Why can't I edit my photos on my iPhone?

For some reason, none of my photos can be edited.
Recently, I had to fully restore my phone with a fresh copy of iOS 8.1.3 due to problems regarding mail. I had to restore the phone and set it up as a brand new phone. All my photos were in perfect sync before, but now all the photos taken from before this restore show up with an error message when I try to edit them:
"This photo is not editable
Do you want to duplicate it and edit a copy?"
No, I don't want to duplicate it and edit a copy. I want to know why my photos are not editable on my photos app on my iPhone. There are also some photos that I had deleted showing up again. No idea why.
I also cannot delete many of the photos, as the trash icon is gone.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!

I was reading this thread and thought that something was weird.  I have lots of photos in albums and have no trouble editing any of them. ???  Perhaps this is because I do not use itunes to sync my photos?  I use either a wi-fi transfer app or import from my camera memory card to get photos onto my ipad.  I have photos in albums that do NOT have a copy in the camera roll, but do exist in either the all imported or imported albums.  In all cases, I can edit any photo from any album.  ????

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