ICloud does not backup 4S

iCloud does not backup. On my iPhone 4S it states "There was a problem completing the backup. Please try again later." after attempting to Back Up Now. I've spent far too much time trying to discover a work around to this issue, and I've been on this forum and others in search of answers, to no avail.
Before receiving my iPhone 4S in the mail on October 17th, I upgraded my iPhone 3GS to iOS 5 on the morning of the 15th. In using iCloud on that device, everything "just worked" as we're told that it should. As this problem has become apparent with my 4S, I have gone back and disabled iCloud on my old 3GS, but this has not solved my problem.
I've found many other customers in my searches that have had this same, or similar, issue. Some users claimed that turning off and on iCloud solved their problem. Some claimed that restoring their iPhone to factory settings and then reclaiming backed up data solved their peoblem. Some claimed that creating a new Apple account, using it to backup through iCloud, and then logging into their original Apple account solved their problem. None of these solutions worked for me. 
Some users have speculated that this is some kind of corrupt account issue. I'm beginning to feel this way as well.
I'm not really interested in going to the Genius Bar, because frankly I've been more effective on my own and I haven't been impressed with their knowledge in the past. I am willing to call AppleCare to try to get some flag raised in Apple's Engineering department as a last resort, but I'm curious how widespread this issue is and if anybody has had any luck with this route yet.

I don't want version and I want to go back to iOS 7.1.2 please tell me how to do it.
You can't.  There's no going back to a previous iOS on an iPhone. Apple doesn't support it.  Have you taken the phone into an Apple store Genius bar to have them take a look at it?  Be sure to make an appointment before going in.

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