Why do my portrait mode photos revert back to normal photos overnight?

anytime I take portrait mode photos, overnight they go back to normal photos. The blurry portrait effects revert back to normal... why is this?


i have the current iOS 11.3 and I’m using the iphone X


i keep getting notified that my iCloud is full. I’m not sure why that would have anything to do with my photos not staying portrait mode but it might?

Posted on Apr 21, 2018 1:44 PM

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Posted on Apr 22, 2018 4:53 AM

i keep getting notified that my iCloud is full. I’m not sure why that would have anything to do with my photos

If you are using iCloud Photo Library and "Optimize Storage", your iPhone may no longer be able to download the full resolution originals from iCloud, and this will prevent Photos from working properly.


Either free storage in iCloud or purchase more iCloud Storage. But as long as you have not solved the problem with your iCloud Storage it is not save to edit or use your photos in iCloud at all. Do you have a backup copy of all photos in your iCloud Library on a computer?

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Jun 15, 2018 4:18 AM in response to daniella251

Still doing it to me, literally every other day, I’m actually giving up on bothering editing images on the phone now as it just keeps reverting. Not even uploading them the iCloud properly either. And now, pics I have solely on my phone (recent ones that for some reason haven’t uploaded to iCloud) won’t even allow me to edit them. Keeps just saying ‘downloading’ the moment I hit edit... despite the fact that I have all original stored ont he phone! The first thing ever yhat is actually making me finally switch to a Google phone and leave Apple. :/

Jun 22, 2018 7:24 AM in response to léonie

This isn’t correct solution as I have option to save original images turned on and still have issues with portrait photos removing filter over night.

Entire iPhone is backed up regularly (every nigt) without issues.


One thing I noticed is that this happened to me twice now and both times when I was on holiday.

Only affected on pictures taken on holiday not other pictures. Very strange.


So definitely iOS bug. This should be fixed as it is very annoying.

Aug 1, 2018 12:54 AM in response to smarie87

Why hasn’t apple done anything about this issue? I have a problem with all of my photos unediting, not just the portrait mode. My cropped photos un crop, my black and white photos go back to color, etc... For me, it is not a storage issue because I still have plenty of storage left. I know this is a first world problem, but this issue is really annoying and needs to be addressed.

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