I just got an iPad Air 2 from my wife for a birthday present, and that puppy has never backed up to iCloud. I have had it for about a month now.
I have tried to force a manual update, and when I check back six hours later, the iPad says simply the device has never been backed up.
This is particularly irksome, as a checkbook program I have relies on iCloud to synchronize my iPhone and iPad for this app.
I am mystified by the lack of outrage by this flaw in IOS9 (and IOS8 previously). Apple is more or less forcing everyone to using the iCloud service. Fair enough if iCloud worked. Understandable if there were a mass-email to users saying "Terribly sorry...we will get it sorted by XX date." But I have heard nothing from Apple on this.
Rather, the tone appears to be "No Big Deal, we will get around to it. Chill."
Meanwhile I have been castigating the app provider for its inability to synch my devices, when in reality, it is Apple/iCloud causing my problems.
What is going on here? How will we know when iCloud is working again? What is the accepted workaround? I don't mind manually backing up, IF the manual backup actually.... well.... backed something up, not just consume a lot of home WiFi bandwidth and electricity for six hours.