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User profile for user: Lawrence Finch
Lawrence Finch
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Why does my iOS device say I have more photos than I can find?

by:  Lawrence Finch
Last modified: Mar 25, 2015 1:44 PM
74 78446 Last modified Mar 25, 2015 1:44 PM

First, check the Recently Deleted album in Photos, which is a new feature after iOS 8.1. If it's empty you may have run into a strange bug, where deleted photos don't actually get removed. To check for this follow these rather strange instructions:

  • Go to Settings/General/Date & Time
  • Disable Set Automatically
  • Tap on the current date/time and roll it back about 2 years
  • Tap <General in the upper left
  • Launch the Photos app and go to the Recently Deleted album (even if it says there are 0 photos)
  • Is it full of photos? If so, delete them
  • Go back to Settings/General/Date & Time and turn Set Automatically back on


Thanks to @txforever for this solution

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