Q: iOS 9.2 iCloud backup still not fixed!!!

Gents, I bought a 6S 128gb today - restored my itunes backup from my 5S which wasn't backing up to iCloud, ran the iCloud backup from the 6S and it completed!!

so I can deduce from this that the problem is device specific as I have exactly the same apps and setup from my old 5S which wasn't backing to iCloud.

Merry Christmas

I got my "back up to iCloud working", yay!    Accidentally, but I'll explain what I did.  I still don't trust it though so I'm going to continue backing up to my computers.   I have an IPhone 6 Plus, 64g, last back up October 7, 2015. Today I went to my home desktop, updated iTunes, and then ICloud popped up. I deleted  Notes from my back up listed in iCloud, what a screwup, then spent the rest of the day trying to recover my notes from my back ups on my laptop and my desktop.  I ended up finding my encrypted backup password for my desktop, which I had done earlier today before I deleted the notes,  so I had a very fresh full back up .  I Ended up restoring my phone three different times because every time I did it it would immediately erase all my notes because it was syncing with my iCloud which I had previously deleted my notes.  So the last time I restored, as it was coming to life, I immediately turned off cellular data and Wi-Fi, so my phone couldn't sync with iCloud. Then I had access to my notes, which I copied each note file over to MS WORD  on my iPhone, one at a time. Then I turned cellular data and Wi-Fi back on and this system synced with iCloud and deleted all my notes again, but at least I recovered them and have them all safe in Microsoft word on my iPhone.  Maybe I had a corrupt notes files like someone mentioned. I know that often when I edited one of my notes it would duplicate and create another file with the exact same name,  but the new notes would only show up in one, , and it was very confusing and hard to work with. I think I'll use my notes in MS Word from now on.  At that point I was not plugged in and only on Wi-Fi, and told my phone to back up to iCloud and it worked.   I just did it again to iCloud, with my phone plugged in to my computer, and it said successful. Tomorrow I will get Apple support on the phone to double check my back up files on iCloud, because I don't know if they're highly compressed and can't confirm whether the full file is there because it's only about four gig of my storage used uP., but my phone has 35 gig avail out of 64.

I Am having this problem too.  After several phones and work arounds, i was finally told it would be fixed on their next software update. 

I'm having this same issue.  Have attempted to reset the phone and other steps suggested by support, even did a restore from backup to no avail.  Only thing I haven't done was to set it up as a brand new phone and attempt backup that way.

I've gone into the backup and turned off all individual apps, but it still shows the next backup will be 834MB.  If I have everything turned on, the backup is 1.0G.  I have the 50G plan with 44.2G free.

My iPad was having some issues automatically backing up, but it will complete a manual backup.  My iPhone currently hasn't backed up in a couple of months and all iCloud backups were deleted on advice from support.  Really needing a solution because continually backing up to my laptop isn't convenient.

Just going to say this once.

Attempting to backup your phone through iCloud when your phone is like 128gigs is ridiculous.

Ya'll gotta understand that you're attempt to save like 30 gigs worth of data in a backup it will take a LONG TIME, longer than usual cause that aint entirely normal. Plus if you aren't paying for iCloud storage, you would immediately bust though the free 5 gigs available.

The larger your phone, the larger your backups are (provided you're using up all that space.)

iCloud is not a viable option for backing up in this instance and you'll need to use iTunes. It will be far easier for all of yah!

dklubu wrote:

 

Just going to say this once.

 

Attempting to backup your phone through iCloud when your phone is like 128gigs is ridiculous.

 

 

Just going to say this once.

iCloud backups only back up DATA. They do not back up music. They do not back up apps. They do not back up purchased videos. They do not back up downloaded photos. They back up app data. Period. They also may include mail, contacts, calendars, reminders, notes, and photos taken with the phone, but ONLY if those items are not synced via iCloud. See: About backups in iCloud and iTunes - Apple Support for more details about what is included in a backup.

I have a 128 GB iPhone. it has about 25 GB free, meaning it contains over 100 GB of apps, music and data. My iCloud backup size is 2.6 GB. The backup for my 128 GB iPad is only 916 MB.

iCloud backs are also incremental, meaning only content that has changed since the last backup is transferred. As that's rarely more than a few MB, after the first backup an iCloud backup takes only a couple of minutes.

Backing up a 128 GB iOS device to iCloud is both practical and convenient. It is far from ridiculous.

Once you remove all apps from the backup, what is left that is included?  If I choose to backup everything, the backup size shows 1.0G.  If I turn off every app, so nothing is selected, then it shows the backup will still be 834M.  Even the largest app in the list only shows to be only 80M.  All iCloud items are synced, so there really shouldn't be anything left.

Hrrrrrrrrrrm.

HRRRRRRRRRRRM.

Nope. Gotta say I disagree. Sounds like you manage your phone like a beast though, which is rad.

iCloud backups can be VERY large. And they backup a whole lotta stuff. So a phone with a large amount of photos and videos on it that isn't using iCloud Photo Library will lead to a massive backup!

About backups in iCloud and iTunes - Apple Support

Interesting that you posted the same link I did, and somehow you think it proves your point despite the fact that it contradicts you. Yes, if you keep several thousand photos in your camera roll It can make the backup large, but at the average size of a photo 1,000 photos would only be 3 GB.

Oh man, no hate or nothing.

What we said is both true. I'm just saying, most people have massive iCloud backups! Just ask'm.

Let us all just agree that iCloud backup is not working for a lot of users.  Irregardless of the size of the backup.  The simple fact is this feature is not working since iOS 9/9.1 and hasn't been resolved with IOS 9.2 either.  If we can keep the discussion on topic and directed towards getting a resolution from Apple or work around somehow I think it would help everyone.  Also read that there is a 9.2.1 beta out as of December 16 has anyone gotten this and had luck with an iCloud backup fix?

10 Weeks without an iCloud backup!

Like many others, it appears, my automatic iCloud backups stopped a few weeks ago, and I believe this was about the same time I upgraded to iOS 9.2.  I have the same problem with an iPhone 5 and iPad.  Maybe I am the only one with this additional issue:  there is no longer an option to start a manual backup (for both the iPhone 5 and the iPad).

From reading the other replies, I have decided to wait for the next iOS update and hope that fixes my iCloud backup problems.

Have you called AppleCare or gone to an Apple Store? Backup is working fine of my devices and I am using 9.2.

I Have the same problem and on my second call to apple, the tech told me that it happens with 50% of the phones...he said it even was a problem with his iphone.  He said Apple would fix it on the next software update.