biscuit_tosser_88
Thanks for the info! I use P8 Pro too. I again allowed all the permissions, connected to wifi and made sure I am not on VPN just in case, with no results.
As I am not logged in to Google account, it doesn't offer me to backup so I cannot test it but your suspicion does make sense and this might require a cloud operation to proceed, just like night vision on videos (which is very unfortunate).
I actually did use the Super Image app for a while and its not bad (although a bit slow), I just wanted a native method instead (and afaik the f-droid version is no longer maintained, we need to buy the play store version instead).
Maybe others might also try and report back but it does seem the backup is the culprit.
Thanks a lot again, very useful!