IPhone 4S v iPhoto Albums issue.

Good evening!
I would be very grateful if some kind soul out there would help me solve an issue I am having with iPhoto and my 4S. It is totally doing my head in and yesterday, while visiting the Apple Store to address this problem, I was told I couldn't be helped! This is surely not unsolveable...so, HELP please!
Okay, as clearly and concisely as I can.
In iPhoto I have my albums arranged as I like them. For example A B C D E ...etc... Basically, when I want to look at my photos on my iPhone, I like the most recent Album at the top of the list and that is how they are set up in iPhoto.
However, when I sync my iPhone, all the Albums become rearranged on my phone into the date order they were created in. Thus, the most recent Album will be at the bottom of the list.
Totally different to how they are set up in iPhoto and also the PHOTOS section of iTunes(Which echoes the order in iPhoto)...
I once spent loads of time rearranging them into order on the iPhone and all was good when I synced the phone. However, when I created a NEW Album and synced, everything was rearranged back into 'date created' order.
This is so frustrating.
The kind folk at the Apple Store said it may be a Settings issue but I have had no luck in finding where that issue is and how to change it.
I hope this all makes sense, if you need more clarifaction, please ask.
Many thanks.

I have seen this issue and others have reported it hers as well. I think the sync process just organizes albums according to some method not related to how you might arrange the albums in iphoto on your Mac. I dont think there is any thing you can do about it. Perhaps I am wrong though and someone else will come up with a solution. in the meantime you can leave feedback for Apple here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/ipad.html

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