Why does my iphone says i have more pictures than i actually do?

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Why does my iphone says i have more pictures than i actually do?

I have an iPhone 5s 16GB iOS 8.1.1. My problem is that when I connect my iphone to my computer and check itunes it says that my photo sections is consuming 2,63 GB and that I have 635 photos, but when I check my phone, it only shows 20 photos, and it really bothers me to know that it is consuming more space than what it should really be using. I've searched everywhere = no solution. I really want to fix this and find where are those other pictures that are consuming my space.

Any help?

Thank you for reading.

Barbara

- iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1.1

iPhone 5s, iOS 8.1.1

Posted on Dec 25, 2014 9:35 PM

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Answer 1

Dec 26, 2014 1:36 AM in response to barbaragamar

I have the same problem! My phone only has around 1,000 photos, but it takes up over 45 gb of space! GB!! I have done EVERYTHING I can to try to fix it, and I don't have an answer, but I mean you're not the only one. This is so frustrating!

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Answer 2

Dec 27, 2014 9:42 AM in response to barbaragamar

it's happen to me too, included wrong number of videos.

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Answer 3

Dec 28, 2014 12:57 AM in response to barbaragamar

in ios 8 a new folder came called recently deleted. Your deleted photos stay there and take space in your iphone. you can delete them. also if you deleted that but your computer says that you have more, sync you iphone. Because it is using the last syncs info

Hope this helped

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Answer 4

Mar 5, 2015 9:39 AM in response to barbaragamar

I managed to get rid of the phantom usage. Restoring iPhone and resetting the phone settings/data do not work for me.

I had to move the Date on my phone earlier by 1,2,3 months and found the phantom photos in the Recently Deleted Folder. Next, I deleted the photos manually from the Recently Deleted Folder and the usage got freed up from my iPhone.

Hope this works for you

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