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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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Dec 1, 2013 12:46 PM in response to Rolla300

I'm having the same problem with my iPhone 4S. It just started today ... Dec 1, 2013. My last 10 photos show up ok on the thumbnails, but when I click on one to look at it I see just a white screen. It happens on the iPad as well with iOS7.

Not impressed at all. I have tried everything to fix it but only 1 of the 10 photos was fixed after doing the auto enhance thing and then saving it. Tried that on the other 9 but it didn't work. Reset the phone and still not working.

Dec 3, 2013 3:33 AM in response to gypsyeyes42

Does anyone know if Apple reads any of these posts? I get the feeling we are shouting but not being listened to... We have workarounds for this (use other camera app or edit and save the pics), but they are quite a hassle to use. These days the camera is a very important use of smartphones, so I would say that this seriously cripples its usability.

Dec 3, 2013 4:14 AM in response to Pcvdbroek

Hmmm....you know what, I have a feeling maybe not. On the last update I was hoping Apple took note and the camera issue was on their list of 'fixes'. Sadly this was not the case. I was viewing a house yesterday and used the camera (stupid me - but in my defence, the camera bug is temperamental, so was hoping it worked this time- but it didn't!). Suffice it to say I agree that the camera in Smartphones is an absolute necessity and if it's not working and fit for purpose then maybe I should jump ship and check out the competition. 😠

Dec 3, 2013 5:30 AM in response to Pcvdbroek

I have a feeling Apple doesn't even look at these because I spoke to the Apple rep yesterday about it and he claims its the first he has heard of it. Says I am the first person to complain of such a thing. Obviously they are not going to be fixing it any time soon. I'm an Apple fan and have lots of Apple hardware, but maybe it is time to start looking at the competition.

Dec 3, 2013 1:20 PM in response to gypsyeyes42

This is definitely one of the 30+ bugs I have experienced with my iPhone 4S.


I have long been an iPhone fan. Now I can safely say an iPhone with iOS 7 is as good as a Nokia 3310.


I can't take pictures.

The notification center is now 90% less efficient.

Everything crashes all the time.

Every time I do something I have to wait for some stupid animations and transition effects to complete.


iOS 7 is the worst thing to happen to the iPhone and it is infuriating me I can't roll back to iOS 6.

Dec 4, 2013 1:04 AM in response to iMichaellorence

Well, actually this will not turn off animations, only some 3D effects and the Parallax effect on the icons.


To see what I mean - just try to unlock your iPhone. You have to wait forever for the screen to fade in and for the icons to appear. It makes it more alive but still slower.


And - yes - I know I am getting away from the topic here, but try to decline a call by double-clicking the Lock button.

In iOS 6 the person would appear in the lock screen as a missed call so you can easily call back.

Now that's gone. You need to unlock the phone, wait for 50 animations - for the screen to fade in, the icons to appear, click the Phone app, wait for its animation, go to Recent and THEN call back.


One would think you can easily find that call in the Notification Center - but wow! - You can't actually find anything there!


I am syncing 6 exchange emails to my iPhone and I cannot figure out why would some emails go to "All" and others go to "Missed".

And how come "Missed" is not part of "All".

And why do I have to read freakin 50 lines of text to see what is the weather today and what alarms do I have set for Today. We used to have pictures for that.


Bottom line - before you could glance at your phone and do your job.

Now Apple is forcing you to stare at your phone for longer, click more, spend more time on the screen.

Dec 15, 2013 8:47 PM in response to Jayellpi3113

Yes I started having problems after the upgrade to ios 7....took it in to sprint and they "fixed" it, worked fine for a few days then started doing it again took back in they "fixed" it. Just took it in on black friday cuz doing it again and they said we gonna get you a new phone, I have the 4s so took 2 wks to get new one cuz was on back order. I have had it 2 days and doing it again. I was going to take it back tomorrow but then found this site with all the others having same problems. I did the edit-auto enhance-save and it brought pic back to the screen to view. So now I dont know what I should do, if I should take phone back or just deal with doing this with all the pics. And I also turned "filters" off. I will see if this fixes prob. Will post again soon.

Dec 17, 2013 2:09 PM in response to gypsyeyes42

I can confirm that, I will try some more later. I just found out now that I too had a filter selected (without being aware of it). I turned of the filter (select None), closed the phone, than opened the camera from lock screen, made some pics, and looked at the pics in photos app. No white pics this time! I went back to lock in screen, turned on a filter and the white pics were back! My camera app even hung at one point. So best stay clear from the filters in camera app and use iPhoto or something for some effects!

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

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