I'm not buying that excuse. There is no need for app to be so tied into the OS.
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Apple Releases iOS 17.5.1 With Fix for Reappearing Photos Bug
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Hmmm how do you know there aren't other bugs or corrections included in this update?
Misread your post, correct and I agree with you. As it happens, glad I don't use iCloud for photos.
This is actually a welcome feature. The new software finally fixes and recovers photos that were otherwise completely lost to database corruption. Thank you, Apple.
This right here is a masterclass in spin
Because they were showing up as most recent in the camera roll...
Thank you! It was interesting reading this person’s experience.
The database corruption didn’t bring any photos back. The database corruption issue has been in iOS for years, but in 17.5, Apple fixed this issue and restored any photos that got corrupted. However the fix also returned any corrupted photos that were also deleted by the user. Think of 17.5.1 as a fix to the fix they added in 17.5.
wrong. my recovered images did not show up as most recent in camera roll.
Yours didn't but it happened to others. Newsflash, it can happen to some without happening to you.
yeah, they're lying. recents show up when there's a change in the images. recovery doesn't change the image at all.
Why is the update almost 1 GB? Are the deleted photos included (again)?
Decide if you're going to purchase future hardware.
I had re-appearing pictures with iOS 17.4.1, apple is clearly lying somewhere
I'm highly suspicious of the claims that this is happening on wiped devices. All the data is encrypted at rest, so unless iOS is storing information outside that container (which is a major security issue), then the user didn't actually 'erase all content and data'.
Otherwise, this isn't a big surprise. This is how file systems work - deleted files are marked deleted but not securely wiped. If the pointers get corrupted, files can come back.
Otherwise, this isn't a big surprise. This is how file systems work - deleted files are marked deleted but not securely wiped. If the pointers get corrupted, files can come back.
While the existence of this bug is clearly unfortunate, I personally do not see it as a violation of a privacy policy - i.e., there is no credible evidence to-date that Apple has singlehandedly engaged in surveillance or in the sharing of a user's photos with others.
Did your photo reappeared? Mine did not and probably not of the 1.4 billion iPhone users. This is an isolated case.
Maybe these users did something out of the ordinary.
Let’s or rush to conclusions.
Instead of having Apple apply a fix to hide the "deleted" photos again, how about they actually delete the photos? People continue to wonder why their storage usage is increasing. Could it be that Apple thinks that hiding things is good enough?
Does this guy work for Apple or something? I’m the specialist fix guy from Reddit. Please, enlighten me as to why you think people are lying?