Android 11 Samsung Galaxy S10e iNaturalist version 1.23.7 (496) Problem summary: When adding an observation from the app, selecting photo from the device gallery and importing, image is rotated (90 degrees counter-clockwise), and date and time are not present (but location coordinates are presen…

1.36.1 (621) is not available to the public yet. But we just released a beta version that should fix this. You can join the beta testing group here: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/org.inaturalist.android

By the way, also when uploading photos via the web site, some of them get rotated by 90°.

I’m having the rotation issue too.

Can you provide some more info to help diagnose the problem like in the previous posts? What OS, device, and app version are you using? What format are the pics in and how are you importing to the app? You can also trying posting a link to an example file that triggers the issue as other users di…

I open iNaturalist, create a new observation, add photos, then select my HEIC photos. Many are imported with the wrong rotation, presumably because the EXIF tag isn’t being read correctly. I’m running a Samsung Galaxy S21 with Android 13, August 2023 security patch level. iNaturalist version 1.29.5…

FWIW at this point I don’t think we need more details on the issue, our developer found the cause. We just need to implement a fix for it. I’m sorry it’s affecting you, and we’ll get a fix out as soon as possible.

Or maybe you’re saying that internally, developer just found a new cause today from my example image. I guess it’s ambiguous.

Just got an update to 1.29.14, where the “what’s new” notes specifically say “more attempts to fix photo import problems”. Unfortunately I’m still having issues. Interestingly photos taken with Pro mode are imported with proper orientation, but not photos taken with regular photo mode. I’m happy to…

Just for your information. I have got the same issue for some time, with my Galaxy S10, only with photos in “Portrait”. I fixed it manually, one by one, just in slightly cropping the picture before sharing it with iNaturalist app.

It is no longer an issue for me, but I switched to RAW copies under Picture Formats in the Samsung Camera app settings. iNaturalist android app is now at version 1.29.18 (592), Camera version 12.0.01.48. Just FYI, cameras can add a tag to the metadata that informs software of rotation. So it actua…

Photos rotated after adding to observation, date and time not imported

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ukanuk September 1, 2023, 10:36am 23

Are you sure the bug hasn’t reoccurred? It was about two years ago above when you linked https://github.com/inaturalist/iNaturalistAndroid/issues/1076

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Photos rotated after adding to observation, date and time not imported

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