iCloud doesn't keep photos from old devices?

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rhy7s

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#300715 29-Sep-2022 16:02

I'm not an iPhone user, just wanted to check if the query in my subject line is correct?

I have a friend with an iPhone and though they have a 2TB iCloud account with plenty of space left they only seem to have photos going back to around the time they got the current iPhone. Looking around online I see people saying iCloud is just for syncing between devices rather than backing up photos, so would their photos just be dropped from the service after the old device is retired?

RunningMan

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#2974935 29-Sep-2022 16:13

Incorrect. Although you could delete all the old photos when you get a new device if you didn't do the transfer correctly.

MrGadget

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#2974937 29-Sep-2022 16:20

Assuming they were backed up from the original iPhone in the first place of course.
I noted with this change (to the 14) I was offered pretty much unlimited space to back everything up for a restore (irrespective of my iCloud subscription).
I hope your friend still has the old iPhone and can back up those photos to the cloud again!

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