My iphone 4 is not backing up with icloud with wifi on and charging and screen lock lately

my iphone4 is not doing automatic back lately on charging even i have wifi on and screen is locked not everytime i am charging once in a while it does
another question how long after phone is charged then auto back up suppose to start

Hi Kayak Paddler,
Have you tried to log off from iCloud and logging back in? After that, you could try to turn off and then on the backup button.
Also, deleting previous iCloud backups is a good idea if there is any.

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