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Em_6
5 years agoCollaborator | Level 8
Photo backup on iPhone isn’t working
I’ve been using Dropbox to backup my iPhone and noticed recently it’s been really slow. Last night I went to back it up again but it just said it was starting photo backup, but it still hasn’t found ...
Em_6
5 years agoCollaborator | Level 8
To anybody who it works for ONLY after signing in & out, have you noticed any lagging / change in upload patterns? For me it used to upload photos then videos last but now it uploads randomly and still lags and gets glitchy.
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Ákos M. Evan P.4 BuckWebb } since you guys have been having problems too
Thanks
Ákos M. Evan P.4 BuckWebb } since you guys have been having problems too
BuckWebb
5 years agoHelpful | Level 5
It is not nearly as responsive, in terms of noticing new photos and uploading them.
Once it starts uploading it does them about as fast as in the past.
The startup phase seems to be where it is now much much slower. I could deal with that if it were reliable.
I can say that it has gone two days where I haven’t had to log out and back in every time and it does eventually do it.
I just tested it with a photo and it took about 30 seconds after “looking for photos” to find it and then quickly upload it.
It feels like the message is misleading - they have changed it to not consume a lot of battery so it is doing a lot more stuff that it’s not telling us, but leaving the message.
It’s a mess.
Once it starts uploading it does them about as fast as in the past.
The startup phase seems to be where it is now much much slower. I could deal with that if it were reliable.
I can say that it has gone two days where I haven’t had to log out and back in every time and it does eventually do it.
I just tested it with a photo and it took about 30 seconds after “looking for photos” to find it and then quickly upload it.
It feels like the message is misleading - they have changed it to not consume a lot of battery so it is doing a lot more stuff that it’s not telling us, but leaving the message.
It’s a mess.
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