An error in the iOS 17.5 update released by Apple last week causes deleted photos to reappear. The most annoying part of the error is that even iPhone and iPad devices that have been deleted, reset and sold to others are affected by this.
A Reddit user reported that he reset an iPad according to Apple’s guidelines before selling it to a friend in September 2023, and that friend bought it. After the iPadOS 17.5 update, his old photos from 2017 on the device he sold reappeared in the Photos application. shared: “I wiped the iPad using official Apple guidelines before selling it. After erasing the iPad, I never logged in to that iPad with my Apple ID. I sold my iPad to a friend in September 2023, today they called me after updating to iPad OS 17.5 and told me that my old pictures appeared in the Photos app… GREAT SECRETITY °VIOLATED. I see other reports about this. How many people will have other people’s photos on devices they bought from others?â€
The Reddit user pointed out that after wiping the iPad, they didn’t log back in at any point, so it’s completely unclear how their old photos reappeared on the device. says.
It was also revealed that there were users who saw their deleted photos reappear on their devices after the update. These belonged to users who owned the devices and logged into their iCloud Photo Library and Apple ID, and this did not constitute a privacy violation.
Apple devices are required to keep photos in the Recently Deleted section of the ‌Photos‌ app for 30 days, and a second deletion must occur through the Recently Deleted interface. Images should be automatically deleted if they are overwritten. The Apple front has not been able to make any extension about this one error, but in a device that is deleted and sold in a device, it is also possible to see the old photographs.
