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Thomas137
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HI 

I am backing up my phone for the first time to the cloud on my iphone and its been going for about an hour and a half to this point but stating that there is about 7 hours remaining (the blue line is about a quarter of the way along).  Is this normal that it takes this long for a first back up to icloud?

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MI5
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@Thomas137 

The first time will take longer but it's entirely dependant on your upload speed.

Not known it take that long though.

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madasaf1sh
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That can be very normal its called a computer minute... not quite a minute, not quite an hour 🙂

Are you trying to do this over 4G or Wifi, as your inital backup should be done over WiFi, as it will backup your used storage.

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hi @Thomas137,

Have you managed to solve your query? may I suggest that the other option is to back up your device on a PC or mac computer. It will be a local backup but it could help you in the meantime and is super handy in emergency situations you may need access to your data.

As @madasaf1sh mentioned, using WiFi is the quickest option to back up your device as its a more stable connection and saves you data on your allowance.

If you need any help you're more than welcome to reply to this message for help

Thanks
Will
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