Lost photos after iOS 13 update?

iOS 13 photos missing
I updated my iPhone 8 to iOS 13, but photos disappeared from iPhone after
update. It is so disappointing. I really want my lost photos back. Any suggestions
would be appreciated.
- Question from Apple Community
iPhone is known for its premium firmware, stable iOS, and creative features and camera is one
of the selling points. You could simply take high-quality pictures with an iPhone. During
its life span, it is inevitably to update iOS while every time of iOS updating would bring
trouble to users usually for compatibility.
After updating iPhone to iOS 13, many users find that some photos in Album or iMessage were
missing. It would really be a disaster to suddenly lose so many photos that record the
precious memory about you and your family.
However, it would be very likely to retrieve your lost photos. Just follow the 4 ways to find
your lost photos.

Possible causes for iPhone photos disappear after updating iOS 13
If you find your photos missing after updating to iOS 13, they might be hidden or waiting to
be download.
●After
updating your iPhone to iOS 13, you would find that you need to download all the apps again
and so does the photos. Some of your photos were stored in
iCloud, so if your network connection is poor, your photos could be downloaded
very slowly, too. Just wait patiently or try a better Wi-Fi. If it is caused by system
glitch, rebooting iPhone might be the simplest way to solve the issue.
●For thecompatibility, photos from some folders might be disposed in a wrong way.
They might be deleted or hidden by iOS 13, you need to go to Album to check or use
third-party software to scan your iPhone.
●If your photos were completely
removed from the iPhone, you could restore iPhone photos from iCloud backup or
extract photos from iPhone backup. You might have used iTunes or iCloud to back up your
iPhone, while do you know the difference between iCloud backup vs iTunes
backup?
4 ways to recover lost photos on iPhone after update
The issue of iOS 13 photos missing doesn’t mean the photos completely disappear. If you have
waited for a long time and rebooting doesn’t solve the problem. The following 4 ways might
help you.
# 1 Check iCloud Photos
Usually, your photos would be automatically uploaded to iCloud. After you update iPhone to
iOS 13, this feature might not be successfully switched on. You should go to iPhone Settings
> [your name] > iCloud > iCloud photos to manually switch on the button.
Sometimes you would find that not only the photos in Album were missing, the photos in
iMessage missing after updating iPhone to iOS 13, too. You could tap the name of the sender
or receiver in any iMessage > tap Info and scroll down to the bottom, it would say that
you have multiple photos in iCloud and you could download them now.

# 2 Check Album: deleted/hidden photos
Because the compatibility of iOS, your photos might be placed in wrong folders. You could go
to Photos app > select Albums in the bottom > scroll down to the bottom and you could
find the options Hidden and Recently Deleted. See whether your photos are there.

# 3 Scan iPhone photos
If you still could not find the photos on any folder. You could use AOMEI MBackupperto scan all the folders.
Step 1. Download AOMEI MBackupper to computer and connect iPhone to computer with USB cable and tap
"Trust" on it.
Step 2. Select Photos Backup. Click the icon of photos to view all the photos on your
iPhone.

Tips: It is suggested tosave iPhone photos to
computer by clicking Start Backup to avoid any other disaster
happening to your photos. You should backup your other important files like contacts, and
messages, too. In the digital world, data is very important. You lose data, and you lost
fortune.

# 4 Recover from iTunes/iCloud backup
If you have saved photos in iTunes backup, just get your photos by iPhone backup extractor. If you are sure you
have enabled iCloud Photos before or backed up iPhone to iCloud, you could download iCloud backup to
PC and get all your photos.

Conclusion
Slow Internet connection or iOS bugs might cause iOS 13 photos missing but the solutions in
this article will help you retrieve most of the missing photos.
It is suggested that you should not update the newest iOS when it’s just released for there
might be some bugs. You could go to the forum or consult others to confirm whether it’s safe
to update the new iOS.
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