We consider Google Photos as one of the best Gallery apps on Android, but after the Android 11 update, the little annoyances are making the experience infuriating. Due to the Scoped Storage implementation on Android 11, Google Photos has to take explicit permission for every operation, be it deletion or any kind of changes. Not to mention, the constant “out-of-sync changes” dialog makes the experience quite a hassle. So if you want to fix Google Photos’ annoying prompts on Android 11 then follow the instructions below.
Before we begin, a huge thanks to Kieron Quinn of XDA Developers who found this neat trick. The trick does not require root permission or Xposed Module to make the changes. Just set up ADB and you are good to go. So on that note, let’s begin.
- Here, look for “android.app.role.SYSTEM_GALLERY” and whether it’s set to “com.google.android.apps.photos”. If so, the method did work on your smartphone and you won’t get Google Photos’ annoying prompts on Android 11 from now on.
So that is how you can fix Google Photos’ Delete, “out-of-sync-changes” or any modification dialog on Android 11. I tried it on my OnePlus 7T running Android 11 OB1 and it worked without any issues. The fun fact is that the changes made through ADB survived multiple reboots and another OB2 update as well.
