# Nextcloud ios app background upload

**URL:** <https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-ios-app-background-upload/99541>\
**Category:** 📱 Desktop & mobile clients\
**Created:** [November 27, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-ios-app-background-upload/99541 "2020-11-27T15:34:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![j-ed](https://help.nextcloud.com/user_avatar/help.nextcloud.com/j-ed/32/7281_2.png) [@j-ed](https://help.nextcloud.com/u/j-ed)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/nextcloud-ios-app-background-upload/99541/2 "2020-11-27T15:48:06Z")

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I like the search function of this forum, because it took me less than 5s to find this report 😉

> [@iOS Client background upload not working](https://help.nextcloud.com/t/ios-client-background-upload-not-working/65294):
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> IOS auto upload doesn’t work when app is not in focus. as soon as the device is locked or the app is in background the upload stops. Nextcloud version (eg, 17.0.1): Operating system and version (FreeBSD 11.2-STABLE (FreeNAS.amd64)): Apache or nginx version (nginx/1.16.1): PHP version (PHP 7.1.33): IOS Version (13.2.3) I have an iPad Pro, iPhone 10xs Max, iPhone 11 Pro Max. all of these devices have the same symptom. auto upload photos/videos on auto upload photos on auto upload videos…

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