Petey, and others with these issues,
I've not needed to crop photos taken with my cell phone or my tablet. I entered my last project two days ago without any photo problems.
The problem I was experiencing was the repeated loss of all text and photos every time I minimized the entry screen, to look for the data I wanted to enter next. I learned to never close the page, found out that results in total loss for sure, but still had same losses with anytime I simply minimized or opened another tab in the browser, seeking information.
I know enter projects successfully by doing a copy and paste of text from a word processor, then do nothing with the post except import photos.
In short, this site does not save anything as a draft, or otherwise.