All ibooks missing after restore?

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All ibooks missing after restore?

Just got a new iPhone 6, had backed up my 4s, and then restored the backup to my new 6. I just opened up iBooks for the first time, and for two seconds, I could see all my books (which shouldn't be there if they weren't transferred to the phone, considering they were never on this phone). Then suddenly, they all deleted at random. If I go into the Usage in my settings, it shows 12.8MB of Documents and Data, despite no books being there?? Any ideas on what I can do to get them back?

iPhone 6, iOS 8.4.1, iTunes 12.1.1.

iPhone 6, iOS 8.4.1

Posted on Aug 23, 2015 10:16 PM

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Answer 1

Ibexto

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Aug 24, 2015 12:52 AM in response to GreenGoodness

This exact some issue just happened on my wife iPad Air. She opened up iBooks to read for the night and all her ePub and PDFs have disappeared. They are all able to be seen and read in iBooks OSX, and can be transferred to the iPad from the mac through iTunes, but when iBooks IOS is opened, they are not there. I have been plugging away at this for the last 5 hours and have not come up with anything. here is what I have done:

Rebooted Mac Book (10.10.5)

Rebooted iPad

Removed and reinstalled iTunes OSX (12.2.1.16)

logged out and back in again iTunes OSX, iBooks OSX

logged out and back in again iTunes IOS, iBooks IOS

Restored iPad from backup

Restored iPad as new with fresh IOS install (IOS 8.4.1)

Here's what happens when I sync iTunes while iBooks on iPad is open. I can watch the books being installed, and then they disappear. Seriously, like they were deleted right after install. iTunes (on the mac) indicates that they are installed, but when I hit sync again, it tries to reinstall the books.

A little help would be nice.

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Answer 2

Aug 30, 2015 11:46 AM in response to Ibexto

same problem here...

i was only able to find a way around using droppbox... uploading the book I am reading to my DB account and then open it from my Ipad app.

anyone found a solution yet?? it's very annoying!! i lost all my books!!!

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Answer 3

Aug 31, 2015 7:29 PM in response to GreenGoodness

This happened to me today as well after I selected "Reset All Settings" because of my major battery drain issues after the iOS 8.4.1 update. It appears to be related to the Apple Music App. When I opened iBooks, all my audiobooks appeared for a couple seconds and then disappeared. Help!

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Answer 4

Sep 1, 2015 2:52 AM in response to Ibexto

Temporary solution for Ibexto

Hii,

I had the same problem couple of days ago,

to solve that i used dropbox app on ipad then transfer epub files to it on pc

log in to dropbox on ipad and open epub file in iBooks

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