Icloud issues between devices

Is anyone else experiencing problems with icloud? I use it between my iPad mini (latest iOS) and iPhone 4s (iOS 6). It started with my photostream oddly being turned off on my iPad, I did not do this! My icloud browser tabs won't sync on either device, says I need to sign into icloud yet my device is already? Also my pages app on my iPad will sometimes show no documents yet I can see them in settings then it all coming back randomly?
What's going on? Am I doing something wrong? Please help, I'm at my wits end with apple.

If you're having multiple issues with iCloud on multiple devices and this happens when you're connected to your home wifi, perhaps you're experiencing wifi issues.  Potential solutions to that include power-cycling your wireless router (unplugging it for 15 seconds, then plugging it back in), resetting network settings on your devices (in Settings>General>Reset), updating the firmware on your router, and changing the router's DNS settings to use Google's public DNS (see https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/using).
If it this is happening on multiple wifi networks, you might want to try signing completely out of your iCloud account, then signing back in.  To do this, start by saving any photo stream photos that you want to keep to your camera roll (unless already there) by opening your my photo stream album, tapping Select, tapping the photos, tap the share icon (box with upward facing arrow), then tapping Save to Camera Roll.  Then go to Settings>iCloud, tap Delete Account (which only deletes it from your device, not from iCloud), provide the password to turn off Find My iDevice and choose Delete from My iDevice when prompted (your data will still be in iCloud).  Then sign back in (your iCloud data will download back to your device).

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