iPhone not downloading photo originals from iCloud
Hey everyone, I've recently upgraded my iPhone XS to an iPhone 15 Pro. Due to a number of issues with my XS, I opted to start the new iPhone with a fresh setup and only transferring what I need manually from the old phone by using iCloud.
This has worked for almost all of the data (calender entries, contacts, reminders, etc.) more or less without problems but now I'm having trouble with my photos.
I have roughly 15.000 pictures (+ some 50ish videos, in total about 28GB) on my old iPhone which I have synchronised to iCloud (with a 50GB plan that I upgraded to for this reason). I want them to be permanently on my iPhone, because I don't want to use the iCloud as a longterm solution. But the new iPhone simply isn't downloading the originals to the local storage.
When I check "Synchronise this iPhone" in the "iCloud Photos" setting the phone starts synchronising the pictures and videos and within a couple of minutes, everything shows up on my phone. But that's where it stops doing anything. I have had the phone for 6 days now and it hasn't downloaded a single picture to the local storage, it just keeps saying "14.831 originals are being loaded" and that's it.
What I've done so far:
- Checked "Load and keep Originals" in the iCloud photos settings.
- Turned the phone on and off
- Turned the "Synchronise this iPhone" button on and off, restarting the whole process
- Signed off and on again from my Apple ID
- Clicked the "Stop synchronising" button and then clicked "Synchronise now"
- Reset the network settings
- Kept it near my router, while having the charger plugged in
- Made sure the iOS is up-to-date
- Made sure battery-saving-mode is off
- Searched the web for other solutions and despaired a bit
I noticed that I can force the phone to download a picture by opening it and zooming in but I can't very well do that with nearly 15.000 photos.
Does anyone have any other ideas on what I could do to get my new iPhone to download all the pictures and videos from iCloud?
Any advice is highly appreciated, thank you very much.
Cheers
Phil
iPhone 15 Pro, iOS 17