ICloud back up problems

Hi, I'm trying to back up my iPhone 4 on iCloud to then sync it with my iPad I just bought, it said I didn't have enough storage so I bought more, selected back up and it's been over an hour and a half & it's still only 1% done...... It's not giving me any estimated time for completion either, is it normally this long ?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
The first back up to iCloud may take some considerable time. Just how long isn't really possible to say without knowing how much is in your back up and your connection speed.
What many people don't realise is that upload speeds are often significantly less than download speeds, so for example a user may have a download speed of 40 Mbps, but only 1 Mbps for uploading. As a rough guide it will take around 2 ¼ hours to upload 1 GB of data at 1 Mbps.

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If I do the exact same thing as above for a restore of a backup of my library = does not work.
If I do the exact same thing above but log in with my first account (not my main one but it is the admin account on the computer) and access the test library I created = PS works just fine with no problem.
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i too am suffering from the same problem ..i deleted all my iphone library...all my photos were in icloud ....once i did turn on icloud photo library der are two option either optimize storage or 2nd option download full resolution photos....
i selected download full resolution photos as i have 64 gb iphone 6..but even it says library update when ever i open a photo it opens photo from icloud n i see d same timer type icon on lower right corner of pic until d blurred pic becomes clear.. dis happens in my ipad where i have selected optimize storage option as my ipad air is 32 gb..but its happening in my iphone inspite selecting download original full resolution photos

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