My ipad is wifi-only. I turn wifi off. I upsweep all apps closed. I power down. I power up. I open Settings to confirm wifi is still off. I open the google photos app. I see my photos.
Huh?
iPad Pro, iPadOS 14
Thank you, FoxFifth--I get now you meant cache, and thank you for your help. I see now that every one (!) of my pics is downloaded so I am seeing ghosts versus current data. I've also learned that I can take pic A with iphone and pic B with ipad and not see A on ipad's google photos (tho it appears in the iphone's first) and not see B on the iphone's. This is after exiting the google photo app each time and after having wifi turned on for the ipad. So the timing of the syncing is just a mystery for me. Since I intend to take no more pics with ipad, however--was only experimenting--this shd be no issue.
Thank you, FoxFifth--I get now you meant cache, and thank you for your help. I see now that every one (!) of my pics is downloaded so I am seeing ghosts versus current data. I've also learned that I can take pic A with iphone and pic B with ipad and not see A on ipad's google photos (tho it appears in the iphone's first) and not see B on the iphone's. This is after exiting the google photo app each time and after having wifi turned on for the ipad. So the timing of the syncing is just a mystery for me. Since I intend to take no more pics with ipad, however--was only experimenting--this shd be no issue.
I did read the entire post but may be misunderstanding it.
My assumption is that if you are able to see the photos when wi-fi is turned off that the photos are stored on your device as well as on the Google servers. That is an option with the Google Photos app. My previous reply included a link to instructions if you want to remove photos from your iPad and have them only on Google's servers.
If you want to remove the photos from your iPad see the following instructions from Google support: https://support.google.com/photos/answer/6128843?co=GENIE.Platform%3DiOS&hl=en&oco=0
I see that my question title was missing the vital data that only the detail contained: My wifi-only ipad accesses google-server photos when its wifi is turned OFF. I am guessing you did not read the detail before giving your response, which pertains not to photos on the device but on the google servers accessible via the google photos app.
Why is my wifi-only ipad able to access google photos?
