waiting for backup

[mschmiechen]

Hi,

My pixel 2 does not backup at all. In the backup settings it says 'waiting for backup'.

Anyone else has the problem ?

 

[Cherenkov]

My P2 appears to be backing up, but I don't cloud-sync much. Are you on wifi or cellular?

 

[mschmiechen]

WiFi

 

[mschmiechen]

anyone an idea?

 

[N4Newbie]

Settings -> System -> Backup looks like this for me; what about yours?

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[mschmiechen]

its saying waiting to backup

 

[N4Newbie]

its saying waiting to backup

Lol. A little more detail, please.

Do you have the "Back up to Google Drive" switch? Is it enabled?

Does your GMail/Google account show below it under "Account" as in my screenshot?

 

[N4Newbie]

So, I found that this is a common issue going back many months:

Some Pixel phones are having problems with backups, Google is looking into it

https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/phone-by-google/ZK3EkGkvuLA

https://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/04/21/google-pixel-owners-plagued-by-data-backup-issue/

 

[maverick7526]

I am def experiencing that issue. 3 things backed up, but the rest didn't.

 

[rinconmike]

Settings -> System -> Backup looks like this for me; what about yours?

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I have the same on messages. Only one waiting for backup.

 

[sacerdos]

Would this help?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/forcing-pixel-2-xl-backup-t3691071

 

[fr4nk1yn]

Would this help?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-2-xl/how-to/forcing-pixel-2-xl-backup-t3691071

Handy but that seems like a one shot deal. I'm also getting "waiting" needed it when they made me do a factory reset.

 

[FoPlX12]

Guys, have you been able to fix that problem somehow? I've got the same problem.

 

[Max Lopatin]

Can't backup my Xperia XZ1 Compact too. Are there any official news?

 

[ccps]

had the same issue and on a lark I re booted the phone and the backup started to work. go figure.

 

[GSDer]

No matter what I did SMS just wouldn't backup, although everything else did.

Not a big deal since it doesn't backup MMS, so I use a separate application to handle it all (call logs, SMS/MMS) but it's annoying that it doesn't work like it should.
(SMS Backup & Restore https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore in case anyone is interested.)