Help! Time lapse loading forever

Same issue here, taking time lapses intermittently results in a video which stays on the “Loading” screen forever (as in sample screenshot from OP).

• iPhone XR
• iOS 12.2
• seems to happen more often on longer time lapses

Apple support ran hardware diagnostics on my phone which were fine, next step suggested a factory restore and see if it still happens. If it does, next step would be an Apple Store appointment. If it doesn’t, I set up my phone as new.

I haven’t done this yet since it is a huge time sink and pain in my a#%^, still looking for a solution online. But in the 7 months I’ve had this XR the only usable time lapses have been ones where I’m doing a test to see if it will ever work. Every time I try to take a “real” one, it has failed me.

I agree with Jasont the phone seems to have a hard time with longer time lapses. I have 12.3 and makes no difference. It frustrating because none of my time lapses that are longer than 5 seconds(in time lapse time) will save.

Hi Destineo,

Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you're running into an issue using the Time Lapse feature.

Can you provide some detail about what happens when you say it's stuck on loading?

How long is the time lapse video you've recorded? Does it seem to work as expected if you take a short time lapse video?

When you say the footage can't be used, are you getting an error of any kind?

Are you using iCloud Photos?

The answers to these questions will help work out what might be happening. As a starting point, try to Restart your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to see if this helps. Ensuring your software is updated to iOS 12.1.4 is a great idea as well: How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch and Update your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

I hope this helps get you started.

Take care.

Hi There

I'm also having the same issue.

• My iPhone XR is up-to date.
• Using iCloud storage.
• Also ways shows the same loading screen when using time lapse function for more than 10seconds.
• Please fix this bug as it’s obviously an apple bug in the system, it used to work absolutely fine on my iPhone 7

Anyone try iOS 13 beta and see if that fixes the issue?

Not suggesting everyone enroll in beta program, but just curious if this is still an issue.

I'm still having the issue. Decided to try it again and wasted a nice capture of my kid this weekend.

• iPhone XR 256GB on iOS 12.3.1
• NOT using iCloud storage, but plenty of free space

I’m having the same issue with my iPhone XR. The longer time lapse videos are stuck in loading. I left it loading for a few minutes and then it crashes. I’m up to date on my software running iOS 12.2.

i have this issue as well, i got my XR in December 2018 and i took a long timelapse that was about maybe 20 minutes and it converted to a video just fine! but ever since updating to 12.1 and up i am never able to create timelapse anymore without it continuly “loading” ive had my phone open for up to almost an hour letting it load and it never loaded!!! i also have an XR with 256GB but, it used to work just fine before i updated my phone, hoping the 13IOS update fixes this because its HIGHLY frustrating and disappointing because all the footage is lost! this has happened many more times but ive deleted them, i tried again today in hopes that it might be fixed but it still is unresolved.

I’m having the same issue on my XR 64gb. I took some great time lapse footage of plane landings and really disappointed the loading process is failing. Under 10 second time lapses were fine on the same day. These are would close to 30 sec +

Please advice on a solution. I’m on OS 12.4.1

This is terrible. Anytime I take time lapses of more than 2 or 3 minutes which equals probably a few seconds of actual footage the loop of death appears and I’ve essentially lost that recording.

im going to try and download a time lapse app instead since I’ve lost trust.

this is my 3 time lapse lost over the last 4 months through various OS updates.

iPhone XR - iOS 13.2.3

I’m on my honeymoon, and setup my iPhone 11 Pro Max (13.3) for a time lapse of the sunset. It was the only day I had time too to this... it was about 1.5 hours of recording and now it won’t stop “loading” either and o can’t playback. So annoyed. I left my DSLR thinking Apple has finally done it... big mistake!!

I’m having same problem.

First sunrise of 2020 time lapse which is amazing and it won’t play.

I can drag it in edit mode to see it but it won’t play.

Restarted iPhone 11Pro Max and it didn’t help.

I guess I have features on my expensive smartphone that I can’t use?

it says it’s a 21:00 movie which was like real time and not time lapse.

I know I set it to time lapse.

I made a timelapse for 2 mins but its not playing now ! Whats the problem with the iphone , I’m using the most updated iphone which is iphone 11 . Why is that problem is occurring. And how to resolve it ? I need my videos back

such a joke. Here all this work and marketing went into a camera yet you can’t even shoot timelapses of any real length without the high risk of it not being able to save. I’ve lost pure gold of documenting art projects from beginning to end. Nothing worse then framing a shot, spending a few hours on creating your piece and then boom. Apple ate your content in its never ending loading spiral. It’s 2020 y’all get it together. At least tell us how low of resolution we have to set our phones to in order to capture time lapses.

Hello,

I’m having the same issue on an iPhone 11 Pro and my iPhone 11 Pro Max. I have tried to take a time lapse over 13 minutes at a time lapse over five minutes neither of which have loaded. The two devices are on different carriers, and I have also had them on Wi-Fi.