iPhone Photos App Mystery

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iPhone Photos App Mystery

My phone is nearing its storage capacity so I'm deleting everything I don't need. I synced my phone with iPhotos and deleted all the images off the phone but my settings say there's still 2GB of photos. I'm assuming this is being used by the Photos app.

I see no clear or easy way to delete the photos from this app. (The app itself I find impossible to use the way it was designed.)

Also, I read that if I delete something from Photos, it will delete it from my computer the next time I sync (great...). So I'm a bit confused about this app...

Any suggestions?

iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), Intel Core i3

Posted on May 21, 2015 4:16 PM

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Answer 1

modular747

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May 21, 2015 5:43 PM in response to futureperfect

iOS version? iPhone model? iPhone capacity?

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Answer 2

May 22, 2015 8:58 AM in response to modular747

Version 8.3; 5C; 12GB

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Answer 3

May 22, 2015 10:14 AM in response to futureperfect

This is a known iOS bug.

Go to Settings
Date & Time
Untoggle "Set Automatically"
Manually change the date back. For example, if today is March 15, 2015, choose August 1, 2014. (You can change it back once we're done)
Close out of that
Open "Photos"
Select "Albums"
If, like me, you had already cleared out everything from the Camera Roll and "Recently Deleted" folder, you'll smile to see that your "Recently Deleted" folder now has thousands of images back. Those are your phantom photos
Open it, "Select" and start deleting
Now, go back into Settings - General - Usage - Storage - Manage Storage - and you'll notice your Photo & Camera is empty if you deleted everything

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