Why is iCloud backup taking so long on my iPhone?

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Why is iCloud backup taking so long on my iPhone?

Currently have an iPhone 11 that is still on iOS 16, am getting an iPhone 16 pro tomorrow and have been attempting to back up to iCloud for multiple days. I didn’t realize that I hadn’t backed up to iCloud in almost 2 years, so I know the backup should take a while, but every time I attempt it it gets no where. I’ve cleared out close to 15GB of memory in an attempt to speed it up, but the backup time just keeps going up and up until it says there’s over a day of back up timing remaining. I even left my phone alone for about 12 hours yesterday, and when I finally checked to see if it was completed it was stuck at the 50% mark and said it would be 2 days until the backup was complete. What do I do?

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iPhone 11, iOS 16

Posted on Oct 16, 2024 11:31 AM

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razmee209

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Oct 17, 2024 10:00 AM in response to Nikkoboskko

Nikkoboskko wrote:

Currently have an iPhone 11 that is still on iOS 16, am getting an iPhone 16 pro tomorrow and have been attempting to back up to iCloud for multiple days. I didn’t realize that I hadn’t backed up to iCloud in almost 2 years, so I know the backup should take a while, but every time I attempt it it gets no where. I’ve cleared out close to 15GB of memory in an attempt to speed it up, but the backup time just keeps going up and up until it says there’s over a day of back up timing remaining. I even left my phone alone for about 12 hours yesterday, and when I finally checked to see if it was completed it was stuck at the 50% mark and said it would be 2 days until the backup was complete. What do I do?

you connect to wifi, power source, locked the device and leave it alone to finish the backup.

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