HT201077: Get help using iCloud Photo Sharing and shared albums

Learn about Get help using iCloud Photo Sharing and shared albums
cluelessnyc
Level 1 (0 points)

Q: iCloud Photo Sharing disappeared

I was using iCloud Photo Sharing and I went to add photos to it and all my iCloud streams are gone.  I had a bunch of streams I shared and they are all gone from my phone.  They are still on my iPad.  I tried deleting my iCloud account on my phone and signing back in and it didn't work.

iPhone 4S, iOS 7.0.4

Posted on Dec 22, 2013 4:10 PM

Close
cluelessnyc

Q: iCloud Photo Sharing disappeared

  • All replies
  • Helpful answers

  • by randers4,

    randers4 randers4 Dec 22, 2013 5:36 PM in response to cluelessnyc
    Level 9 (62,891 points)
    Dec 22, 2013 5:36 PM in response to cluelessnyc

    Check Settings>iCloud>Photos to make sure Photo Sharing is turned on.

  • by cluelessnyc,

    cluelessnyc cluelessnyc Dec 22, 2013 6:47 PM in response to randers4
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Dec 22, 2013 6:47 PM in response to randers4

    I did.  I tried turning on and off.  Here is the strange part: from my iPad I invited myself to it with a different e-mail and when I try to join it, it says it is not there anymore (and I can add photos from iPad and people see it.  I made a new photo sharing on my phone and invited someone and they never got the invite.  They invited me to a new I cloud share photo and when I clicked to subscribe, nothing happened but it was added on my iPad.

  • by randers4,

    randers4 randers4 Dec 22, 2013 7:00 PM in response to cluelessnyc
    Level 9 (62,891 points)
    Dec 22, 2013 7:00 PM in response to cluelessnyc

    If you invited yourself using a non-iCloud email accress and the shared stream did not use the public website option it would not have worked.  (The public website option is required for non-iCloud users.)  You might also ask the person that didn't get the invitation to check their spam/junk folder.

     

    All that said, I can't really explain why the existing shared streams appear on your iPad and not on your iPhone, especially if you already tried deleting the account from your phone, then signing back in.  Not sure what to suggest, other than to restore the phone to see if that helps.

     

    If you create a new shared stream on your iPad does it appear on your iPhone?

  • by GRG1966,

    GRG1966 GRG1966 Jan 1, 2014 5:56 AM in response to cluelessnyc
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jan 1, 2014 5:56 AM in response to cluelessnyc

    I have noticed the same problem, I recently lost 175 photos on the photo stream without changing a single setting on my phone for icloud. These photos seem to have disappeared into thin air (no pun intended). I cant locate the missing photos on the cloud at all, even using a PC or Mac. All of these replies suggesting that this is due to some user error or changing some configuration somehow are a bunch of balogna. The "30 day" retention claim in the photo stream is bull as well, these photos should still be in the cloud if not in the photo stream, but theres no apparent way to recover them. I lost my photos without warning and without changine anything on my phone, the ONLY explanation is that somehow, the icloud application is glitching. My biggest beef with Apple is their draconian control over user access, software, and data, funny how icloud is glitchy now after ios 7 at the same time that the camera function, quality and poor video recording went into the toilet right after ios7 was released, it was fine prior.