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I've helped a few people recovering from backup after losing or destroying their iPhones. The iCloud backup has, in my experience at least, been nothing but goo
by simondotau 3y ago
I've helped a few people recovering from backup after losing or destroying their iPhones. The iCloud backup has, in my experience at least, been nothing but good luck.
- realusername 3y agoSure, it can be, I would not bet on it due to the lack of status though.
- simondotau 3y agoWhen one accidentally drops their iPhone off a ferry and into the ocean water, most people tend to be infinitely grateful for any backup, even if it's 12 hours old. (And even if the device backup isn't up-to-the-minute, core iCloud features like messages, contacts, notes and photo libraries usually are.)
- realusername 3y agoI don't mind if it's 100% up to date or perfect, but I'd only trust it if I can see somewhere that it's not been stuck not syncing and I can have a look at the sync logs. There's nothing worse than thinking you are covered whereas you weren't and you could not know about it. "Don't worry it will work" isn't satisfying enough in my opinion. Maybe it's because I'm a software dev but I know things can break, bugs do happen and I know by experience it's necessary to have a place to check the status of it. Back to my example where I help my father, I bought some extra storage to my father because he got an email that icloud was full. How long do I need to wait before the iphone is fully synced in order to format it? There's no way to know.