How come my wallet didn’t back up ?

Ok so I purchased iCloud + because my iPhone said I was low on data and I assumed that it would automatically give me more storage however when my phone started acting up I checked my automatic updates and it said that I couldn’t update my iOS 18.2.6 because I didn’t have enough storage space, I was confused so I checked and my iCloud storage was almost full and still said I only had 64GN however my iCloud + had 200GB ! So I signed into my Apple account and offloaded my apps to my iCloud + account and then I updated my iOS and went to bed however when I woke up even though I was signed into my cellular data and I phone I couldn’t connect to the internet! So I called support and they reset my network and then my phone and then they had me turn it off for ten seconds and power it back on again no internet connection however all of my data and apps were on my phone and working except my wallet! I had to add everything all over again and I had 3 digital gift cards on there that I couldn’t add on , so I lost them. I still can’t connect to the internet even though it says 5G on my phone and I am connected to my cellular data and signed into my WiFi network which is running every other thing it’s connected to fine.. I’m lost and I really need some help please

iPhone 12, iOS 18

Posted on Nov 7, 2025 12:20 AM

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Nov 21, 2025 3:27 PM in response to 2400Duncan_3973

In order to free up space on the phone you need to go to iPhone, Settings, [tap your name], iCloud, Photos, and turn on "Sync this Phone", with "Optimise iPhone storage" turned on.

it may take a day or three for all your photos to sync to iCloud.

Once you are sure they are in the cloud you can backup then restore from backup


Resources…

Icloud photos: Set up and use iCloud Photos – Apple Support (UK)

Backing Up: How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support

Erasing:  Erase your iphone to factory settings

Restoring: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support


How come my wallet didn’t back up ?

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