I phone backup increasingly increasing estimated backup time

I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max that just had switched its iCloud account. I tried to back it up to iCloud but the estimated time just kept increasing, minute by minute. I even left it overnight but the time increased to 5 hours.

iPhone 14 Pro Max, iOS 18

Posted on Dec 18, 2024 04:10 PM

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Dec 18, 2024 04:50 PM in response to Angelo_Demirel

Angelo_Demirel wrote:

I have an iPhone 14 Pro Max that just had switched its iCloud account. I tried to back it up to iCloud but the estimated time just kept increasing, minute by minute. I even left it overnight but the time increased to 5 hours.

Normal behavior if this is the first time or a long time backing up to icloud.

Before you go to bed, connect to wifi, plug to power source, lock the device and leave it alone to do it's thing.

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