Recent content by conquesodor

Good questions. I do use Google Photos and I activated it on the new phone. It didn't detect any photos on my phone, prior to my taking new photos yesterday. If I select "device folders", Google Photos doesn't see any. I do use Google Drive and I just answered a similar question in a reply just...

Google Drive. Yep, I just checked and they are all there. In fact, they are there with the 1000+ other pics I backed up. Part of what puzzles me is that it is only 20 that show up in "recent" with the wallpaper picker.

Update - wiped cache partition. No effect. I appreciate the suggestion. :-)

ps - I didn't try wiping the cache partition, but I'll give this a try when I get a chance.

Thanks for your interest in my problem. :) The photos in question definitely do not show up in the gallery. As an experiment, I finally took a few test photos with the S8. When I go to the wallpaper picker (long press on homescreen, select wallpapers) and then go into "my photos," these new...

Thanks for your reply! I can confirm that the guy in the AT&T store used Smart Switch to transfer data from my S7 to the S8. However, the photos definitely were NOT used as wallpaper. Does this clarify anything?

This issue is driving me bonkers. I got a new S8+ a few days ago. When I go into the wallpaper picker there is a choice to go into "my photos" and when I select that option, I see a screen that has 20 "recent" photos that were all taken on my previous phone. I haven't taken any photos yet with...