Comments on: iPhone disappearing photos workaround found!

By: Marty

Marty — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:29:54 +0000

I did the DOH-BOY restore too….
Follow the on screen directions.
As doh boy said…
DO NOT RESTORE PERSONAL SETTINGS YET
Slide to open your phone,
select camera,
take a picture,
check to see the grey box is gone,
then resume the RESTORE PERSONAL SETTINGS.
It worked for me like a charm.

YOU ARE THE MAN DOH-BOY
Thank you for sharing….. Marty.

By: Skippy

Skippy — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:17:04 +0000

This works temporarily. It worked once for me, I synced, and the fix was broken by time I went to use it again. It works however without utilizing the backup, so there must be something in the file.

I personally have no idea what could be wrong, all I know is 2.0 can’t come fast enough now.

By: Vivian

Vivian — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:03:26 +0000

The “workaround” worked for me. I hope it holds!

Thank you!

By: Bike4Life

Bike4Life — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:22:44 +0000

Thanks for this solution. I was having the same problem and found this posting. I noticed my missing photos started after receiving messages during a sync that iPhoto could not delete a certain photo from the phone because “it could not be found”. After I deleted it from iPhoto I was able to sync. Two days later when I tried to take a photo I noticed this grey box problem. Is this problem restricted to OS X? If so I’m looking hard at the recent 10.5.3 update as a potential source for this problem.

By: Wesley Fryer

Wesley Fryer — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:39:22 +0000

Although this workaround did work for me for awhile, for some reason this problem has recurred and I am again unable to take photos on my iPhone. Frustrating. I hope the firmware update many are expecting Apple to release in June at WWDC08 will fix this.