A few days ago Apple launched iOS 17.5.1 Fix a security issue that causes deleted photos to reappear in the device gallery without warning. When the company released the update, it clarified that it was due to “database corruption”; without offering more details. Until now.
As it turned out 9to5Maccompany from Cupertino offered additional information about the problem of deleted images reappearing.after a large number of users expressed their concern even after seeing years-old photos that were even deleted from previous devices reappear.
Apple has confirmed that the problem associated with a corrupted database running locally in iOS 17.5, not iCloud. That is, the deleted images that reappeared in the gallery were photos that were not uploaded to iCloud, but were saved only in the internal memory of the iPhone or iPad. The company also responded to concerns from users who saw deleted photos reappear on older devices. Please note that they may have been transferred when you backed up or transferred data from your old iPhone to your new one.
iOS 17.5.1 fixes bug of returning deleted photos to gallery
On the other hand, the company claims that the claim that deleted images could appear on an iPad running iOS 17.5 that the owner sold to someone else is false, thereby refuting a deleted Redit post in which the user stated these facts. Apple says the person may not have properly reset the device or may have simply lied.
Apple also confirmed that They do not have access to users’ deleted photos.and that this decision only really affected a small number of people. An external investigation also explained in a more technical way the reasons for this bug in iOS 17.5.
In any case, Apple, we repeat, has already fixed the error with deleted photos after the launch of iOS 17.5.1. This update contains a hotfix that resolves this issue. However, according to the above remedy, users should manually delete again those images that reappeared in the gallery, if applicable.
Source: Hiper Textual
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