topic Re: this app can only access the photos you select in Galaxy S22

This app can only access the photos you select

Gasma057 — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 22:58:00 GMT

I want to have access to my cloud but the 3 dots are missing!?

Re: this app can only access the photos you select

realaud — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:22:16 GMT

First, is this a U.S. Samsung phone? This is the U.S. forum for U.S. devices. Second, which app is this?

Re: this app can only access the photos you select

Gasma057 — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:28:23 GMT

Sure but my settings are in german!

Well apps are xbox, snapseed , spotify for example, same problem

Re: this app can only access the photos you select

LongHiker — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:36:21 GMT

@Gasma057 Have you reached out to the developers of those apps? This is most likely a feature that they haven't implemented in their app.

Re: this app can only access the photos you select

photosbyraffy — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:40:54 GMT

If you tap and hold on the app, select info and check permissions, it might have been that the it doesn't have access to all files under permissions settings

Re: this app can only access the photos you select

Gasma057 — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:42:48 GMT

this is just an example image... i guess i clicked on dismiss so it has nothing to do with the apps but with google photos, because it's the photo picker

Re: this app can only access the photos you select

realaud — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 20:46:27 GMT

What happens if you take it off dark mode? Has this been going on long? Have you optimized and restarted your phone since it started happening? If any of those suggestions don't/didn't help, try rebooting into recovery mode and clearing the cache partition.

Re: this app can only access the photos you select

Gasma057 — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 21:08:31 GMT

Tried almost everything but a full reset

guess this is what i need but can't find these settings

Re: this app can only access the photos you select

realaud — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 21:39:05 GMT

Are you trying to access your Google photos? The ones in backup? Just open the Google photos app or open a web browser and go to photos.google.com. Are you trying to adjust the settings?

If you've tried all the suggestions and still don't get the menu, you might have no choice but a factory reset and backup restore.

Re: this app can only access the photos you select

Gasma057 — Sun, 21 Jul 2024 21:50:35 GMT

It seems that a factory reset is inevitable, thanks though