Taken from my original post:
on an iphone 5c running version 8.1.3, I need to test if the icloud is working properly, in Settings->icloud->backup, it is showing "ON" with the green button to the right. I need to know for sure the icloud is indeed enabled and functional, how can I test that please?
I am a pc tech and never owned an iphone so I don;t know how it works, from time to time people bring their apple products to me for repair or troubleshooting and what I can't find on the net I come here for help. This used phone in question belongs to a customer who is not tech savvy. When he had bought the phone years ago he had paid someone to setup everything for him but now he can't find that person so he doesn't know the icloud username and password, he only knows the Apple ID and password.
According to what FixFifth wrote:
"If iCloud Backup has been working you should see the date and time of the last backup below the "Back up now" words at Settings > iCloud > Backup."
There isn't any date and time showing so since this means the icloud has not been working what can i attempt now. One store owner told me I will need to delete and reinstall the icloud account but without knowing the icloud info which was used he can't tell me how to go about this? Any ideas please?