and an update button in it that don’t do anything. What’s causing this? Can it be remedied?

Posted on Nov 18, 2020 9:08 AM

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zinacef

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Nov 18, 2020 12:01 PM in response to Emulpedmon

Have you tried restarting the device, a forced restart, or maybe even signing out of the device?

zinacef

Level 10

88,744 points

Nov 18, 2020 1:52 PM in response to Emulpedmon

Next step - https://getsupport.apple.com.

Emulpedmon Author

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5 points

Nov 18, 2020 1:50 PM in response to zinacef

Hi yes I have turn the device off and on again a couple times before posting the bug report. How does one sign out of an iPhone?

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