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My iphone X from June 2019 is still going strong, though I often get messages that I'm out of icloud storage and should pay for more. So far, I haven't. The system tells me that my last successful backup was in Feb. 2022. All of my photos are backed up regularly on my Amazon account which is included in my Amazon membership. I keep a notebook of all my usernames and passwords, so that's my backup for those. I've kept each previous cellphone until it literally fell apart or some function just stopped working. I'll probably shop for a new phone at the very first sign of any trouble with this one, though.

I've just realized I need to pay for additional backup though, because I have voicemails and texts from my mother who passed away a couple of months after I bought the phone, and I don't want to lose those.

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16 minutes ago, jeezopete said:

My iphone X from June 2019 is still going strong, though I often get messages that I'm out of icloud storage and should pay for more. So far, I haven't. The system tells me that my last successful backup was in Feb. 2022. All of my photos are backed up regularly on my Amazon account which is included in my Amazon membership. I keep a notebook of all my usernames and passwords, so that's my backup for those. I've kept each previous cellphone until it literally fell apart or some function just stopped working. I'll probably shop for a new phone at the very first sign of any trouble with this one, though.

I've just realized I need to pay for additional backup though, because I have voicemails and texts from my mother who passed away a couple of months after I bought the phone, and I don't want to lose those.

I also get those icloud messages in one of my imail spam folders. I have ignored them for weeks because I don't know if they are real. New photos that I take with the phone continue to show up on the phone's photo storage.

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25 minutes ago, jeezopete said:

My iphone X from June 2019 is still going strong, though I often get messages that I'm out of icloud storage and should pay for more. So far, I haven't. The system tells me that my last successful backup was in Feb. 2022. All of my photos are backed up regularly on my Amazon account which is included in my Amazon membership. I keep a notebook of all my usernames and passwords, so that's my backup for those. I've kept each previous cellphone until it literally fell apart or some function just stopped working. I'll probably shop for a new phone at the very first sign of any trouble with this one, though.

I've just realized I need to pay for additional backup though, because I have voicemails and texts from my mother who passed away a couple of months after I bought the phone, and I don't want to lose those.

Come on 99 cents/month for entry level extra iCloud storage. I just did it for my 94 yo dad bcs his iPad wasn’t backing up due to insufficient storage.

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19 minutes ago, Charlie said:

I also get those icloud messages in one of my imail spam folders. I have ignored them for weeks because I don't know if they are real. New photos that I take with the phone continue to show up on the phone's photo storage.

I get the popup messages on my iphone. They also show up in my system settings on my iphone. 

Yes, my photos still show up on my phone but the messages mean they are only on my phone and not backed up anywhere else. So, if something happens to the phone, the photos would be lost. That's why I have them all backed up in my Amazon account.

18 minutes ago, MikeBiDude said:

Come on 99 cents/month for entry level extra iCloud storage.

I totally agree. I initially refused when the messages first appeared after about 2 years because the monthly phone payments had recently ended and it was a matter of principle. Now it's just plain stubbornness. 😖

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