| EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | abothos | 7/13/12 10:14 PM | Samsung Galaxy S3, Google Plus for Android I have found that my EXIF data from photos go missing after Google instantly uploads my photos. They are originally their when I take them, but after they have been uploaded, All the data is missing except |
| EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | John Dovey | 7/13/12 11:22 PM | Me too please. |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | Patrick Cheung | 7/14/12 9:27 AM | I have the same problem with my GS3. I am not quite sure whether it is a problem of google+ or dropbox or other apps. |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | itgeek | 7/18/12 5:03 PM | I have a Galaxy S2, and I am experiencing the same problem. Instant Uploader just has to be enabled to cause the issue. When I take a picture with Instant Uploader enabled and upload it to another service or email it, nearly all of the EXIF data is |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | yobyeknom | 7/20/12 3:13 AM | Ugh. This is happening to me too on my GS3. I did notice, however that the EXIF info seems to be intact on the uploaded picture in Picasa web albums and remains intact if I download it individually from the website. This needs to be fixed. What c |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | yobyeknom | 7/20/12 5:02 PM | I just uninstalled the Google+ updates on my Galaxy S3 and the EXIF data seems to remain after the instant upload. Also to add to my comment on the EXIF data being present on Picasa that seemed to be hit and miss. Looks to me like one of the Google |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | Brian | 7/24/12 6:37 AM | Thanks for the heads up, everyone. We're investigating further. If you've shared any of your instantly uploaded photos publicly, could you send me a link so I have a few more sample photos to test with? Thanks. |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | itgeek | 7/24/12 10:27 AM | https://plus.google.com/u/0/101280449757468791692/posts/Vh4TvLj7yzt <-- This is a photo uploaded with instant upload after June 30th. Missing most EXIF. https://plus.google.com/u/0/101280449757468791692/posts/aPJL5uUCJ13 <-- This photo was uploade |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | Brian | 7/25/12 3:11 PM | Thanks itgeek, that's perfect. If you disable Instant Upload, do your photos retain their EXIF data (for example, your photos on Phanfare)? |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | itgeek | 7/25/12 8:56 PM | They do retain all of their EXIF data if Instant Upload is disabled. Here are some examples. There are the same two pictures uploaded to two different services using their respective apps. I didn't change anything after uploading them. Smugmug wa |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | hewbass | 7/26/12 9:10 AM | My own experiments suggest that the EXIF data is somehow stripped when the photograph is taken using the camera app, IF instant upload is enabled. Somehow the gallery application has a record of the information that should be in the EXIF data though. |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | yobyeknom | 7/27/12 8:50 AM | Has anybody else tried uninstalling the Google+ updates? I haven't had an issue with the EXIF data since I did this. I have instant upload turned on now and have no problems. Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH-1747 Android 4.0.4Google+ build version 2.5.0.32932 |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | Gilbert | 7/30/12 8:49 PM | Oh no this confirms what I was worried about.. I was using exif renaming apps to clean up ALL my thousands of photos and found that strangely all the photos I took using my galaxy S3 had NO DATE TAKEN in exif. I was like this cant be, samsung could n |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | jensjk | 7/31/12 11:03 PM | I have the same notion and problem as Gilbert.Apparently, the bug was introduced around july 1st - pictures taken before that sate with my Samsung Note has all exif data, also after using instant upload. But since, the problem is there.I thought some |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | jensjk | 8/1/12 1:32 AM | Rolled back google+ to original version by uninstalling updates - issue fixed. Still, all my july photos are without exif - apparently no way to fix that |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | lenin_ra | 8/12/12 11:42 PM | This is a serious issue that should and CAN be fixed. The data that appears missing in Google+ albums is present in Picasa copies of those photos. Google must copy missing exif data from Picasa copies to Google+ copies. |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | johnm1019 | 8/13/12 1:33 AM | Same thing for me on Galaxy Nexus. It only happens to about 20% of my photos though. The rest go through fine. The ones who lose EXIF data fail to get uploaded to G+ via instant upload. |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | hewbass | 8/17/12 6:48 AM | This seems to be fixed (for me) in the latest version of Google+ for Android: 3.1.1.32879387, 15th August 2012 |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | itgeek | 8/17/12 9:14 AM | Seems to be fixed for me, too. Thanks! |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | Ralfioni | 8/31/12 1:27 PM | Now that Google has messed up our files, are they going to help us fix them? Can the EXIF data even be fixed? |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | gd71 | 9/6/12 7:51 PM | This just happened to me today. I noticed when my DropBox camera uploads were duplicating my files. Fortunately I had a back up of the photos, and when I compared them I found that most EXIF data was deleted and a new attribute was added called "Goo |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | Ralfioni | 9/7/12 2:55 AM | Unfortunately the Dropbox upload is my backup, meaning my backup is ruined, too. I agree, that the Google+ app should not alter the files. Until this is fixed I'm going to disable this app. Anyways... the damage is done. Is there any way to recover t |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | gd71 | 9/8/12 6:25 AM | When I look into the photo files, the EXIF header is completely changed, meaning data is gone/overwritten. Sorry, but I can't see how anyone can recover that data unless you have a backup. My trust in Google and its capabilities is at an all time lo |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | Ralfioni | 9/8/12 8:20 AM | Brian, can you confirm, that the EXIF data cannot be recovered? Not even the timestamp? Does the latest Google+ app update still change the images in any way? |
| Re: EXIF data missing after Instant Upload | DJ Kinney | 10/16/12 9:21 AM | It's happening again for me on the newest G+ version. Been going on for months and months. No resolution. |
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