TS3992 manual backup isn't "backing up"

I have an iPhone 5. I recieved the message that I have not backed up in over 2 weeks. I plugged in, connected to wifi and manually initialized iCloud back up and locked the screen. After a while I checked on it and saw I had the message I did not have enough iCloud storage space. I purchased more space and tried to manually initialize backup again. Now, after several hours it has continued to say "backing up ....." and "Estimating time remaining ....." and the little "wheel just goes round and round. I cancel the backup and restarted it. No difference. I reboted the phone and tried again, no difference. Basically it is stuck. Any ideas?

This may be caused by a corrupt existing backup that needs to be deleted, or by data on your phone that is preventing the backup from succeeding. To troubleshoot these, try deleting your last iCloud backup (if you have one) by turning off iCloud Backup in Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup, then tap Manage Storage, swipe across your backup and tap Delete, then go back and turn iCloud Backup back on and try backing up again.
If it still won't back up, you may have an app that is preventing the backup from succeeding. To locate which one, go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup>Manage Storage, tap the name of your device under Backups, under Backup Options tap Show All Apps, then turn them all to Off (including camera roll) and try backing up again. If it succeeds, then the camera roll and/or one of your apps is preventing the backup and you'll have to located by process of elimination. Turn the camera roll On and try backing up again. If it succeeds, turn some of your apps to On and try backing up again. If it succeeds again, turn some more apps to On then try again; repeat this process until it fails. Eventually you'll be able to locate the problem app and exclude it from your backup.

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TS3992 I am unable to back up my ipod touch, I try and do it manually and it sits "Backing Up........." for a very long time, I have had it running all day and still going????? I am on the 5GB free plan, I have availabe 2.3GB

I am unable to back up my ipod touch, I try and do it manually and it sits on "Backing Up.........", it has been sitting on this all day. I am on the free 5GB plan, availabe storage is 2.3GB, any suggestions

Hello mig04,
While looking into the issue you are experiencing I came across some helpful information. In an article called iCloud: Troubleshooting creating backups found here: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3992 there are a number of steps to help get your issue resolved.
General troubleshooting
General information
iCloud Backup requires a Wi-Fi connection to the Internet.
Automatic backups occur when you've plugged in your iOS device, locked the screen, and have connected it to Wi-Fi.
You can manually start a backup by tapping Back Up Now in Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup (requires a Wi-Fi connection to the Internet).
iCloud Backup will provide helpful information and status messages related to backups at the bottom ofSettings > iCloud > Storage & Backup.
If automatic backups don't work as expected, test to see what happens when you start a manual backup by tapping Back Up Now at the bottom of the Storage & Backup screen.
Backups and restores both take time, especially if you have a lot of data or a slow connection. Depending on the size of your data and the speed of your network, you may need to give more time than you expected to a backup or restore.
Make sure you have at least 50 MB of free space available on your iOS device before you back up. If you have no space available on your device, iCloud Backup can fail in some cases. You can verify how much free space you have available on your iOS device in Settings > General > About.
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Time Machine isn't backing up. I have a WD 1.74TB of memory. My Book hooked up to automatically back up. It stopped working in March. The backup disk doesn't initialize, it doesn't show up on my desktop. What to do?

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Hi VincentMboyko,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3275
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When I try to manually backup my ipad2, I receive an error message stating "There was a problem completing the backup. Please try again later" ... and this happens each time I try to back up. Grateful for suggestions ...

When I try to manually backup my ipad2, I receive an error message stating "There was a problem completing the backup. Please try again later" ... and this happens each time I try to back up. Grateful for suggestions ...

Seems to be a common enough problem. I've deleted the partial failed backup from iCloud, restoring all 5Gb of storage. Then started a manual backup. After about 20 minutes I get the same error message. I have repeated this several times. According to my iTunes on my laptop I managed one backup to iCloud from there but it is pointless if u can neither backup to or restore from iCloud via my iPhone 4. I had hoped ios 5.0.1 would solve this glitch but ....
So much for "it just works".
I have yet to see any suggested fix that works for me. Any other suggestions?

