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It is true that iCloud has a large number of issues. > Let me repeat that: you need to ERASE YOUR PHONE TO CHECK IF A BACKUP EXISTS. Maybe I don't underst

It is true that iCloud has a large number of issues. > Let me repeat that: you need to ERASE YOUR PHONE TO CHECK __IF__ A BACKUP EXISTS. Maybe I don't understand what you're getting at here, but you can see if there is a backup of your device. Settings > iCloud > Storage > Manage Storage – Lists all the devices w/a backup, the last time they were backed up, the size of the backup, an estimate of the size of the next backup, etc. > My Passbook/Wallet needs to be recreated every time I set up a device? See "How Apple Pay uses the Secure Element" - https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf https://www.apple.com/business/docs/iOS_Security_Guide.pdf

basch 10y ago
Manage Storage doesnt show every backup time, just the last. Say for example a person 1) backups their phone to icloud 2) restores their phone from itunes (bad) 3) their phone backs itself up to icloud (overwriting the known good icloud backup with the out of date itunes backup). iCloud shows the LAST backup (a bad out of date one), but if i want to restore the known good backup from step 1, i need to erase the phone (or find a different factory reset device) before I can see all the available icloud backups. If you call Apple Support they can also see the full list of backups and tell you the time each occurred, but there is no user facing place to confirm the information except on a factory reset first boot. As for the secure element, it's a credit card number, I hand it to a waitress every time I eat out. Its basically public information, given how many hundreds of companies have it. I dont need secure hardware to protect the 16 digit number I flash at multiple humans eyeballs every day. If it gets abused, I change the number.