Backup Process for iOS 7

If I go to settings/icloud/storage and backup,

icloud back up is grey and won't let me toggle to on.
Assume this is intentional for beta?

Did this happen for iOS 6 beta?

I'm afraid to attempt a itunes HD back up.
A) Don't know if it will work
B) It usually overwrites your last backup, opposed to an incremental.
Is it possible that since it's new software, it would create "new" ?

I'm too afraid to try, as if it "over writes" then for some reason it's not compatible or you have to downgrade, you're screwed.

Anyone else notice this yet?


Lastly, if you can't icloud back up, what happens what the master version comes out?

A) If it lets you just update, then you can back up, no issue
B) If it requires a full software restore, and you can't backup, would it force you to restore a backup from prior to the beta release, which at that time could be 3 months old?

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks for the confirmations.

 

Good idea, a back up of a back up doesn't hurt.

 

Figured out the problem...
I had noticed that in the camera roll it keeps saying"downloading" and there are dozens of pictures that are missing, just showing a grey box labeled "JPEG"

It popped up last night and said:
"This iphone is currently being restored and will automatically back up when done"

I had deleted photos manually before my backup,
I wonder if that freaked it out and it kept trying to find them,
And the "attempt to restore" in the background prevented my backup ability.

Conclusion,
ios 7 icloud backup = OK
ios 6 itunes backup (hard drive) = won't back up (keep ios 6)
Back up the back up folder just in case

 

I still wish in itunes they'd give you the option of:

New backup
Incremental backup (delete old)

Seems like in time machine you can go backwards,
But the ios backup is a 1 or nothing thing.

I have a few weird backups, like from 2011, and 2012, my guess is it creates a new when new software is released?

Additional backups, chosen by date you select, would be great