Timeline for Did Google remove the "backup while on wifi" option from the Photos app?
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| Jan 21, 2017 at 18:42 | history | protected | CommunityBot | ||
| Jan 9, 2017 at 16:10 | answer | added | Eric H. | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jul 21, 2016 at 14:32 | comment | added | pjd | @Matt See my answer below. Test Photos with those settings and see if it works for you. With those settings, photos should only back up on WiFi. Test it by turning off your phone's WiFi. Your photos shouldn't back up at all in that case. | |
| Jul 21, 2016 at 3:04 | vote | accept | pjd | ||
| Jul 21, 2016 at 3:04 | answer | added | pjd | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jul 21, 2016 at 0:47 | comment | added | Paul MacGuiheen | I wish Google would bring the idea of a metered connection to android devices. In ChromeOS it can detect if you are on a connection where you pay for data, even if it is wifi, and will not use so much data if it is | |
| Jul 20, 2016 at 23:31 | comment | added | Matt | Just wanted to comment that I do not think Photos has a WiFi option anymore. Photos used 1.2 GB of data in the background of total 1.26 GB this month. Unacceptable. I suggest checking "While charging only" assuming you're only charging your phone at home or a location with WiFi. This is the best option I see right now unless you want to run out of data like I did. | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 8:16 | comment | added | Dan Brown | lets us know if it works! | |
| Jul 17, 2016 at 0:52 | comment | added | pjd | Ah, I think you might be right. Confusing wording on the Settings screen. At the top is "Back up & sync," which enables backup. Lower on the screen it says, "Cellular data back up...Photos." So I was thinking the only option is cellular backup. But I guess if you just turn on "Back up & sync" at the top without enabling anything in the "Cellular data back up" section, it will only back up via WiFi. I hope. | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 22:19 | comment | added | Dan Brown | The option has disappeared, but I think it does backup on WiFi only still. | |
| Jul 16, 2016 at 18:41 | history | asked | pjd | CC BY-SA 3.0 |