Why is auto backup to the samsung cloud failing on my galaxy s8+?

[Alicia Martinez3]

I have auto backup to the Samsung cloud turned on. When I am connected to WiFi, charging, and screen off for 1 hour, my phone should do a backup automatically.*

However, I've met these conditions and it constantly says unable to back up, please perform a backup.*

When I run the back up manually, it seems to work. Would just love an auto backup I don't have to think about.

 

[uncreativeartist]

I have auto backup to the Samsung cloud turned on. When I am connected to WiFi, charging, and screen off for 1 hour, my phone should do a backup automatically.*

However, I've met these conditions and it constantly says unable to back up, please perform a backup.*

When I run the back up manually, it seems to work. Would just love an auto backup I don't have to think about.

I can't even get it to work manually. This is one of the issues I have been having since I got the phone and cannot get help from Samsung or Sprint.

 

[anon(5719825)]

I seem to remember the same problem with the S7 Edge when it came out. It took an update from Samsung to fix the problem.

 

[dejanh]

I have the same problem and have had it as an issue since day 1. It is a software bug, but as anything else Samsung, don't expect it to ever be fixed.

 

[erasat]

Mine has worked perfectly and smoothly since the S8, not a single issue like I had with all my previous Samsung phones.

One thing that surfaced in a previous similar thread was that the OP was getting the failures because he realized that he didn't have the Samsung Account ready, he mentioned that when he was opening the account it asked him to allow for too many permissions that he rejected it. So, for those of you that doesn't backup even manually, check that your Samsung Account is in good standing.

For the OP that mentions that it backs up manually but not on Schedule, does it backup something or does it simply fails in all options? I'd rather delete and re-enter the Samsung Account, one thing though, your Samsung Pay actual transactions (if any) are lost because the virtual cards get deleted.

 

[DLIVINGS]

Same issue..It will alert me that auto back-up failed, but I am able to do the manual back-up.