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Blokada: Tap "X in whitelist," hit the + button, search for Google Photos, then hit "Save.".AdGuard: Go to the side menu, then "Apps Management," and sort by "All-time." Select Google Photos, then un-tick the "Enabled" box under General.After performing these steps, you may need to force-stop Google Photos or restart your phone before the app will start backing up on Wi-Fi again. Whitelisting Google Photos in Your Ad Blockerīelow are the steps for whitelisting Google Photos in several popular ad blockers. I'll outline the process for the most popular ad blockers below, but if yours isn't listed, a quick and dirty alternative is to simply batch-select the troublesome files in Photos, then press the menu button and select "Back up now" while you're on Wi-Fi. Instead of outright disabling your ad blocker to fix Google Photos, you can simply whitelist Google Photos in most ad blockers to get things back to normal. But that's a bitter pill to swallow, so I'll outline a better method below. There's a super-simple solution to this: Disable your ad blocker. This means that your phone can't connect to Google's servers to let Photos know that you're back on Wi-Fi, so the app thinks you're still on mobile data and refuses to back up your media. Ultimately, it appears that several common ad blockers now have the Google Photos uploader service blacklisted. Google Photos waiting for Wi-Fi while I'm on Wi-Fi.
