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hey guys Jason Cipriani here a CNN how-to contributor today we're going to discuss how to manually start an iCloud backup on iOS 5 whether it's your iPod touch your iPhone or your iPad we're going to show you how to begin the backup instead of waiting for iCloud to automatically backup the device when you plug it in at night to charge it so let's take a look on how to complete an iCloud backup on iOS 5 first thing we'll do is we'll launch the Settings app tap on iCloud and scroll down to storage and backup scroll all the way to the bottom again and you'll see along the bottom it'll be loading the last backup date I back mine up just a few minutes ago yours may show a few days ago or last night now you could also note that power a power source as well as your phone being locked and connected to a Wi-Fi network is required for iCloud so automatically backup your phone or device every night if for some reason you're not hooked up to a Wi-Fi network for a few days and you want to make a fresh backup or you get ready to switch devices or an iOS update have just been launched and you want to backup make sure you have a clean backup what you would do is come to this place and then tap on backup now you can scroll down again after you tap on backup now and you'll see a little progress bar as well as the estimated time remaining depending on which model you have as far as storage goes as well as how much content you have on your device will determine how long the backup takes it should take right around 5 to 10 minutes again that also depends on your Wi-Fi speed that's really they're all as to forcing an iCloud backup on iOS 5 make sure to join us over on how to see Netcom for more great tech tips you