Hi,
The iPhone 5 with iOS 6.0.2 doesn't auto backup to iCloud when connected for charging , screen locked and connected to the Internet via wi-fi.
I had no sync/backup problems with my iPhone 4 and iOS 6.0.1.
iPhone 5, iOS 6.0.2
You may need to free up some space on your iPhone, so it has at least 50MB free.
See this Apple doc for more info -> iCloud: Troubleshooting creating backups
What has the amount of free space on my iPhone has to do with iCloud backup ?
BTW, I have 11.4 GB of free space.
Have you made certain that iCloud backup is turned on?
Ofcourse I did. iCloud backup works manualy. I have 4.7 GB free space on iCloud.
I think that I have found the bug.
In iOS 6.0.1 there was a wi-fi problem where iPhone 5 has disconnected from wi-fi network and "jumped" to another wi-fi network. Apple issued iOS 6.0.2 to fix that.
It seem that the problem now is that the iPhone 5, in sleep/screen lock mod, disconnects from the wi-fi network and connects to 3G network !! iCloud backup doesn't work over 3G :-)
Does anyone know if Apple is going to fix this bug ?
I would like assistance as well, as have the same issue, very concerned about updating any new software on my iphone 5 without backing up. which it has nver been, please assist us Apple! 🙂
The backup either to your PC or the cloud works OK. You have 2 choices :
Connect the iPhone to your PC and run iTunes, than you can backup to PC or the cloud or both.
Connect your iPhone to electricity and wi-fi connection , and backup manualy to the cloud.
What doesn't work AUTOMATICALY as it should, is cloud backup when the iPhone is charging and connected to wi-fi and the iPhone
goes into "sleep mode". The reason ? When charging and "sleep mode", the iPhone 5 disconnects from wi-fi and connects to 3G, which doesn't support cloud backup.
New update iOS 6.1 hasn't fix the bug and there is no iCloud backup on iPhone 5 when connected to wi-fi and charging.
The same here, as with ilev5723, running iPhone 5 with iOS 6.1: I can back it up to the computer, and manually back it up to the cloud, but with wi-fi and locked and plugged in/plugged in and logged on to iTunes, no automatic backup happens. It's not a big problem, but it is a bug.
iPhone 5/iOS 6.0.2 doesn't backup to iCloud
