HT4859 Iphone Backup to ICloud

my backup on my Iphone always says incomplete - what is wrong?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
First check that your device is correctly connected to the wifi/internet (settings > wifi)
If your back up continually fails, you might try turning off back up on your mobile device (settings > iCloud > storage & backup) and then deleting the backup file from iCloud by swiping the backup file on the mobile device (settings > iCloud > storage & backup > manage…) and then turning back up on again.
If this doesn't help, try turning off some items for back up in a pattern to try to establish if your problem is being caused by specific data on your device.
Being able to back up to the cloud can be very useful, especially if you don't have access to a computer or have infrequent access to one, however unless you specifically need to use iCloud for back up, you will find backing up to iTunes significantly more convenient and possibly more reliable.
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hi,
Maybe you can try some data recovery program to search your iPhone backup files. These kinds of data recovery programs
for example, iPhone Data Recovery, are designed to help users to find back and recover their lost files.
I suggest that you run this kind of software, and then choose the 3rd mode in the software to retrieve all of your iCloud backup, I guess you can see your iPhone backup there.
With such awesome software, you can also recover deleted or lost iPhone data.
Good luck, friend.

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How long should it take to restore new 4s iPhone backup from iCloud?

That depends mostly on your Internet connection download speed, and how much data you have on the phone. It could take anything from a few minutes to several days. There is no "one size fits all" answer.

TS2800 how can I see what is going to be included in the next iphone backup to icloud?

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The "playhead indicator" is a twofold tool. Click on the "clock" icon and it switches to Project Length:
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iCloud have me totally confused. I started with a .mac account which became a .me account and now I have an .icloud.com. I have a recent iphone backup that I want to restore to my phone and I can see it in my preference pane for iCloud. I cannot see it where I need it the most, in my itunes account. Are all these accounts not the same. Can they not all see the same information. This whole exercise is beginning to look very microsofty. Not what I expect from apple. I have had similar issues with this before. Is there a solution? Even a third party one that I can use. This icloud is not working for me at all. Even during the transition to iCloud all of my iDisk info was wiped.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
regards
Ken
This is the backup i want thats in iCloud
These are the backups on my itunes

Thanks for your reply.
As I stated I have three accounts.
I started back in the day with a .mac account. Then apple change this to a .me account. Now I have two. Then came icloud and now I have three. They were and are all appleID's, mail accounts etc.
When you say just restore your iClown backup to the device is this an easy do as I cannot find a pathway to that solution. I have been trying. Can you point me in that Direction.
As far as my iDisk data goes, I downloaded it and it was corrupt. When I discovered this apple had already deleted the information. I should have been more specific on that one.
regards
ken

IPhone backup (in icloud) doesn't appear later (for restoring)

Hello,
I have all these iDevices, with iOS 5 and with backups in iCloud:
iphone 3GS
iPad
iPhone 4S (let's call this "4S1")
I have received a second (new) iPhone 4S (let's call it "4S2"), and want to use it instead of 4S1, so I thought I could iCloud backups to transfer everything from 4S1 to the new 4S2. I made a backup of 4S1 in iCloud, then switched on 4S2, and in the initial setup procedure, chose "restore from iCloud backup". But in the available backups, only appear those of 3GS and ipad, not the backup of 4S1.
I manually made more backups of 4S1, but again, none of them are available for 4S2 to restore from them (only backups of the 3GS and iPad)...
I deleted the backups of the 3GS in iCloud, even disabled iCloud inside the 3GS, then made more backups of 4S1, but... now the only backups available to restore to 4S2 are those of the iPad, not valid for me.
The "funny" thing is that, in the 4S1, under settings-icloud-storage and copies (well, mine is in spanish, don't know how this is written in english ios)-manage storage, THERE IS a backup of the 4S1, so... why doesn't it appear as available when I try to restore that backup to the new 4S2?
Thanks in advance,

Excuse me, I forgot to include that I read this discussion:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17838682#17838682
so it appears that one probable cause is, the backups from 4S1 are made with iOS 5.1, and the new 4S2 has 5.0.1. I have read documentation from Apple, and found none stating that the backups were incompatible between different iOS 5 versions.
In the mentioned discussion you can read that the solution is to upgrade the 4S2 to iOS 5.1. The thing is, I don't want to upgrade 4S2 to 5.1.1 by now... Could it be possible to use still the backups of my 4S1?
Thanks,

HT4859 Last backup to iCloud unkown

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I went to settings on my phone (iPhone 4) and to the backup for ICloud (which is ON) and when I tap "Back Up Now" it doesn't do anything.
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Welcome to the Apple Community.
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You could always restore the backup again to the iPhone 5, assuming you mean that after deleting the contacts, you didn't perform another backup.
Settings>General>Reset and tap Erase All Content & Settings
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HT4847 do you know if i delete my old iphone backup on icloud, will it delete everything off my iphone that was put on from the backup?

I want more space, and i had recently got a new iphone and i backed it up with icloud so i have all my important info... if i delete the old back up from november, will it delete what i had just put on my phone off my phone itself?

No. It will only permanently delete the backup from your iCloud account. It won't do anything to the data on your phone.

How can I view / access an old iPhone backup on iCloud before deleting it?

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Hi, Tiago, maybe you can get help from data recovery software. Now things get easy now.
As far as I know, there are three ways to recover deleted contacts and photos from iPhone 5 with iPhone Data Recovery.
Way 1: Recover deleted photos from iPhone directly
Way 2: Using iTunes Backup to recover deleted photos
Way 3: Using iCloud Backup to recover deleted photos
You can refer the way 3 of how to recover deleted photos from iPhone to recover photos from old iPhone iCloud backup.
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My iphone backup on icloud is gone, I can only find my ipad backup

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Do you use PhotoStream? If so, the photos might be there. I hate to tell you but your data on the phone may already be gone and a restore may be your only option at this point. This is why regular backups are so important. You can try a reset of the device to try & get it stabilized: hold down the power & home buttons until the Apple logo shows, then let go.

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Welcome to the Apple Community.
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HT4859 Simple backup to iCloud

Can anyone point me in the right direction? I simply want iCloud to backup a single directory on my Mac, and that's it. I don't want automated backups of my entire machine ... just a single directory, simple. Can anyone tell me how that is to be done?

Photos ... only photos ... and lots of them. I've got a single directory on my Mac that contains these images and that's all I'd like to store in the cloud. I guess I mistakenly thought iCloud could do this.
I want a simple drag and drop, virtual disk, that I can store this data to. I don't really even want any automation. Simply sign in and drag from my Mac to the cloud as a backup. Simple.
What about Carbonite as a carrier? Have you heard of them?
So .. what you're telling me is that iCloud isn't good for much more than getting all of your Apple gear synchronized?
Thanks for your willingness to help me out here.

HT4859 Restoring backups from iCloud

Can't restore iCloud backups to my phone even after following the advice online

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Navigate to Settings > General > Reset > Erase all contents and settings on the device you want to restore.
When this completes and the Set-Up Assistant starts, choose "Restore from iCloud Backup" and enter your iCloud account and password. You will see the three most recent backups for each of the devices on which you enabled Backup. Choose which backup to restore from.
What happens when you try this.

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