TS3992 my ipad will not back up manually , what do i need to do

i have storage but ipad will not complete the back up

If you get the error "Backup not successful" and you've tried deleting the last backup and trying to back up manually without luck, try the following test: Go to...
Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup>manage Storage, tap your device name in the Backups section, then look under Backup options. Turn off all apps from backup and then do a manual backup. If that doesn't work, then this post will not help. If the backup works, then go back to the app list and turn some on and try another backup. If successful, keep repeating these steps. If it fails at some point, then try to zero in on the one app that seems to make the backup fail. (I had this problem and found one app failing, probably due to a corrupt data file.)
This process will take time, but if a backup works with no app data being used but clearly fails with the original settings, then somewhere in the mix of apps is a "bad" one.

Does manual backup to icloud occur over 3G cellular connection?

Does manual backup to icloud occur over 3G cellular connection?

Oh, duh...my bad. It says that photostream syncs when it gets back to your wifi. So it does not use 3G to upload new pictures. Thx for the direction to the answer?
I am surprised that this info isn't more prominent in the ICloud support documents...
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TM v manual backup or synchronisation with Intego Backup Assistant?

TM is irritating +. It permits exclusion of folders/files you don't want to back up but not specification of folders/files you do want to back up. So, for example, it backs up Documents folder on Macintosh HD (not essential) but not Documents folder a couple of levels down in my users directory (essential). Why not?
Can someone give me a good reason for using it? It appears to me that my best option is to stick with my tried and trusted manual back up method (drag and drop) or maybe give Intego Backup Assistant, that came with my new (2nd) external HD, a go.

Anne Parry wrote:
It permits exclusion of folders/files you don't want to back up but not specification of folders/files you do want to back up. So, for example, it backs up Documents folder on Macintosh HD (not essential) but not Documents folder a couple of levels down in my users directory (essential). Why not?
It should back-up everything that's not excluded (aside from some system files, logs, trash, etc.).
What are you seeing that makes you think it isn't backing-up the documents in your home folder?
Click here to download the TimeTracker app. It shows most of the files saved by TM for each backup (excluding some hidden/system files, etc.).
Are you running File Vault? If so, that's a whole different thing. It's handled very differently.

How do I manually backup to both my pc & icloud via itunes?

When I plug my phone in and open itunes, there's a backup section with both icloud and my computer listed.
I want to be able to make a manual backup in both places (you can't be too careful! :-).
I can freely checked either my computer or icloud, and then click the sync button, but I must be missing something else.
What are the relevant Settings that must be selected on the phone?
Does the phone have to be on/active?
What do I need to do in itunes to back up first to one place and then to the other place?
I'm not getting prompted to enter my icloud login/pw--is that a clue to what's not working...

Well, t'uh! (insert apple rant here)
Maybe someone will come by later and explain that bit to us. At least for now, I can mostly do what I want, although it's rather awkward and kludgy.
Thanks for the info, both of you, I appreciate it.
(still grumbling about the apple universe under my breath ;-)

Can I upgrade iOS and still retain *everything*, if I didn't authorize Apple ID and didn'nor had I performed a manual backup?

I am an IT guy here helping 10+ iPad and iPhone users upgrading to iOS 5. I have finished the first two devices, by the following steps:
Obtain the user's Apple ID and password
Get to a clean computer (precisely, logon to a clean profile)
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Maannuly perform a backup (1), just in case.
Perform iOS5 update following the standard procedure.
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Deauthorize Apple ID. "Next one please."
THAT WAS VERY TIME CONSUMING!!
My question is, what will happen if I upgrade a device without doing step 1 through 5 first ? Will backup (2) still backs up everything and restore it,although the user's ID was not authorized in this copy of iTunes?
If this works then it wil save me a lot of time. I can't risk to test it because if it doesn't work, I won't have a good backup to restore the user's data.
(PS) If you asked me why don't I do this on each user's computer? The reason is because some of them do not have a computer, and for those who does have computer, most of them do not have iTunes installed.

