So I thought when I bought some more iCloud storage, I'd be able to use it for both my iphone and ipad, since they're on the same account, but that doesn't appear to be the case.
Can you not share iCloud storage between two devices?
I am using an iPad but it works the same way on an iPhone. Tap on Manage Storage under the iCloud section.
iCloud storage is tied to the Apple ID. Your iPhone and iPad should share the same storage as long as they are both logged in to iCloud using the same Apple ID. Have you double-checked the ID used for iCloud on both? Also, what are you seeing (or not seeing) that makes you think they aren't sharing?
I did....I don't have that middle section of "backups" like you have. You can see at the top I have almost 90 GB of storage on the iPad. But in the iCloud section it only shows 5 GB, with only 2.81 available. When I go to icloud.com, it shows the backup from my iphone and it says I have 18.6 GB available.
AmishCake, I don't think that's the problem. I had no backups in iCloud when I first started out so no storage was used. I since backed up my iPhone. When I go to "Backup" on my iPad, it says the backup size is 2.35 GB. and yet I have 18.6 GB available in my account.
It appears that your problem is not enough storage in iCloud to accommodate all your devices. The basic free iCloud storage account only has 5GB storage and your iPad has well over 90GB. You'll have to upgrade your iCloud storage significantly in order to be able to back it up on iCloud.
Did you look in Settings>General>Storage & iCloud Usage>iCloud>Manage Storage? I have three devices sharing iCloud storage.
Can iphone and ipad share the same icloud storage?
