"iCloud Backup" message won't go away & locks the screen.

Try a reset:

1. Hold the Sleep and Home button down (together) for about 10 seconds

2. Until you see the Apple logo (very important)

I am having the same problem with my iPad! The Icloud back up icon will not let me even do the reset. It is as if it does not recognize me clicking on the OK button on it. Any advice someone can give me would be greatly appreciated!!!

Thank you SO MUCH... My son's iPad has been locked out in this fashion for weeks and he has been devastated! Not to mention that, as a home schooler, he has not been able to use it for school in that time etc. So THANK YOU for your help!

Thank you, Dianovix, indeed this short-term workaround solution did work.

Now, are some bigger questions I'd like to ask Apple. (I'm hoping they monitor this forum.)

1. What caused the problem?
2. Should we expect for this issue to happen again, and if so, what is being done about it?
3. When will we see a long-term solution to this workaround?

I'm crossing my fingers in hopes Apple will see these questions.

You can uncross your fingers. Nobody here works for Apple. We are just other users like you, trying to help each other with technical issues. Apple does not monitor this forum for user issues, they only monitor for abuse and appropriate behavior in the ASC.

What causes the issue ..... I am going to go out on a limb and say that nobody here will be able to answer that question. I understand why you get the message - that is obvious - but why the screen locks up doesn't make sense to me.

The best "fix" is to make sure that you backup on a regular basis as you should - and this way you will not get that message.

You can leave feedback for Apple here if you like.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

Hey, I'm having this same problem with my ipod and i can't reset it because my lock button doesn't work!!!!! any more suggestions (I'm not worried about losing data i just want my device fixed)

This workaround worked for me too! Thanks.

Thanks Diavonex....your answer helped me too.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. my ipad has been totally disabled for over a week due to this icloud problem. Some of the convoluted, complicated, advice I got was useless. I have turned off the "reminders" in the icloud app hoping that I can avoid this happening again. Your simple fix took 20 seconds, and my ipad is back in action!

If you backup regularly to iCloud, this message will not pop-up.

All computer/tablet will crash, it's a matter of when. It's important to backup, backup and backup.

This was super helpful - my iPhone 4 just did the same thing mentioned above and I almost went into my carrier location to see if I needed a new one. Thanks for the tip!

Then backup, like it is said in the lock screen.

The issue isn't whether or not backups are a good policy, the issue is that Apple has a dialogue box that breaks all other functionality on the device. Backing up is a treatment, not a cure.

I've been dealing with this issue as well, it's happening multiple times per week. Resetting the device works to temporarily resolve the issue. However, a dialogue box that locks up a device is a bigger issue than resetting or backing up,... For a problem that's almost a year old, I expect a tech giant like Apple to clean up their UX on an expensive device that updates regularly.

I have this problem too. How do I fix it