Is your iCloud photos turned on on your new phone?
#New Phone
frank jay
runic bison
Yeah. I pay monthly for iCloud
On the website the photos are there just dunno how to get them back.
frank jay
if your iCloud photos is turned on for your phone go into your Photos app and wait for it to sync and then you can download them all off-line
runic bison
By photos app what do you mean
frank jay
Because what iCloud photos does is it basically makes your library a cloud library so you can access everything in the cloud through the Photos app on the iPhone. But the Photos app also allows you to download the pictures locally from the cloud.
runic bison
if your iCloud photos is turned on for your phone go into your Photos app and wa...
It’s been a few hours. Nothing has happened
frank jay
Is your iPhone plugged into power?
frank jay
It needs to be plugged in while it’s syncing. The iPhone needs to be plugged into power. And depending on your connection and your storage, sometimes it can take a while..
runic bison
How do I make it sync?
frank jay
Open up your Photos go into your library and scroll all the way down to the bottom and there should be an option that says sync now, tap on that
If it’s not there then you might want to wait a few days for your other phone to back everything up and then try it again
frank jay
You don’t see a sync now button in blue.
Next to the not synced message
How did you set up your new phone? Did you set it up as a new one or did you restore from an iCloud backup?
or did you restore from a computer?
runic bison
or did you restore from a computer?
No
In the for you section all the photos are there. But not in my album
@frank jay
Is there a way to transfer them
frank jay
Not if they’re in the cloud no. It needs to sync on its own. Did you restore from an iCloud backup?
runic bison
Not if they’re in the cloud no. It needs to sync on its own. Did you restore fro...
I think?
frank jay
Cause if you restored from an iCloud back up, you should be able to retrieve them as part of the backup. if you want to make things easier just if you want to though, you can reset your new phone and try the transfer thing instead of the iCloud back up. The transfer from iPhone to iPhone..
runic bison
What happened was I transferred the phone then only 110+ photos were on there
I tried to airdrop them from the website but it took too long
There 40GB worth of photos
frank jay
Yeah, so if you transferred from iPhone to iPhone, it will only transfer whatever’s on that phone at that time. so try the iCloud back up and see if that works. Because every time I restore my phone and I do the iCloud back up on my photos come on.
runic bison
Backup doesn’t come up
frank jay
You have to reset the phone again and set it up as an iCloud backup. Not a transfer from a different phone.
You’re not in beta on your other phone are you?
frank jay
OK is your other phone still set up?
runic bison
Kind of but some stuff is deleted
frank jay
OK cause I was going to propose is make a back up on that phone and then restore from that back up on your new phone after you reset your new phone
runic bison
Ok
frank jay
Because the iCloud back up in my opinion is the best way to restore a phone after you get a new one because not only does it transfer all your apps in your home screens and everything but it also transfers your photos correctly it transfers your music correctly all that other stuff.
make sure you have a back up of that old phone though before you reset your new one so that way you’re not resending it for no reason you can check it by going into settings into your Apple ID into iCloud iCloud back up and then at the bottom you should see your back ups
tacit pollen