This wikiHow teaches you how to use iCloud Drive and other iCloud services on your iPhone when you don't have access to Wi-Fi. Although it's not possible to sync an iCloud backup over the cellular network, you can transfer files using your iCloud Drive, as well as sync your Photos, Notes, Reminders, and more.

Steps

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    Tap Cellular. It's in the first group of options.
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    Scroll all the way down to "iCloud Drive." This option is at the bottom of the menu, past all of the other apps.
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    Enable cellular data for other iCloud-related apps . Scroll back up to look at the other apps in the list. If an app's switch is green, that the app or service can use cellular when Wi-Fi is unavailable. If the switch is gray/white, it cannot. These are the iCloud-related apps and services for which you can enable cellular data:
    • App Store
    • Calendar
    • Contacts
    • Find My
    • Keynote
    • Mail
    • Messages
    • Music
    • Notes
    • Numbers
    • Pages
    • Photos
    • Reminders
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Gonzalo Martinez
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This article was written by Gonzalo Martinez and by wikiHow staff writer, Nicole Levine, MFA. Gonzalo Martinez is the President of CleverTech, a tech repair business in San Jose, California founded in 2014. CleverTech LLC specializes in repairing Apple products. CleverTech pursues environmental responsibility by recycling aluminum, display assemblies, and the micro components on motherboards to reuse for future repairs. On average, they save 2 lbs - 3 lbs more electronic waste daily than the average computer repair store. This article has been viewed 92,246 times.
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Updated: February 1, 2023
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Article SummaryX

1. Open your iPhone's Settings.
2. Tap Cellular.
3. Toggle the "Cellular Data" switch to On.
4. Toggle the "iCloud Drive" switch to On.
5. Toggle other iCloud-related apps to On.

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