In summary, there is no way, for me to fully restore all apps that my users had installed (purchased / free), without authorizing their Apple ID's to iTunes on the computer which I am using to perform the iOS upgrade for them ?
However, I found out it is possible that my nightmare will end after all devices get upgraded to iOS5. Through some tests that I did, I found an interesting fact:
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You need to authorize every single Apple ID on iTunes, so it can back up apps and restore for you.
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*I tested this scenario by backing up a device with only 2 apps installed by 2 diffrent Apple ID's (of course, one of them is used as iCloud account to back up), this device has never been connected to iTunes on a computer, I performed a backup to cloud, wipe the device, restore from the cloud, and both apps, purchased by different Apple ID's, were restored!
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Thank you in advance.

randers4 wrote:
Backing up will not update the calendar, contacts, etc. on his MacBook Pro; only syncing does that (and it's bi-directional). Backing up only creates a device backup that can later be used to restore from if necessary. He can confirm that the backup was successfully created by going to iTunes>Preferences>Devices and checking the Backups list.
Or am I misunderstanding your question?
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Cant make manual backup i cloud

i want to make manual back in icloud
but the bottom for icloud backup is not activate
i cant activate it and i have 5 GB space

is your iPhone connect dot a power source and is Wi-Fi working?
To back up your device manually:
Connect the device to a power source and make sure that you are also connected to the Internet via Wi-Fi.
Go to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup and tap Back Up Now.
See: Get help creating an iCloud backup http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3992

Why No Manual Backup?

As I'm frustrated with the search engine on the forum I thought I'd start a new thread.
I spent about two days developing images from a shoot in LR2. Decided to backup my work...just in case...
Well, the only way to backup your work is to close lightroom and reopen it and since I had selected the "backup lightroom every time it opens" box in the preferences, when it began to reopen I ran the integrity check and backed it up to a 2nd external drive.
I did not move anything. I simply backed up a catalog I had just closed to a different drive... voila!!!
Work gone... images still there... sans developed settings.
Great software... EXCEPT THERE'S NO MANUAL BACKUP!!!
Why?

Why would one want to save all the minuite detail of each develop steps. e.g Every time you move a slider, exposure +.50; brightness +.25; exposure -10; exposure +5; fill light +30; brightness -25; exposure -45.
So what's the final position exposure +0; brightness +0; fill light +30, this is what LR will apply if you export or save to xmp at this stage, the individual steps you applied to arrive at this position is not important, why would you need to save this information. If you need to save at different stages of your work there is always create virtual copy.

Did a manual backup, but update does one itself?

I'm attempting to update my iPad from iOS 3 to the latest version, so I cleared some extra room on my laptop's HD, did a backup, and copied my paid items to iTunes.
After doing this, I have a little over a gig left on my PC hard drive.
When I start the update, iTunes starts a backup of the iPad.
Is this backup exactly what I've already done, and if so, should I delete the manual backup?

cbrhea wrote:
I'm really hesitant to delete the manual backup
IIRC, this changed after iOS 4.x.
(Prior to iOS 4, which is what you have) If you select a manual backup, it creates a new backup.
After iOS 4.x, there is only one backup and they are incremental.
This means that you doing a "manual backup" simply tells iTunes to backup now. It does not create a new. separate backup. Then when you updated, it simply backed up anything changed form the previous backup
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I'm a little confused. I've been reading all the comments that suggest one should leave the Time Machine on automatic backup all the time, and that manual backup defeats the purpose. But what if I have to carry my MacBook around all day, and only manually back it up on the desktop hard drive in the evening when I get home? What do people normally do with their portable MacBook?

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