Photo Storage Issue On iPhone 6
Under manage storage in settings, I am showing that Photos is taking up 5.1GB of space on my phone, which is prohibiting me from adding music or videos to my phone. I only have 300 photos in my photo stream, so there is no reason it should be that large. I have tried deleting photos, and have also gone to my Recently Deleted photo album to clear out the photos I have recently deleted. Any suggestions? I am trying to avoid putting the phone back to factory settings and starting over, but there is definitely an issue with my phone thinking there are more photos on it than there actually is. Any help is appreciated.
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