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google photos only backs up when app is open
I am also experiencing this since Google Photos was released. If you have Back up & sync on, deleting the Google Photos app from your device will not turn it off.
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Since then I haven’t been able to back up photos automatically without opening google photos. I uploaded all my 7000+ pictures in two days.
Mine doesn't either, it seems. Don't use iCloud Photo Library and Google Photos simultaneously unless you do a lot more research and accept the risk of loss.
It was working fine but something happened in 2017. Best regards, Dougsap (volunteer Google Photos user). If it seems to be helpful, we may eventually mark it as a Recommended Answer. It only backs up when the app is on foreground.
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I've known a couple people with this same issue and it was because they forgot they disabled background refresh for everything. You will lose what you have written so far. Tap "Back up & sync" on or off.
If that is normal behaviour on iOS how come OneDrive backs up pictures automatically? Thank you.
Paul, Please feel free to follow-up if anything here is unclear or if you have follow-up questions. I am using the latest iOS and latest Google photos version as of today.
Even tried toggling background and app toggle. Our automated system analyzes the replies to choose the one that's most likely to answer the question. It’s been happening since 2017. I know this may be a dumb question but I'm assuming you didn't disable "background refresh" for all apps in device settings did you? Welcome to the Google Photos Product Help Forum!
Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Hi, As the title states, google photo app is not backing up my photos in the background. I was under the impression that google photos backs up pictures automatically without a manual assistance with all options turned on. It only backs up when the app is on foreground. Now, I must open google photo iOS app to start the process.
If I don’t open google photos app my photos will not sync. It's a limitation of iOS. But is it actually a limitation with iOS? You will lose what you have written so far.
Please, I'm not new to Google Photos, but I'm new to iPhone.
Sill no difference. >>> If that is normal behaviour on iOS how come OneDrive backs up pictures automatically? iPhone with 90% battery and plugged in.
It says ". >>>> I have lost many pictures thinking they were backed up and deleting from iOS photos app. If you don't change your location, it doesn't upload. Basically, third party apps can't run in the background.
New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, Reddit’s corner for iPhone lovers (or those who just mildly enjoy it...), Press J to jump to the feed. To turn off Back up & sync, follow the instructions above.
The Google Photos app is a good choice for this, too. We found the following personal information in your message: This information will be visible to anyone who visits or subscribes to notifications for this post.
However, Google Photos is not the perfect app when it comes to functionality, and you are bound to run into problems where your photos just won’t back up. I have iPhone 8. There is something unclear in the original post. Hello Internet, I have iPhone 8. Go to the Legal Help page to request content changes for legal reasons. My photos only sync if I open Photos app. Everything else depends on location services, and is unreliable as fuck.
Also, if you take a lot of photos and videos, there's not enough time for everything to be uploaded before iOS closes the app to keep it from running in the background. Cookies help us deliver our Services.
Google Photos – How do I back up my smartphone snaps? Is there anyway to confirm this from photos team that this feature is no longer available on iOS?
Only the Apple apps can actually run in the background.
We'll get back to you only if we require additional details or have more information to share. Looking for an easy way to automatically back up your smartphone’s camera roll?
Google Photos won't upload pictures unless app is open. No I haven't.
Before I would take a picture and it would upload to google photos and sync across my laptop and desktop. Are you sure you want to continue? Does it mean that before 2017 sync would occur automatically (so that was also normal behaviour at that time) ?
I swear when photos was ingrained in the Google+ app, background uploads would infact upload.
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