It has been reported that previously deleted photos have been restored in iOS 17.5, and it has also been pointed out that deleted NSFW images have been restored



iPhone users who updated to iOS 17.5, which was released on May 14, 2024, have reported that photos that they thought they had deleted in the past have somehow been restored. Some users who have encountered this issue have reported that NSFW images that they thought they had deleted have reappeared.

Troubling iOS 17.5 Bug Reportedly Resurfacing Old Deleted Photos - MacRumors
https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/15/ios-17-5-bug-deleted-photos-reappear/



iPhone owners say the latest iOS update is resurfacing deleted nudes - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157284/apple-iphone-ios-17-5-update-deleted-photos-voicemails

On May 15, 2024, a Reddit user reported that 'updating iOS brought back some photos deleted in 2021.' According to a user who encountered this issue, they noticed that photos they had deleted had been restored because 'NSFW images created when they were separated from their partner in 2021 due to COVID-19' were marked as recently uploaded images to iCloud. When the poster asked, 'Is anyone else experiencing the same problem?', several users confirmed that some photos they had deleted had been restored. Similar complaints had also been reported by iOS 17.5 beta testers.

Latest iOS update has brought back some pictures I deleted in 2021
by u/Specialist-Fix8528 in iOS



iOS has an option to restore deleted photos , but you can only recover photos up to 30 days after they were deleted. However, some users who have reported recovering photos with iOS 17.5 have reported recovering photos they thought they had deleted years ago. Some users have reported recovering as many as 300 photos .

In addition, some users who reported that their photos were restored claim that they have never used iCloud Photos or synced their iPhone with any device. Therefore, overseas media The Verge pointed out that the photos were not restored due to an iCloud bug, but rather photos that were supposed to have been deleted from the storage on the device.

Although it is not photo-related, some users have reported that after upgrading to iOS 17.5, call history that they had already listened to or deleted started appearing in notifications. Therefore, The Verge pointed out that 'the data restored by iOS 17.5 may not be limited to photos.'




At the time of writing, it is unclear whether this problem suggests that Apple is secretly holding on to old data that should have been deleted, or whether iOS 17.5 simply has a bug in data processing. However, The Verge points out that 'no one wants their deleted nude photos back.'

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