Two Devices, Separate iCloud Accounts Help

I have two iPhone 4S devices, both 16GB capacity and using the latest iOS software and I had them sharing an iCloud account. When I started getting messages that my iCloud is full, I unselected most of the into to back up on iCloud (i.e. photostream, contacts, etc), but was still getting the message that iCloud was full. I went to Apple, and they suggested creating a separate iCloud ID for the second device and that even tho I selected to back up nothing, the entire phone is being backed up.
Anyway, I created a new ID, deleted the iCloud data from the phone and tried backing up the 2nd device to my new iCloud account. It says it's trying to back up 1.3GB of data, but when I back up, it says it'll take 6 hours. I let it back up overnight, with no success. It just stopped. The last iCloud backup appears as "Never." Tried syncing up via iTunes as well, and then the iCloud, but the iCloud backup never seems to happen.
Any tips?
Thanks.

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