IPad say 3.2gb available,but not enough space to back up to iCloud ?

iPad say 3.2gb available of 5gb,but not enough space to back up to iCloud .Whats going on?

iCloud is off-site storage. You get 5GB free. To backup, you need at least the amount used on your iPad. You have to purchase the additional space over the free 5GB.
iCloud: Backup and restore overview
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4859
Check iCloud storage & backup space on iPad
http://www.urltips.net/check-icloud-storage-backup-space-on-ipad/336/
iCloud: Troubleshooting creating backups
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3992
 Cheers, Tom

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1, you can't at the moment, though with iOS 5 in the Autumn, from http://www.apple.com/ios/ios5/features.html#photos :
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Hi,
I have a 2.7GHz Quad-Core 27" iMac from July 2011. It has a 2TB HD which I back up to an external single partition 2TB HD (WD MyBook) over Time Machine (TM). The iMac HD has about 1.4TB on it.
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The first is that I changed the name of my computer around the time that the problem appeared. This can apparently cause TM to not recognise old backups. I therefore deleted the old one and rebuilt my backup from scratch, hoping that the new name would be used. I was able to do one backup before the same issue appeared again.
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I am now at a loss as to what to do.
I would be very grateful indeed if anyone had any thoughts that they could share.
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Semper Eadem wrote:
I got a message that says in essence "not enough space to back up: only 600GB available when 1.4GB is needed". There is one succesful 1.4TB backup.
It's trying to do a near-full backup for some reason, and it's already deleted all but the last remaining backup trying to make room. It was probably trying to back up about 1.2 TB, since it adds 20% to the estimated size. That's likely your entire home folder.
The first is that I changed the name of my computer around the time that the problem appeared.
No, that shouldn't cause it. Apparently on some of the very first versions of Leoaprd, it did, but not since.
The second is that the sparsebundle needs to be resized manually due to a bug,
No, there isn't a sparsebundle on backups made to an internal or directly-connected HD. Those are used only for network backups.
What else did you do around the same time you changed your computer name? See #D4 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting for common causes.
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If the second backup is more than a GB, use one of the apps in #A2 of Troubleshooting to see exactly what got backed-up the second time. That may tell us what's going on.
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How much space is your Other using? You may be able to reduce.
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
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Hello, I am a newbie here. I am asking some help for a vexing problem that I am having with my Blackberry 8320 Curve. I have a Windows XP Pro operating system, Blackberry desktop manager version 4.2.2.14, and roxio easy media creator version 9.
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If you are moving the music to your device memory, files over 2.9MB won't copy.
Put them on your Media Card.
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HT1766 Not enough memory to back up

I have an iPhone 4 with not enough memory to back up through iCloud. I just bought an iPhone 5. How am I going to back up my old phone so that I can transfer everything to my new phone? My original computer that stored my iTunes and used to back it up has crashed.

iPhones are not intended to be sole storage of content.
I understand your old computer crashed, but relying solely on an iPhone that can easily be lost, stolen, or damaged beyond repair is not smart.
You do realize that if the device were lost, stolen, or damaged beyond repair that all your content would be lost, correct?
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