Cannot enable OneDrive 'Camera Upload'

Anonymous
2020-03-28T14:38:24+00:00

Hello,

I want to free up space on my Samsung Galaxy Note 10+.

When I try to enable 'Free up space on the device' in the OneDrive app, I get the message:

'Camera upload must be enabled ...'

The problem is that there is no camera upload setting anymore.

Or am I missing something here ...?

I use the latest version of Android and version 6.1.1 of OneDrive.

Thanks!

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-11-02T15:51:01+00:00

    I've done this, but I still don't have a "Camera Upload" option under my Onedrive settings.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-10-29T17:41:08+00:00

    I hadn't realised this was where they were all saving and although that is useful the app cannot detect all of the dates that the photos were taken and so now all of my photos are mixed up because their upload date was the same, any fixes for this??

    I don't know a specific fix regarding dates, but of course in the future every time you take a new photo with your phone it will automatically update to your computer on that date so all future photos should have the correct date.

    Personally I don't use dates to organise my photos, I use folders instead. So once the photos are on my computer I move them to their respective folders.

    Something to bear in mind is that, unlike Camera Upload, when you delete a photo from Samsung Gallery it will delete it from you phone and vice versa. I don't find this is a problem now that I understand what is actually happening.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-10-29T16:55:21+00:00

    I hadn't realised this was where they were all saving and although that is useful the app cannot detect all of the dates that the photos were taken and so now all of my photos are mixed up because their upload date was the same, any fixes for this??

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-10-29T16:11:32+00:00

    May I again point out to everyone:-

    There is no need to do any of the suggested solutions because the Samsung Gallery folders take the place of Camera Upload. So all of your photos on your phone will automatically be uploaded via OneDrive to your PC and can be found in OneDrive under the folder called "Samsung Gallery".

    I admit, that this "new way" of syncing photos works differently from the old way, but I have actually found it to be better.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-10-25T16:10:02+00:00

    Thanks @ChrisBuxton1  I was frustrated by my camera roll no longer syncing with OneDrive.  I hate when these things that I rely on inexplicably stop working.  Now that you've given me the solution to fixing my issue, I do recall that after a recent update there was some vague dialog box about Samsung backup and OneDrive.  I must have approved the change without understanding the ramifications.  Good news is that by following your advice I've got my photos syncing with OneDrive again.  THANK YOU!

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