iCloud is probably the most convenient way for us to back up our iPhone. We do not need computer, no USB cable, no another app, and we can complete backup and restoration with this iPhone. While the iCloud only gives you 5 GB space for free, that is far from enough for you. If you want to back up your iPhone to iCloud, you have to pay for a greater iCloud storage. You can purchase storage in Settings>iCloud>Storage>Manage Storage.
How to back up iPhone data to iCloud?
After you have got enough storage space, you can start to back up your data on iPhone.
Connect your iPhone to Wi-Fi network
Go to Settings>iCloud, scroll down and tap Backup.
Turn on the iCloud Backup. It will pop up a warning saying that it won’t automatically backup when connected to iTunes. Click OK and then click Back Up Now.
Next time you need to restore your data from iCloud backup, you can sign in iCloud.com and restore the contents to your iPhone.
Notice that iCloud automatically backup does not perform a full backup for all your data on iPhone, it only back up the most important data on your iPhone, such as camera roll, contacts,notes, mails, settings, etc. Therefore, to secure your data on iPhone, you should manually back up your iPhone to iCloud or to iTunes.
Although back up your iPhone to iCloud is the most convenient way, you still need to use other backup methods. Back up your iPhone to iTunes regularly will reduce your risk of accidental data loss. The iTunes backup is stored on your computer so that you can recover your data at any time. Even you unfortunately lost iPhone, you still can extract data from the backup.
How to recover data from iTunes backup?
In case you have data loss, and they are not in your iCloud backup, you can try to retrieve them from iTunes backup. An iPhone data recovery software can help you to extract data from the iTunes backup on hard drive. The recovery software can scan and analyze all the data in backup and restore the deleted data.
First, you need to install H Data iPhone recovery software on your computer.
Second, launch this program and click View and Restore from iTunes backup.
Third, select the backup which you need to scan. You can confirm which backup you need by the device name, backup data, and serial number.
Fourth, click SCAN button on the interface to let it scan the backup.
Fifth, after scan, there list all the contents in your backup, including your deleted data. Preview and check the files you need to recover.
Sixth, Tick all the files you need and click “Export Selected Records” to export them.
No matter which way you use to restore your data, you can retrieve your data only when you have backed up them. If you want to restore your data directly from iPhone, the data should have not been overwritten.Data recovery software cannot help if the data have been completely erased.