After updating to iOS 18, Photo App is not working on my iPhone 14 Pro

I upgraded my iPhone 14 Pro to OS 18. Everything seems to be working well except for the Photo App. My photos library is made up of folders with a year designation, and then albums from that year in the folder. When I tap a folder, it opens to the album list but then locks up. I've tried this with several different folders/albums and it locks up every time. I can use other features of the photo app, but it is now useless trying to look at albums. I've restarted the phone but no change. After the app locks up, I close it and when I reopen it, it opens to a black screen and takes a few sections to actually get into the app. I've not seen this issue yet addressed online and and wondering if it's a bug.

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iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 18

Posted on Sep 19, 2024 6:43 PM

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leila-timea

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26 points

Posted on Sep 30, 2024 12:21 PM

Same problem, my photos app crashes when I try to open. After two restarts, works once or twice then crashes again. I can view photos if I enter camera then click the photos in the corner, but won’t let me on the app as it crashes! Please fix!!!

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rtvman Author

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Sep 30, 2024 5:23 PM in response to SilverCross102

Didn’t work for me.

Oct 5, 2024 5:40 PM in response to rtvman

This workaround is working well with me.

Thanks

I had the same issue of Photos freezing when I click on any Albums thumbnails. Weird. Using iPhone 15 pro max iOS 18.01

Oct 7, 2024 4:14 PM in response to asm613

Same here. Photo app crashes when searching. Apple needs to fix this ASAP. iPhone 16 Pro is very much about photos… need I say more…

asm613

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26 points

Oct 13, 2024 5:00 PM in response to asm613

fortunately 18.0.1 update solved the photo album problem i was having with my iphone 12 pro

Oct 14, 2024 7:35 AM in response to limsx_

Yeeyy it worked for me as well!

Thank you so much for shareing this!!

emnoclo

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8 points

Oct 16, 2024 3:57 AM in response to rtvman

Similar issues here on my iPhone 16 Pro Max iOS 18. I use auto adjust editing for almost every photo, but on certain photos, doing that completely crashes and closes the app. It’s SUPER annoying!!

Oct 16, 2024 10:22 AM in response to rtvman

As an iPhone 12 pro user, I also have problems with the Photo app. When accessing the album list, the app blocks. There is nothing to do but restart the photo app.

Whois666

Level 1

8 points

Oct 21, 2024 2:52 PM in response to asm613

The same for me, when i try to search for Videos, just when i type Vi it quite the app

After updating to iOS 18, Photo App is not working on my iPhone 14 Pro