Samsung Gallery with OneDrive sync is not behaving properly, ghost folders reappear out of nowhere

[shizz]

Hi, I am currently using Samsung Gallery with OneDrive sync and it has serious flaws and bugs.

 

Here is the problem with Samsung Gallery with OneDrive sync:

1/ you take the photos with your Android phone, then within Gallery app you move them into a new folder for example 'TwingoDisconn' on this screenshot:

2/ you plug your phone via USB to your Windows PC you CUT (not a copy) and paste your 'TwingoDisconn' to your download folder on Windows 11. Then from you PC you write you item ad and upload photo on this 2nd hand website.

But the day after you discover this:

- your folder 'TwingoDisconn' is again in Samsung Gallery:

- and in Windows you still have this:

  Can you please fix this annoying bug that make Samsung Gallery with OneDrive unusable ? Regards

[GoanGeek]

Just popped into say I use Google One and its the best for me. Maybe give it a whirl.

[shizz]

Hi, which Android app image manager and Windows image manager do you use with Google One ?

[GoanGeek]

Your photos are synced to Google photos both on android and on PC which you can access via Google chrome.

It also has option that once synced to the cloud it will automatically delete your photos on the phone so you have more space on phone if need be.

I highly recommend paying for Google one storage.

[shizz]

Do you still use Samsung Gallery app with Google One ?

[GoanGeek]

I use both Samsung gallery app and Google photos.

I have a habit of factory resetting my phone now and then so my photos are all backed up in Google photos.

So after reset my Samsung gallery is clean. But photos can be accessed in Google photos.

Also paying for Google one gives me access to premium Google photo editing options which are exclusive to Google pixel photos.

[shizz]

Interesting, so if you wanted to make 5 photos of an object you need to sell on a 2nd hand website: from your Android phone you take pictures, then from your Windows 11 PC from you look for these photos from the Google Drive in Windows file explorer ?

I am asking because as this is a frequent action, it needs to be quick:

- is the image from Google One appearing within a minute in Windows (considering Phone/Windows is on a good home network with good internet connection) ?

- when opening with Windows File Explorer the DCIM folder on Google Drive, as there is not of images, it is not instant I guess: all the images thumbnail needs to be generated and you need these thumbnails to be sure you cut only the images of the object, not the one with your children for example.

- which tool do you use to manage picture in Windows ? (I am asking because, just rotating images is not as easy as it should for an action that needs to be done very frequently: you have to right-click and click on 'rotate left/right', there is no keyboard shortcut. In Windows Photo application, you can only do this one image at a time)