How do you lock an iPhone 5c in order to perform an iCloud backup?

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how do you lock iphone 5c in order to perform icloud backup

trying to do backup to icloud and it says it cannot be done but the phone must be plugged in, locked and on Wi-Fi. it is plugged in and on Wi-Fi. not sure how to lock it for this backup.

 

[SwitchBeach]

Re: how do you lock iphone 5c in order to perform icloud backup

Just press the Lock/Power button on the top of the phone.

 

[Just_Me_D]

Re: how do you lock iphone 5c in order to perform icloud backup

To do an automatic iCloud backup, the iPhone will need to be plugged in, connected to Wi-Fi, etcetera, but not for a manual iCloud backup - at least not that I recall.