System backup on iPhone
You have probably come here from the banner in the app's Settings. It says: “If your device's system backup is on (iCloud), it can also save Owndom's data. The cloud backup below is separate.” This page explains that sentence.
What the system backup is
An iPhone backs itself up to your iCloud account, and app data can go into that backup too. When it runs and what exactly it takes is up to Apple, not Owndom.
You switch it on and off yourself, in your device's settings. Apple's help on iCloud backup explains how. Owndom can neither switch it on nor switch it off.
What it keeps of Owndom
The system backup can save everything you have put into Owndom: items, properties, contacts, communication and attachments. It also keeps the app's settings, such as language, theme, currency and the cloud chosen for the backup.
When you restore a device from an iCloud backup, three things don't come back by themselves:
- your sign-in to the cloud account: in Settings, in the “Backup” section, connect again, and the backup keys then come back from the cloud;
- device permissions, such as notifications and battery: these are device settings, so the app asks for them again;
- your consent to error reports: the app asks again.
When iCloud runs out of room
An iCloud backup depends on the free space on your iCloud account. How much room you have, and what happens when it runs out, Apple decides, not Owndom.
Owndom's cloud backup is something else
With Premium, Owndom makes its own backup, to a cloud account you choose. It holds all your items and attachments, and when you restore, you choose which copy to bring back, as described in Choosing a copy to restore. It is encrypted, and the key sits on the same account as the backup; what that means is in Who can see your data. How to set it up is in Backup. The cloud backup also lets you move the same data to another device; how to set that up and how it works is in Using Owndom on more than one device.
The cloud backup doesn't switch off the system backup, and the system backup doesn't switch off the cloud backup. Unless you have turned the system backup off yourself, you have both.