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Some new photos in Camera Roll are all just black, after recent upgrade to iOS 7.

I upgraded my iPhone 4S to iOS 7 yesterday, and the photo app was working fine. But today, I took a few pictures, and the first 4 are viewable, but the last bunch just show up as all black when I try to veiw them full screen.


Here's the details: In the Photos app Camera Roll grid/thumbnail screen, the photos are visible, but when I tap on a picture to view it in full screen, it's just a black box where the photo should be. In the Photo Stream grid/thumbnail screenI had the HDR setting on, so it duplicated all the pics (normal & HDR). I also had a "CHROME" filter on. But like I said, the 1st 4 pics I took were fine, & then about 1/2 hr later, the following pics I took show as only black boxes. What's going on, & how do I fix this?


(I read on a blog that this black-photo problem was happening to people during beta testing, but this is not a beta version of the iOS 7, I upgraded when the rest of the planet did.)


Here are screenshots...

Camera Roll grid shows all photos...User uploaded file

Photo Stream grid shows some black photos...User uploaded file

This photo was taken this morning, & can be viewed full screen just fine...User uploaded file

This photo was taken 1/2 hr later, & when tapped for full screen view, is just black...User uploaded file (the "normal" version is black too.)


Please help! Thanks!

iPhone 4S, iOS 7, Photo Stream Camera Roll black pics

Posted on Sep 20, 2013 9:27 AM

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Oct 25, 2013 7:19 PM in response to Billll

"Billll

Re: Some new photos in Camera Roll are all just black, after recent upgrade to iOS 7.

Sep 22, 2013 7:47 PM (in response to gypsyeyes42)

Here is a temporary fix. Select the photo>edit>autocorrect>save. Not the best of choices but at this point it is the only way I found to be able to view the photo and send as message.

This is going to be a mess if Apple doesn't fix it soon."





Thanks for the fix. It worked and now that I have upgraded to 7.2 I don't seem to be having the problem of black pictures.

Oct 31, 2013 6:40 PM in response to gypsyeyes42

Same problem, unfortunatly. Iphone 4s + IOS 7.0.3 Seems to only happen when I use bust shot in photos. Exact same thing happens on my fiance's Iphone (4S, as well). In both instances applying another filter fixes the issue. But, this means you need to go into every photo and change the filter in order to view it.

I will say, this is the only issue I have experianced though. Every thing else is great --- no other issues at all! 😍

Nov 2, 2013 9:37 AM in response to gypsyeyes42

My problem was originally the same. However, I noticed that if I take a photo from the locked screen, it would appear in my camera roll as a proper thumbnail, but would open as a black box in both photo stream and camera roll, but would be fine when hard connected. Then yesterday, I took a handful of photos while hiking but my camera kept crashing when I would open it after taking a single photo. Now the thumbnails have created space in the line up, but are white boxes. (However, they do show on my laptop) This started after the latest iOS 7 update (I have iOS 7.0.3).User uploaded file

The suggestions to alter the filters have no effect and I'm at a loss as to how to keep using the camera on the phone if I have to keep connecting it to my laptop in order to see the photos I take.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!!

Nov 7, 2013 10:54 AM in response to gypsyeyes42

Oh wow! I've just posted a question asking this - I used to get a blank, black screen where my photo should be, but now this has changed to white 😕.... I really hope this gets sorted asap. The only way I can resolve photos I've taken is to connect my iPhone to my laptop and upload all my photos this way - when viewed on my laptop all the photos are there...then I add them to my existing PC folders which get added to my photos on iPhone. Other than doing it this way, they're just useless! 😟 APPLE, PLEASE SORT THIS OUT!!!!!

Nov 24, 2013 5:47 PM in response to gypsyeyes42

I have the iPhone 4S and am having the same photo problem as original post after upgrading to iOS 7 except the photos are white not black. They are present in the thumbnails, but when opened they are white. I do not use filters, it does not happen to all the photos. I have done a restore but this did not fix the problem. Spoke with three techs at Apple and none of them could offer a fix. Come on Apple, fix this!!

Some new photos in Camera Roll are all just black, after recent upgrade to iOS 7.

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