Photo stream not syncing to devices?

"My Photo Stream uploads and stores the last thirty days of my photos on iCloud and downloads them to all of my devices."
I have this checked in the preference in iPhoto, and my photos are automatically being uploaded to iCloud, but it DOES NOT download them to my devices. My Photo Stream is ON on my devices. What am I missing? I have been troubleshooting for a few hours, following other posted suggestions, nothing is solving my problem.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions.

Hi Carolyn Samit & Kyled75,
I'm having almost a similar issue with my two iDevices. I have an iPad 3 and an iPhone 6 Plus and both of them have exactly the same settings for iCloud as well as "Photos & Camera". Photo Stream is enabled on both devices.
But when I go to "Photos -> Albums -> My Photo Stream" or simply in the main Photos Section, I cannot see all my previous photos and videos on my iPhone. However, on my iPad, I can see each and every photo and video perfectly without any hassle.
I really hope to get some help on this issue.
Thanks & Regards,
Abid
+966-50-4666-839

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