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iPhone 4S camera and camera roll plethora of bugs

I took a picture with my iPhone 4S and it froze on the shutter so I had to reset my phone. When it restarted the camera and camera roll have a plethora of problems. Some of the pics in my camera roll were just black thumbnails which were completely lost, others were gray squares which when you click Edit you can see the picture but otherwise it remains a gray square. Also when I take pictures I can see it at the time but when I come back it either becomes a gray square or pixelated. In the camera roll itself pics often repeat, and it's basically become nonfunctional. I am very disappointed to run into these issues while traveling with a brand new phone... Has anyone encountered anything like this? Resets don't do anything, but Im really hoping once I connect to my laptop I can get this resolved.

Posted on Oct 24, 2011 11:12 PM

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Oct 30, 2011 8:42 PM in response to dapark

i just encountered this same problem today. unfortunately, i never imported any pics since getting the 4s a few wks ago and am now worried about losing nearly 600 pics. i tried to sync to iTunes and iPhoto, but the sync is reading ZERO photos, when I have 600 in the phone. i have tried to delete new apps and have shut down/restarted the phone numerous time, with no luck. Some of my new pics from today are even 'hidden' under older pics, where it can only be uncovered when i hit the 'edit' button. i'm very frustrated ...and will be very angry if I lose all those pics!

Nov 1, 2011 6:27 PM in response to kathyhen

iPhoto couldnt recognize my photos, neither could Preview or Windows (on a PC). I found that the only thing that was able to uncover the 'hidden' photos was to place them in some sort of message. Therefore, I got desperate and emailed nearly 200 photos to myself, in desperation to save them. Hubby spoke to an Apple 'genius' this morning, who was unsure what to do after stating that he's never seen/heard of anything like that before. I was surprised to hear that after seeing so many posts about it here. Anyways, he said that i may have to just restore the phone to factory settings, which may end up with lost photos. Hubby is now talking with another 'genius' so we'll see if this one has any better suggestions. This is so frustrating especially since it's a brand new phone ...and an iphone, at that! Totally disappointed w/ this!!!

Nov 2, 2011 5:45 AM in response to dapark

I was having this same problem and this worked for me. I know this is a paid app http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-transfer-app/id365152940?mt=8 (2.99) but it worked for me. I transferred all my photos and videos that I hadn't previously backed up using it. It worked flawlessly. Then I went back and restored from backup from my computer a recent backup for the iphone. After the restore the camera and camera roll were working again.

iPhone 4S camera and camera roll plethora of bugs

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