Photos gone after ios 5 update
After i got the iOS 5 update, all my apps were gone as well as my photos... is there a way to recover the photos?
After i got the iOS 5 update, all my apps were gone as well as my photos... is there a way to recover the photos?
u have to check the tabs for the relevent items before syncin with i tunes if this is not done the info will not sync. check for the photos on the mac/pc if there there u just need to check tabs and sync again.
they were photos from my camera roll, not from the computer
Having the same issue, all my photos I had before updating to IOS 5 are gone, not happy about this.
Any solutions?
Same here. All photos in the Camera Roll are gone. I guess I missed the warning that the Camera Roll would be wiped clean. Anybody else see it?
Got same situation here. At least I've opened my iphone's backup folder and everything is there, photos, videos. But, named like "f869a62bc3f205456726dd3d06192bd7e127e7fc". It can be opened using any photo software or video app if its a video.
But it would be great to have it all back to camera roll..original names, geo locations etc.
I backuped up everything, but still trying to restore it (clean).
So THATS anger...
I always back everything up first & import my photos & clear them from the device before doing an iOS upgrade just because i want to be safe... I've NEVER needed to use my backups before, the upgrade has always gone smooth.
The ONE time i forget to import/dump the photos... my wife is not gonna be happy tomorrow morning.
Thanks a lot.
My camera roll pics have reappeared but my album names are all there but with no pics in them. How can I getvthem back? Thanks
what did you do to get them to reappear? I've restored from the backup I did immediately before the upgrade. Everything is there except the camera roll. This is insanely frustrating.
Yah how did you make them reappear? All my apps and pics are gone from camera roll still. I don't really care about the apps cause I reinstalled them but I want the pics
I didn't do anything. At the end of installing the update it went into restoring apps and the camera roll pics were there but my photo album folders were there but were empty.
I lost all my photos too, and when I tried to restore from backup it didn't work. But I went and found the actual folder where the backup is stored (C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup) and all the photos were in there, I just needed to rename all the files. Not sure if there's an easier way to get these back...
Hey guys, i found a solution for our problem, at least it worked for me.
1- Download Iphone Explorer (does not need to be a jailbroken device) http://www.macroplant.com/iphoneexplorer/
2.) connect your iphone using the usb cable
3.) launch iphone explorer
4.) backup and then delete the following files:
/Media/PhotoData/MISC/Info.plist
/Media/PhotoData/Photos.sqlite (or /PhotoData/Photos.sqlite)
/Media/PhotoData/PhotosAux.sqlite (or /PhotoData/PhotosAux.sqlite)
5.) reboot your iphone
After you reboot your device, windows will prompt if you wan to open your iphone on windows explorer as usual. After you open it, your photos are going to be there, just like it was before update.
Resource: http://blog.mbentley.net/2010/06/iphone-ios-4-upgrade-restore-lost-pictures-in-c amera-roll/
andrespibr,
I wanted to thank you, thank you, thank you, for your post. I followed your instructions, downloaded and installed the Mac version of iExplorer and deleted the files you'd listed. One difference for me was that instead of finding a file named: /Media/PhotoData/MISC/Info.plist, I found: /Media/PhotoData/MISC/DCIM_APPLE.plist. I took a chance and deleted that one as well as the Photos.sqlite and PhotosAux.sqlite files (after backing these three up, as you'd suggested). Quit out of iExplorer, disconnected the USB cable, powered my iPhone off and then on again and my camera roll had been restored! Again, thank you for the helpful info. I should learn to back up EVERYTHING before rushing to these updates. Now that "lost" data has been retrieved, I can relax and enjoy the new iOS 5 features.
Actually thanks to mbentley that had the same issue when he updated his iphone to ios4.
Have a nice day.
Photos gone after ios 5 update