I can not turn on icloud back up

I have logged into my icloud account. I am following the set up on apple.com but when I go settings / icloud / the storage & backup tab is not visable. I have photostream on but I want to back up my photos to my icloud.

At settings>icloud, you should see "Storage & Backup" at the bottom of the page, just above the red "Delete Account" button.
If not there reboot the device, hold home and power buttons until you get the apple logo.
Regarding photos, the general rule is to ALWAYS sync photos to a computer for archiving.  Never trust an icloud backup for photos.  Too many users have posted in this forum, saying they didn't get their photos back after doing a restore from such a backup.

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