I was wondering why only 10 of my 500 photos were being uploaded to iCloud Photo Library, and after hours of experimenting, I have found the issue and it needs to be fixed by Apple.
I realized that when I initially set up my iPhone 6, I restored it from an iOS 7 backup from a 5s, which went directly on to a phone with iOS 8.0.2. I used iTunes.
Enabling iCloud Photo Library after restoring from the iOS 7 backup results in no photos being uploaded to iCloud Photo Library. Only photos taken after the restore get recognized and uploaded.
This is why only photos after October 16th get uploaded from my phone to iCloud.
My guess is that the iOS 8 upgrade process has to change the photo library so that iCloud Photo Library recognizes them, and then newly added photos follow that. I am also guessing that using an iOS 7 backup to restore to iOS 8 skips this process.
That's why it's so totally awesome that Apple stops signing old software. /sarcasm
I have also discovered that using iFunbox, clearing the PhotoData folder (after backing it up) and rebooting the phone will restore the photo library based on what's in the DCIM folders. When the restore finished, the Camera Roll placed all of the photos after 10/16 (the only ones uploaded to iCloud) at the top of the Camera Roll, and the actual earliest photo and every other photo from the iOS 7 backup were after my most recent photo. Moments were exactly the same, and it still only uploaded the same 10 pictures.
Apple needs to fix this so that every photo in the device's camera roll is recognized and uploaded to iCloud. I don't know if it's marking all new photos to be uploaded and mistakenly or purposely ignoring others, but every photo I see in my phone's photos should be uploaded to iCloud.
I don't want to start fresh with my photos, and many of them won't retain their dates if I remove every photo and import them again.
Maybe it's just me having some issue, or causing my own problems by manipulating photos too much. I just want things to work.
I realized that when I initially set up my iPhone 6, I restored it from an iOS 7 backup from a 5s, which went directly on to a phone with iOS 8.0.2. I used iTunes.
Enabling iCloud Photo Library after restoring from the iOS 7 backup results in no photos being uploaded to iCloud Photo Library. Only photos taken after the restore get recognized and uploaded.
This is why only photos after October 16th get uploaded from my phone to iCloud.
My guess is that the iOS 8 upgrade process has to change the photo library so that iCloud Photo Library recognizes them, and then newly added photos follow that. I am also guessing that using an iOS 7 backup to restore to iOS 8 skips this process.
That's why it's so totally awesome that Apple stops signing old software. /sarcasm
I have also discovered that using iFunbox, clearing the PhotoData folder (after backing it up) and rebooting the phone will restore the photo library based on what's in the DCIM folders. When the restore finished, the Camera Roll placed all of the photos after 10/16 (the only ones uploaded to iCloud) at the top of the Camera Roll, and the actual earliest photo and every other photo from the iOS 7 backup were after my most recent photo. Moments were exactly the same, and it still only uploaded the same 10 pictures.
Apple needs to fix this so that every photo in the device's camera roll is recognized and uploaded to iCloud. I don't know if it's marking all new photos to be uploaded and mistakenly or purposely ignoring others, but every photo I see in my phone's photos should be uploaded to iCloud.
I don't want to start fresh with my photos, and many of them won't retain their dates if I remove every photo and import them again.
Maybe it's just me having some issue, or causing my own problems by manipulating photos too much. I just want things to work.