How do you upload your old iCloud photos on new phone

Tia8403 wrote:

What do I click on when I go on the iCloud.com ?

iCloud.com➔ Photos

Are you able to do that on a phone too?

With a little jiggery pokery (tap the share icon and request the desktop site after loading iCloud.com) but the experience is quite awful, it's best done on a computer

That's because you are using a phone, as suggested the best results are from a computer. However, if you must use a phone use the instructions given. (tap the share icon and request the desktop site after loading iCloud.com)

I'm having this same issue. I am logged in at iCloud.com and it does show roughly 7000 items, however my new iPhone 7 that I got this week does not have all of them on the phone. I have already checked Settings>My Name>iCloud and it's turned on. Any advice?

I had a lengthy discussion with Apple. They opened a case file for me, but ultimately their suggestion of restoring to the last backup on my previous iPhone (5s), was what ultimately had to happen.

So now I've got everything back, but there is a gap between when I got my phone until now. I unfortunately lost a few pictures that I won't get back, but it was only a couple. Luckily I had backed up my old phone right before getting this one, so I'm only missing about a week's worth of stuff from my phone. It's still irritating, but oh well, what can you do?

Be sure to follow this procedure: iCloud Photo Library - Apple Support

Enable iCloud Photo Library.

Settings ➔ Photos & Camera ➔ iCloud Photo Library

Are you sure you have iCloud photos? Have you checked at iCloud.com➔ Photos

That's not quite the same, did you check at iCloud.com?

If you check at iCloud.com/Photos using a computer and the photos are there, try Settings/Your Name/iCloud and slide off syncing. Wait a few minutes and then resync.