iPhone Stopped Uploading to iCloud Photo Library

Question

iPhone Stopped Uploading to iCloud Photo Library

My iPhone 6 stopped uploading to the iCloud Photo Library in late July 2015. My phone periodically displays messages explaining that photos haven't been uploaded and that uploads will resume when I'm connected to WiFi. The thing is, I'm almost always connected to WiFi.

I thought that shutting off and turning back on the iCloud Photo Library setting would help. But it didn't. After it tried to shut it off, the following "Turning off" message appeared and, after four hours, it's still there.

Any advice on how to restore iCloud Photo Library functionality on my iPhone would be greatly appreciated.

iPhone 6, iOS 8.4.1

Posted on Sep 12, 2015 2:31 PM

Reply

Answer 1

Sep 13, 2015 12:37 AM in response to Steve in Seattle

Have you tried a forced restart.

Reply

Answer 2

Sep 13, 2015 5:48 AM in response to Winston Churchill

Yes, many of then. Unfortunately, forced restarts do no solve this problem.

Reply

Answer 3

Sep 13, 2015 5:56 AM in response to Steve in Seattle

Are you able to sign out of iCloud.

Reply

Answer 4

Sep 13, 2015 6:01 AM in response to Winston Churchill

Yes, I can sign out of and back in to iCloud on my iPhone. Unfortunately, this doesn't not fix the main problem: photos taken on my iPhone never upload to iCloud Photo Library when I'm connected to WiFi.

Reply

Answer 5

Sep 13, 2015 6:10 AM in response to Steve in Seattle

I finally solved this by...

importing all my photos from my iPhone to Aperture via USB connection
manually deleting all photos from my iPhone (I select the "delete all" feature in Aperture at the end of the import, but like so many Apple features, it didn't work)
logging out of iCloud on my iPhone
logging in to iCould on my iPhone

Now, photos taken on my iPhone upload to iCloud!

Reply

Answer 6

Sep 13, 2015 6:14 AM in response to Steve in Seattle

Did you edit any of these photos in a third party application.

Reply

Answer 7

Sep 13, 2015 6:51 AM in response to Winston Churchill

No, I did not.

Reply