camera roll "usage" number does not match photos in the app
I have completely deleted all photos in all categories from my iPad 3 (16G iOS 7) but my settings continue to state that I still have 3.5G "used" (camera roll) in the Photos/camera app. I have no idea where/what these photos are and how to get rid of them. The management tool in i tunes when sync'ed with my iPad gives the following data. Apps: 2.45G Documents/data 1.25G Other 5.05G and 4.47G free.
Solution 1:
- Go to Settings > General > Date & Time
- Untoggle "Set Automatically"
- Manually set the date a year or two in the past
- Open "Photos"
- Select "Albums"
- If, like me, you had already cleared out everything from the Camera Roll and "Recently Deleted" folder, you'll smile to see that your "Recently Deleted" folder now has thousands of images back. Those are your phantom photos
- Open it, "Select" and start deleting
- Return to "Date & Time" and fix your clock
- Now, go back into Settings > General > Usage > Storage > Manage Storage. You'll notice your Photo & Camera is empty if you deleted everything
Via the official Apple forums.
Solution 2:
The iPad/iPhone might be saving cache/meta data to the device (which helps it to load images quicker). It will not show you this via the user interface.
You can delete it by using iexplorer (which is awesome).
Plug in your iPad/iPhone device Open the program (windows or Mac) Click on media The delete "PhotoData", "Photo StreamsData".
You should only do this if you have already removed all your photos from the device and backed them up and not concerned about losing anything.