Earlier this week, Apple released an iOS17.5.1 update to fix a very serious bug that caused deleted photos to reappear on devices, including devices that were allegedly factory reset. Initially, Apple claimed the problem was due to "database corruption," but leaked some additional details to 9to5Mac.

Some people have reported discovering images that date back to 2010 and have been there long since those images were upgraded from the original device. That's why some people thought iCloud photos might be involved in the glitch, but Apple says it's not. All the glitches came down to a corrupted database entry on the device's file system.

The problem was that the images were not completely removed from the original device. However, the company claims that the image files exist only on the device and have never been synced to iCloud photos. Apparently, the only way you can persist between devices is by transferring between devices or restoring from backups, including iCloud backups.

Now you may have heard stories of people formatting their devices and selling them, thanks to this bug, old photos re-Apple This is a mistake and erasing the content on the device and not restoring any kind of backup means that those photos will be deleted. The inability to resurface

glitch is quite perplexing, there is no doubt about it. When photos and files get deleted and deleted from Trash folder, you expect it to be lost forever. You certainly don't want it to pop back in 14 years. Especially if it is something that you deleted for a very good reason.

If it's comfortable, Apple argues that the problem is rare and has affected only a small number of people. Moreover, the fact that the problem did not arise from iCloud photos, but from your own backup means that the photos are not published where they should not be.

The fact that iOS17.5.1 is now available means that this should not happen again. But you have to move through your photos back and delete them all over again. Now let's hope that they will disappear forever.