Hi everyone,
I am using an iPhone 17 and running into a frustrating, recurring issue with the native Camera and Photos apps.
I have a total of 3,000 photos in my library, and more than half of them were taken directly on this phone. I do not use iCloud Photos at all—everything is stored completely locally on my device's internal storage.
When I take a photo, the image is captured normally and the preview thumbnail shows up perfectly in the bottom-left corner of the Camera app. However, if I leave the Camera app, close it completely from the App Switcher, and open it back up later, the bottom-left thumbnail says "no pic" or goes completely blank.
The photos are not lost—if I exit the camera and open the actual Photos app, all 3,000 of my pictures are sitting there perfectly safe in my local library. It just seems like the Camera app loses its link to the local database file every time it closes.
I tried doing a "Reset All Settings," which temporarily fixed the problem, but after a short period of time, the glitch came right back. I have also tried force-closing both apps and restarting the phone, but the issue keeps returning.
